Data/hora: 13/06/2024 04:13:57

Provedor de dados: | 56
País: | Brazil
Título: | Effects of eugenol on resting tension of rat atria
Autores: | Olivoto,R.R.; Damiani,C.E.N.; Kassouf Silva,I.; Lofrano-Alves,M.S.; Oliveira,M.A.; Fogaça,R.T.H.
Data: | 2014-04-01
Ano: | 2014
Palavras-chave: | Eugenol; Atrial trabeculae; Resting tension; Ryanodine; Rat; ATP.
Resumo: | In cardiac and skeletal muscle, eugenol (μM range) blocks excitation-contraction coupling. In skeletal muscle, however, larger doses of eugenol (mM range) induce calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The effects of eugenol are therefore dependent on its concentration. In this study, we evaluated the effects of eugenol on the contractility of isolated, quiescent atrial trabeculae from male Wistar rats (250-300 g; n=131) and measured atrial ATP content. Eugenol (1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 mM) increased resting tension in a dose-dependent manner. Ryanodine [100 µM; a specific ryanodine receptor (RyR) blocker] and procaine (30 mM; a nonspecific RyR blocker) did not block the increased resting tension induced by eugenol regardless of whether extracellular calcium was present. The myosin-specific inhibitor 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM), however, reversed the increase in resting tension induced by eugenol. In Triton-skinned atrial trabeculae, in which all membranes were solubilized, eugenol did not change resting tension, maximum force produced, or the force vs pCa relationship (pCa=-log [Ca2+]). Given that eugenol reduced ATP concentration, the increase in resting tension observed in this study may have resulted from cooperative activation of cardiac thin filaments by strongly attached cross-bridges (rigor state).
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2014000400328
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/1414-431X20143472
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.47 n.4 2014
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess