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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 271: H1829-H1839, 1996;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 271, Issue 5 1829-H1839, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Ca2+ sensitizer Org-30029 reverses acidosis- and BDM-induced contractile depression in canine myocardium

A. Watanabe, H. Tomoike and M. Endoh
Department of Pharmacology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.

Effects of the Ca2+ sensitizer N-hydroxy-5,6-dimethoxy-benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboximidamide hydrochloride (Org-30029) on the myocardial contractile depression induced by acidosis and 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) were investigated in aequorin-loaded canine ventricular myocardium. The peak Ca2+ transient-peak force relation during administration of Org-30029 (10(-4) to 10(-3) M) was shifted to the left and upward compared with the relation for elevation of the extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o) (2.5-12.5 mM). Acidosis (pH 6.6) depressed the force with a small increase in the peak Ca2+ transient. BDM (3 mM) depressed the force with no change in the peak and duration of the Ca2+ transient, indicating that BDM may inhibit selectively the cross-bridge interaction. During acidosis or in the presence of BDM, elevation of [Ca2+]o increased the peak Ca2+ transient to the same extent as that in the control, but the force was inhibited. In contrast, Org-30029 increased the force to a level equivalent to the control with a slight change in the peak Ca2+ transient. In addition, during acidosis, Org-30029 (10(-3) M) increased the force in association with a slight decrease in the peak Ca2+ transient. Thus Org-30029 can reverse the myocardial contractile depression induced by a decrease in the Ca2+ sensitivity of myofilaments, as occurs in pathophysiological situations such as acidosis in cardiac ischemia. Org-30029 may exert the Ca(2+)-sensitizing effect by an increase in the affinity of troponin C for Ca2+ and by a direct action on the cross-bridge interaction.


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