title: [Activators of protein kinase A and Epac proteins enhance the contractile response of the isolated snail (Helix pomatia) heart to serotonin].
abstract: The mechanisms of cAMP action on the contractility of the isolated heart were studied in the snail Helix pomatia. Serotonin is a powerful activator of heart contractility in this animal. Preincubation of the isolated heart ventricle with the activator of protein kinase A (PKA) Sp-8-bromoadenosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphothioate (200 microM) or the activator of Epac proteins 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-2'-O-methyladenosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (100 microM) proved to enhance the amplitude of contractions induced by serotonin. Two types of changes in the contractile response were observed: each agent caused either a uniform increase in the amplitude of heart contractions at all concentrations of serotonin or an abrupt increase in the response to the first minimum dose of serotonin. These results indicate that Epac proteins along with PKA are involved in the transmission of cAMP effect on heart contractility.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Sukhanova
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Solomonova
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Avdotin
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006372:Helix, Snails / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C473217:8-(4-chloro-phenylthio)-2'-O-methyladenosine-3'-5'-cyclic monophosphate; C105593:8-bromoadenosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphorothioate; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D013873:Thionucleotides; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D012701:Serotonin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases