title: Positive inotropic and relaxant effects of papaverine on cat papillary muscle.
abstract: The effects of papaverine and isoproterenol on the isometric twitch and high KCl-induced contractures were compared in papillary muscles from reserpinized cats. Papaverine (10(-5) M) significantly increased developed tension (T), maximal rate of rise of tension (+dT/dt max) and maximal velocity of relaxation (--dT/dt max) in 52.3 +/- 6.1, 74.1 +/- 6.7 and 82.1 +/- 12.1% respectively with respect to control values. Time to peak tension (TTP) and contracture tension decreased in 9.1 +/- 2.0% and 50.9 +/- 5.6% respectively with respect to controls (P less than 0.05). Isoproterenol in a dose (8 X 10(-10) M), that produced an increase in +dT/dt max non significantly different to the one elicited by papaverine (65.6 +/- 9.0%), increased (in % with respect to control values), T in 55.3 +/- 7.3, --dT/mx in 73.8 +/- 13.1 and decreased TTP in 6.6 +/- 1.1 and contracture tension in 40.7 +/- 6.3 (P less than 0.05). The effects of isoproterenol on all the parameters studied were not statistically different from the ones of papaverine. It is concluded that in cat papillary muscles, papaverine has a positive inotropic action and an isoproterenol-like relaxant effect.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D010208:Papaverine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011189:Potassium Chloride; D012110:Reserpine; D010208:Papaverine; D007545:Isoproterenol