title: Evidence against a role of a pertussis toxin-sensitive guanine nucleotide-binding protein in the alpha 1-adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effect in the heart.
abstract: Pertussis toxin, which specifically inactivates guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (N-proteins) involved in the signal transduction in various receptor systems, did not influence the positive inotropic effect of the alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine in rat isolated left auricles. This indicates that the alpha 1-adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effect does not involve a pertussis toxin-sensitive N-protein.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011224:Prazosin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D010656:Phenylephrine; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D011224:Prazosin