Abstract：
:The present study was undertaken to investigate the in vitro influence of mibefradil, a calcium channel blocker, and pinacidil, a potassium channel opener, on pregnant goat myometrial spontaneous rhythmic contractility and contractions induced with the agonist, oxytocin. Longitudinal strips from the distal region of uterus, collected from goats at midgestation, were mounted in an organ bath for recording isometric contractions. Mibefradil (10(-8)-10(-4) M) or pinacidil (10(-10)-10(-4) M), added cumulatively to the bath at an increment of 1 log unit, caused concentration-dependent inhibition of the spontaneous rhythmic contractions of isolated uterine strips. The rhythmic contraction was, respectively, abolished at 100 and 10 microM concentrations of mibefradil and pinacidil. In a concentration-dependent manner, mibefradil (1 and 10 microM) antagonized the contractions elicited with oxytocin (10(-5)-10(-2) IU). Pretreatment of uterine strips with glibenclamide (10 microM), a selective KATP channel blocker, caused a rightward shift of the concentration-response curve of pinacidil with a concomitant decrease in its pD2 value. Pinacidil (0.3, 1 and 3 microM), in a concentration-related manner, antagonized the oxytocin (10(-5)-10(-2) IU)-induced contractile response. The inhibition of spontaneous rhythmic contractions and antagonism of oxytocin-induced contraction by mibefradil in the pregnant goat myometrium may be related to the antagonism of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, while by pinacidil suggests that KATP channel could be a therapeutic target for tocolysis.
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Indian J Exp Bioljournal_title
Indian journal of experimental biologyauthors
Mandi G,Sarkar SN,Mishra SK,Raviprakash Vkeywords:
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2005-09-01 00:00:00pages
795-801issue
9eissn
0019-5189issn
0975-1009journal_volume
43pub_type
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