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Some effects of nipradilol, a beta-antagonist possessing a nitroxy group, on smooth muscle of the pig coronary artery.

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:1. The effects of nipradilol, a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist which possesses a nitroxy group, on cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), and on tension development were simultaneously measured by front-surface fluorometry and fura-2-loaded strips in the proximal portion of pig coronary arteries. 2. Nipradilol reduced in a concentration-dependent manner both the [Ca2+]i and tension, irrespective of whether the strips were unstimulated or exposed to either high K+ or histamine containing solutions. However, both in the case of contractions induced by high K+-depolarization and histamine stimulation, for a given [Ca2+]i elevation the tension which developed in the presence of nipradilol was smaller than that generated in its absence, so that the [Ca2+]i-tension curves during the contraction were shifted to the right. 3. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, the [Ca2+]i elevation due to the release of Ca2+ from histamine-sensitive store was inhibited by nipradilol. Nipradilol had no effect on the [Ca2+]i elevation due to the release of Ca2+ from caffeine-sensitive stores; however, it did inhibit the caffeine-induced increase in tension. A derivative of nipradilol, which lacked a nitroxy molecule (Nip(-N)), had no effect on the [Ca2+]i and tension elevated by histamine or caffeine in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. 4. The beta-adrenoceptor agonist, isoprenaline, reduced [Ca2+]i tension when applied to steady state contractions induced by high K+, or at the peak level of tension to histamine. The reduction of [Ca2+]i and tension induced by isoprenaline was inhibited by Nip(-N) in a concentration-dependent manner and nipradilol inhibited the isoprenaline-induced relaxation with bell-shaped concentration-response curves. At lower concentrations, nipradilol acted as a beta-blocker, the IC50- value being smaller than that of Nip(-N), and at higher concentrations, it acted as a nitrovasodilator. 5. Thus, it is suggested that, at lower concentrations, nipradilol, an antianginal drug, acts as a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist. At higher concentrations, it relaxes the proximal portion of the coronary artery by directly reducing [Ca2+]i and the Ca2+-sensitivity of the myofilaments, apparently due to the presence of the nitroxy molecule.

journal_name

Br J Pharmacol

journal_title

British journal of pharmacology

authors

Abe S,Nakamura M,Kanaide H

doi

10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15343.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1707-15

issue

eissn

0007-1188

issn

1476-5381

journal_volume

117

pub_type

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Some effects of nipradilol, a beta-antagonist possessing a nitroxy group, on smooth muscle of the pig coronary artery.