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  • Title: Pharmacological analysis of positive chrono- and inotropic responses to denopamine (TA-064) in dog cross-circulated atrial and ventricular preparations.
    Author: Akahane K, Furukawa Y, Karasawa Y, Ren LM, Chiba S.
    Journal: Jpn J Pharmacol; 1990 Jan; 52(1):69-79. PubMed ID: 1968521.
    Abstract:
    Positive chrono- and inotropic responses to denopamine (TA-064, (-)-(R)-1-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenethyl)amino]ethanol), a new and orally active cardiotonic agent, were investigated in the canine isolated right atrial or left ventricular preparation which was cross-circulated with blood from another support dog. Denopamine dose-dependently increased the sinus rate, right atrial and left ventricular contractile force. Denopamine was one to two orders of magnitude less potent than isoproterenol. The positive chrono- and inotropic effects of denopamine in isolated, blood-perfused right atria were dose-dependently inhibited by treatment with propranolol and atenolol. The effects of denopamine were only slightly attenuated by ICI 118,551 in doses which completely suppressed the positive chrono- and inotropic effects of procaterol. The increases in sinus rate and atrial contractility induced by denopamine were partially but significantly attenuated by treatment with imipramine in a dose which suppressed the effects of tyramine and potentiated the effects of norepinephrine. These results indicate that denopamine is a highly selective beta-1 adrenoceptor agonist in isolated, blood-perfused dog heart preparations, and they also suggest a mild catecholamine-releasing activity through tyramine-like action in isolated right atria.
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