AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 6 2220-H2228, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Pharmacological properties of endothelin receptor subtypes mediating positive inotropic effects in rabbit heart

H. Kasai, M. Takanashi, C. Takasaki and M. Endoh
Department of Pharmacology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.

The positive inotropic effect (PIE) of endothelin (ET) isoforms, ET-1 and ET-3, was similar in that 1) the PIE was associated with prolongation of isometric contractions, 2) the maximal response was approximately 60% of that to isoproterenol (Isomax), 3) the PIE was associated with acceleration of PI hydrolysis, and 4) it was selectively antagonized by phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate. Because the concentration-response curve for ET-1 was biphasic (whereas that for ET-3 was monophasic), ET-1 had a PIE greater than ET-3 up to 10(-8) M. ET-1 induced a PIE at 3 x 10(-14) M and higher, which reached a plateau of 10-20% of Isomax at 10(-12) M (first phase); the curve became steeper at 10(-9) M and higher (second phase), achieving the maximal response at 10(-7) M to 3 x 10(-7) M. An ETA-selective antagonist, BQ-123, did not affect the PIE of ET-1 up to 10(-7) M; it abolished the first phase at 10(-6) M but did not affect the second phase. BQ-123 at 10(-8) to 10(-6) M antagonized the PIE of ET-3, [Thr2]sarafotoxin S6b, and [Glu9]sarafotoxin S6b in a concentration-dependent manner. The PIE of ET-3 was abolished by 10(-6) M BQ-123. An ETB-selective partial agonist IRL-1620 neither elicited a PIE nor affected the PIE of ET-3. These findings indicate that the PIE of ET receptor agonists on rabbit ventricular myocardium cannot be totally explained by occupancy of the ETA or ETB receptor.

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