title: Alpha 1- and beta-adrenergic and muscarinic-cholinergic regulation in the spontaneous beating and Ca2+ oscillations in cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes.
abstract: alpha 1- and beta-adrenergic and muscarinic-cholinergic regulation in spontaneous beating and Ca2+ oscillations in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes at day 6 of culture was investigated. The spontaneous beating in myocytes decreased in the presence of 10 microM norepinephrine (NE). This negative chronotropic action was antagonized by prazosin. Carbachol (CCh) also showed negative chronotropic action which was inhibited by atropine. On the other hand, isoproterenol (ISP) increased the beating rate which was antagonized by propranolol. NE increased inositol phosphate formation whereas CCh and ISP did not. NE and CCh suppressed the frequency of the spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations but ISP increased. The present results suggest that alpha 1-adrenergic and muscarinic receptors regulate chronotropism to be negative whereas beta-adrenoceptor regulates chronotropism to be positive in cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Sapporo Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawana
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohshika
mesh_terms: D018663:Adrenergic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011224:Prazosin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018663:Adrenergic Agents; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D001285:Atropine; D002217:Carbachol; D011433:Propranolol; D007545:Isoproterenol; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine; D011224:Prazosin