title: Diabetes alters the reactivity of myocardium to a thromboxane analogue.
abstract: Atrial contractile response to U-46619 was studied in auricles from normal and acutely diabetic rats. U-46619 induced an increment of dF/dt in diabetic atria, whereas nondiabetic auricles elicited a negative contractile effect. Blockers of arachidonic acid metabolism via cyclooxygenase inhibited the stimulatory action of U-46619. The stimulant action of the thromboxane A2 mimetic was attenuated when diabetic auricles were incubated with lipoxygenase(s) blocking agents. Results suggest that in diabetic atria, the abnormal inotropic effect induced by U-46619 may be associated with thromboxane formation and with lipoxygenase(s) metabolites.
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000818:Animals; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012531:Dibenz(b,f)(1,4)oxazepine-10(11H)-carboxylic acid, 8-chloro-, 2-acetylhydrazide / Q000494:pharmacology; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D012531:Dibenz(b,f)(1,4)oxazepine-10(11H)-carboxylic acid, 8-chloro-, 2-acetylhydrazide; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase