title: Effects of a new inotropic drug (DN-9693) on Ca2+ transients and contraction in ferret ventricular muscles.
abstract: We investigated the mechanisms of the effects of a newly synthesized cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor (PDEI: 1,5-dihydro-7-(1-piperidinyl)imidazo[2,1-beta]quinazolin- 2(3H)-one dihydrochloride hydrate, DN-9693) on intracellular Ca2+ transients and tension in ferret papillary muscles. We used the aequorin method to measure Ca2+ transients in intact preparations. DN-9693 (1-100 microM) increased the peaks of both Ca2+ transients and tension. The potentiation of Ca2+ transients by DN-9693 was significant at lower concentrations (1-10 microM) but not at higher concentrations (50 and 100 microM). The peak of tension was significantly increased when the concentration of DN-9693 was increased (1-100 microM). In addition, the time to peak light was shortened at lower concentrations (1 and 5 microM). Other parameters of Ca2+ transients were not significantly altered. The time course of tension was not affected by DN-9693. In Triton X-100-treated skinned preparations, DN-9693 decreased the Ca2+ concentration required for half-maximal activation of the pCa-tension relation. These results suggest that the positive inotropic effect of DN-9693 is attributable to the alteration in Ca2+ handling of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and Ca2+ sensitization of the myofilaments.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005289:Ferrets; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011799:Quinazolines / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D011799:Quinazolines; C049662:1,5-dihydro-7-(1-piperidinyl)-imidazo(2,1-b)quinazolin-2(3H)-one; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium