PAC₁ receptors mediate positive chronotropic responses to PACAP-27 and VIP in isolated mouse atria.
In: European journal of pharmacology, Jg. 713 (2013-08-05), Heft 1-3, S. 25
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PACAP and VIP have prominent effects on cardiac function in several species, but little is known about their influence on the murine heart. Accordingly, we evaluated the expression of PACAP/VIP receptors in mouse heart and the response of isolated atria to peptide agonists. Quantitative PCR demonstrated that PAC₁, VPAC₁, and VPAC₂ receptor mRNAs are present throughout the mouse heart. Expression of all three receptor transcripts was low, PAC₁ being the lowest. No regional differences in expression were detected for individual receptor mRNAs after normalization to L32. Pharmacological effects of PACAP-27, VIP, and the selective PAC₁ agonist maxadilan were evaluated in isolated, spontaneously beating atria from C57BL/6 mice of either sex. Incremental additions of PACAP-27 at 1 min intervals caused a concentration-dependent tachycardia with a logEC₅₀=-9.08 ± 0.15 M (n=7) and a maximum of 96.3 ± 5.9% above baseline heart rate. VIP and maxadilan also caused tachycardia but their potencies were about two orders of magnitude less. Increasing the dosing interval to 5 min caused a leftward shift of the concentration-response curve to maxadilan but no changes in the curves for PACAP-27 or VIP. Under this condition, neither the potency nor the efficacy of maxadilan differed from those of PACAP-27. Neither PACAP-27 nor maxadilan caused tachyphylaxis, and maximal responses to maxadilan were maintained for at least 2 h. We conclude that all three VIP/PACAP family receptors are expressed by mouse cardiac tissue, but only PAC₁ receptors mediate positive chronotropic responses to PACAP-27 and VIP.
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PAC₁ receptors mediate positive chronotropic responses to PACAP-27 and VIP in isolated mouse atria.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Hoover, DB ; Girard, BM ; Hoover, JL ; Parsons, RL |
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Zeitschrift: | European journal of pharmacology, Jg. 713 (2013-08-05), Heft 1-3, S. 25 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2005- : Amsterdam : Elsevier Science ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Amsterdam, North Holland Pub. Co., 2013 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1879-0712 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.04.037 |
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