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  • Title: Different antagonism of the positive chronotropic and inotropic responses of the isolated, blood-perfused dog atrium to Bay k 8644 by nicardipine and verapamil.
    Author: Furukawa Y, Ogiwara Y, Akahane K, Chiba S.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1988 Nov 01; 156(2):231-7. PubMed ID: 2467822.
    Abstract:
    The effects of Bay k 8644, a dihydropyridine calcium agonist, on sinoatrial (SA) node pacemaker activity and atrial contractility and its interaction with the calcium antagonists, nicardipine and verapamil, were investigated in the isolated, blood-perfused dog atrium. Bay k 8644 (0.03-30 micrograms) increased sinus rate and atrial contractility dose dependently. Norepinephrine (NE) and CaCl2 dose dependently increased the sinus rate and contractility but the positive chronotropic effect of CaCl2 was much less than that of the other drugs. The positive chronotropic effect of Bay K 8644 (0.3-1 microgram) was dose dependently depressed by nicardipine at doses of 1-10 micrograms but the inotropic effect was depressed only by a large dose of 10 micrograms. After sinus arrest induced by nicardipine (10-30 micrograms), SA node pacemaker activity was readily restored by Bay k 8644 or NE. Verapamil (1-3 micrograms) also depressed the positive chronotropic effect of Bay k 8644 more effectively than the inotropic effect although it did not attenuate the chronotropic effect of NE. The inotropic interaction could not be evaluated at higher doses of antagonists because of sinus arrest. Propranolol (3 micrograms) suppressed both positive chronotropic and inotropic effects of NE but did not depress the Bay k 8644-induced responses. These results show that the antagonism between Bay k 8644 and calcium antagonists is predominant on SA node pacemaker activity in cardiac tissues.
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