title: The influence of amino acids, vasopressin and oxytocin on spontaneous contraction of the right auricle of the right atrium of two-day-old rats in vitro.
abstract: Studies were carried out on the right auricle of the right atrium of two-day-old rats placed in a special chamber perfused with Ringer-Locke solution at room temperature. The contractions rate of the auricle was counted with the use of a stereomicroscope. The following amino acids dissolved in Ringer-Locke solution were tested: glycine, glutamic acid, serine, alanine, aspartic acid, gamma aminobutyric acid, leucine, and peptides: vasopressin and oxytocin. Glutamic acid in a concentration of 10(-1) mol/l induced a decrease in auricle contraction rate by 25%. Alanine in concentration 10(-2) mol/l induced a decrease by 22%. Leucine in concentration 10(-2) mol/l induced a decrease by 16% and in concentration ten times higher a decrease by 28%. The other tested amino acids, vasopressin and oxytocin in concentration used had no influence on the rate of contraction frequency of the isolated auricle.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016275:Atrial Function; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D010121:Oxytocin