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| Olivoto,R.R.; Damiani,C.E.N.; Kassouf Silva,I.; Lofrano-Alves,M.S.; Oliveira,M.A.; Fogaça,R.T.H.. |
| 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... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Eugenol; Atrial trabeculae; Resting tension; Ryanodine; Rat; ATP. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2014000400328 |
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