title: Receptor subtypes mediating the inotropic effects and Ca(2+) signaling induced by endothelin-1 through crosstalk with norepinephrine in canine ventricular myocardium.
abstract: In canine ventricular myocardium, endothelin-1 (ET-1) alone induced only a weak transient negative inotropic effect (NIE). However, ET-1 induced a marked sustained positive inotropic effect (PIE) subsequent to a transient NIE in the presence of norepinephrine (NE) at low concentrations (0.1 - 1 nM) and elicited a pronounced sustained NIE in the presence of NE at high concentrations (around 100 nM). Thus, the extent of beta-adrenoceptor stimulation induced by NE played a crucial role in determining the characteristics of the inotropic effects of ET-1. The characteristics of ET receptor subtypes involved in contractile regulation and Ca(2+) signaling induced by ET-1 were determined. The ET-1-induced transient NIE and decrease in Ca(2+) transients were abolished by the selective ET(A)-receptor antagonist FR319317, but not by the selective ET(B)-receptor antagonist BQ-788. The sustained PIE and the increase in Ca(2+) transients induced by ET-1 were abolished by FR319317, but not inhibited by BQ-788. In contrast, the sustained NIE of ET-1 was abolished by the non-selective ET antagonist TAK-044, markedly attenuated by FR319317, and partially inhibited by BQ-788. ET-1 alone elicited a PIE in the presence of BQ-788, which indicates that the activation of ET(B)-receptors counteracts the development of the PIE of ET-1. The current findings indicate that both ET(A) and ET(B) receptors are involved in the regulation of Ca(2+) signaling and contractility in canine ventricular myocardium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Jian-Xin
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Norota
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endoh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects*; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D020239:Receptor Cross-Talk / Q000187:drug effects*; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; D007211:Indoles; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D010880:Piperidines; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; C079574:FR 139317; C088196:TAK 044; C086539:BQ 788; D009638:Norepinephrine