title: SEA0400 fails to alter the magnitude of intracellular Ca2+ transients and contractions in Langendorff-perfused guinea pig heart.
abstract: SEA0400 is a recently developed inhibitor of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) shown to suppress both forward and reverse mode operation of NCX. Present experiments were designed to study the effect of partial blockade of NCX on Ca handling and contractility in Langendorff-perfused guinea pig hearts loaded with the fluorescent Ca-sensitive dye fura-2. Left ventricular pressure and intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) were synchronously recorded before and after cumulative superfusion with 0.3 and 1 muM SEA0400. SEA0400 caused no significant change in the systolic and diastolic values of left ventricular pressure and [Ca2+]i. Accordingly, pulse pressure and amplitude of the [Ca2+]i transient also remained unchanged in the presence of SEA0400. SEA0400 had no influence either on the time required to reach peak values of pressure and [Ca2+)]i or on half relaxation time. On the other hand, both 0.3 and 1 microM SEA0400 significantly increased the decay time constant of [Ca2+]i transients, obtained by fitting its descending limb between 30% and 90% of relaxation, from 127 +/- 7 to 165 +/- 7 and 177 +/- 14 ms, respectively (P < 0.05, n=6). In contrast to the guinea pig hearts, rat hearts responded to SEA0400 treatment with increased [Ca2+]i transients and contractility. These interspecies differences observed in the effect of SEA0400 can be explained by the known differences in calcium handling between the two species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Debrecen, 4012, Debrecen, P.O. Box 22, Hungary.
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Szentandrássy
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Birinyi
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szigeti
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farkas
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Magyar
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Csernoch
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varró
authors.forename: Péter P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Nánási
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016257:Fura-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D010647:Phenyl Ethers / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; C430918:SEA 0400; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2