title: Effects of isoquinoline derivatives, HA1077 and H-7, on cytosolic Ca2+ level and contraction in vascular smooth muscle.
abstract: The effects of isoquinoline derivatives, HA1077 (1-[5-isoquinolinesulfonyl]-homopiperazine) and H-7 (1-[5-isoquinolinesulfonyl]-2-methylpiperazine), on cytosolic Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i) and muscle tension were examined in vascular smooth muscle of rat aorta. High K+ (72.7 mM) and norepinephrine (1 microM) induced a sustained contraction with a sustained increase in [Ca2+]i. HA1077 and H-7 (3-10 microM) inhibited the increase in muscle tension more strongly than the increase in [Ca2+]i. Verapamil (10 microM) completely inhibited the increase in [Ca2+]i and the contraction induced by high K+ whereas it inhibited the increase in [Ca2+]i more strongly than the contraction due to norepinephrine. The verapamil-insensitive portion of the norepinephrine-induced contraction was inhibited by HA1077 or H-7. In Ca(2+)-free solution, 0.1 microM norepinephrine induced a transient increase in [Ca2+]i and muscle tension. The transient contraction was inhibited by 10 microM HA1077 or 10 microM H-7 without inhibiting the increase in [Ca2+]i. 12-Deoxyphorbol 13-isobutyrate (DPB) (1 microM) caused a sustained contraction, and this contraction was inhibited by HA1077 and H-7 at similar concentrations needed to inhibit the contractions induced by high K+ or norepinephrine. In rabbit mesenteric artery permeabilized with Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin, 100 microM HA1077 and 100 microM H-7 inhibited the contraction induced by 0.3 microM Ca2+. These results suggest that the inhibitory effects of isoquinoline derivatives, HA1077 and H-7, are due to a decrease in [Ca2+]i and in the Ca2+ sensitivity of contractile elements in vascular smooth muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karaki
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000187:drug effects; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000494:pharmacology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007546:Isoquinolines; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D010879:Piperazines; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; C039067:12-deoxyphorbol 13-isobutyrate; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D014700:Verapamil; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; C049347:fasudil; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine