PMID: 8987365Dec 1, 1996Paper

Chronotropic effects of alpha-agonist on the rat isolated right atria

Nihon Ika Daigaku zasshi
K Nakano

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate whether or not alpha-adrenergic stimulation exerts a chronotropic effect on the heart. Isolated right atria of rats were used. Phenylephrine (10(-5)-10(-4) mol/l), an alpha-agonist, did not affect the rate of the atrial beat under treatment with propranolol (1 x 10(-6) mol/l), a beta-blocker. When the atrial rate was increased to approximately double by treatment with isoproterenol (1 x 10(-8) mol/l) or forskolin (1 x 10(-6) mol/l), phenylephrine at the same doses significantly reduced the rate by about 6%. This effect was blocked by phentolamine (1 x 10(-6) mol/l). These results suggest that alpha-adrenoceptors function to reduce heart rate in the atria, of which rate is raised through intracellular cAMP activity.

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