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Gergs U, Jacob H, Braekow P, Hofmann B, Pockes S, Humphrys LJ, Kirchhefer U, Fehse C, Neumann J. Lysergic acid diethylamide stimulates cardiac human H 2 histamine and cardiac human 5-HT 4-serotonin receptors. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2024; 397:221-236. [PMID: 37401967 PMCID: PMC10771359 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-023-02591-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is an artificial hallucinogenic drug. Thus, we hypothesized that LSD might act 5-HT4 serotonin receptors and/or H2 histamine receptors. We studied isolated electrically stimulated left atrial preparations, spontaneously beating right atrial preparations, and spontaneously beating Langendorff-perfused hearts from transgenic mice with cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of the human 5-HT4 receptor (5-HT4-TG) or of the H2-histamine receptor (H2-TG). For comparison, we used wild type littermate mice (WT). Finally, we measured isometric force of contraction in isolated electrically stimulated muscle strips from the human right atrium obtained from patients during bypass surgery. LSD (up to 10 µM) concentration dependently increased force of contraction and beating rate in left or right atrial preparations from 5-HT4-TG (n = 6, p < 0.05) in 5-HT4-TG atrial preparations. The inotropic and chronotropic effects of LSD were antagonized by 10 µM tropisetron in 5-HT4-TG. In contrast, LSD (10 µM) increased force of contraction and beating rate in left or right atrial preparations, from H2-TG. After pre-stimulation with cilostamide (1 µM), LSD (10 µM) increased force of contraction in human atrial preparations (n = 6, p < 0.05). The contractile effects of LSD in human atrial preparations could be antagonized by 10 µM cimetidine and 1 µM GR 125487. LSD leads to H2-histamine receptor and 5-HT4-receptor mediated cardiac effects in humans.
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- Ulrich Gergs
- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 4, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 4, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 4, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Mid-German Heart Center, University Hospital Halle, Ernst Grube Straße 40, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Domagkstraße 12, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 4, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 4, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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Neumann J, Hofmann B, Kirchhefer U, Dhein S, Gergs U. Function and Role of Histamine H 1 Receptor in the Mammalian Heart. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:ph16050734. [PMID: 37242517 DOI: 10.3390/ph16050734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Histamine can change the force of cardiac contraction and alter the beating rate in mammals, including humans. However, striking species and regional differences have been observed. Depending on the species and the cardiac region (atrium versus ventricle) studied, the contractile, chronotropic, dromotropic, and bathmotropic effects of histamine vary. Histamine is present and is produced in the mammalian heart. Thus, histamine may exert autocrine or paracrine effects in the mammalian heart. Histamine uses at least four heptahelical receptors: H1, H2, H3 and H4. Depending on the species and region studied, cardiomyocytes express only histamine H1 or only histamine H2 receptors or both. These receptors are not necessarily functional concerning contractility. We have considerable knowledge of the cardiac expression and function of histamine H2 receptors. In contrast, we have a poor understanding of the cardiac role of the histamine H1 receptor. Therefore, we address the structure, signal transduction, and expressional regulation of the histamine H1 receptor with an eye on its cardiac role. We point out signal transduction and the role of the histamine H1 receptor in various animal species. This review aims to identify gaps in our knowledge of cardiac histamine H1 receptors. We highlight where the published research shows disagreements and requires a new approach. Moreover, we show that diseases alter the expression and functional effects of histamine H1 receptors in the heart. We found that antidepressive drugs and neuroleptic drugs might act as antagonists of cardiac histamine H1 receptors, and believe that histamine H1 receptors in the heart might be attractive targets for drug therapy. The authors believe that a better understanding of the role of histamine H1 receptors in the human heart might be clinically relevant for improving drug therapy.
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- Joachim Neumann
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Magdeburger Straße 4, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06097 Halle, Germany
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- Herzchirurgie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube Straße 40, 06097 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Domagkstraße 12, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Rudolf-Boehm Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Härtelstraße 16-18, Universität Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Magdeburger Straße 4, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06097 Halle, Germany
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Neumann J, Kirchhefer U, Dhein S, Hofmann B, Gergs U. The Roles of Cardiovascular H 2-Histamine Receptors Under Normal and Pathophysiological Conditions. Front Pharmacol 2022; 12:732842. [PMID: 34987383 PMCID: PMC8720924 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.732842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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This review addresses pharmacological, structural and functional relationships among H2-histamine receptors and H1-histamine receptors in the mammalian heart. The role of both receptors in the regulation of force and rhythm, including their electrophysiological effects on the mammalian heart, will then be discussed in context. The potential clinical role of cardiac H2-histamine-receptors in cardiac diseases will be examined. The use of H2-histamine receptor agonists to acutely increase the force of contraction will be discussed. Special attention will be paid to the potential role of cardiac H2-histamine receptors in the genesis of cardiac arrhythmias. Moreover, novel findings on the putative role of H2-histamine receptor antagonists in treating chronic heart failure in animal models and patients will be reviewed. Some limitations in our biochemical understanding of the cardiac role of H2-histamine receptors will be discussed. Recommendations for further basic and translational research on cardiac H2-histamine receptors will be offered. We will speculate whether new knowledge might lead to novel roles of H2-histamine receptors in cardiac disease and whether cardiomyocyte specific H2-histamine receptor agonists and antagonists should be developed.
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- Joachim Neumann
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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- Landratsamt Altenburger Land, Altenburg, Germany
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- Herzchirurgie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Functional interaction of H 2-receptors and 5HT 4-receptors in atrial tissues isolated from double transgenic mice and from human patients. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2021; 394:2401-2418. [PMID: 34562141 PMCID: PMC8592968 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-021-02145-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In the past, we generated transgenic mice that overexpress the human histamine 2 (H2)-receptor (H2-TG) or that overexpress the human serotonin 4 (5-HT4)-receptor (5-HT4-TG) in the heart. Here, we crossbred these lines of mice to generate double transgenic mice that overexpress both receptors (DT). This was done to study a conceivable interaction between these receptors in the mouse heart as a model for the human heart. When in left atria, initially, force of contraction was elevated maximally with 1 µM serotonin, and subsequently, histamine was cumulatively applied; a biphasic effect of histamine was noted: the force of contraction initially decreased, maximally at 10 nM histamine, and thereafter, the force of contraction increased again at 1 µM histamine. Notably, functional interaction between 5-HT and histamine was also identified in isolated electrically stimulated trabeculae carneae from human right atrium (obtained during cardiac surgery). These functional and biochemical data together are consistent with a joint overexpression of inotropically active H2-receptors and 5-HT4-receptors in the same mouse heart. We also describe an antagonistic interaction on the force of contraction of both receptors in the mouse atrium (DT) and in the human atrial muscle strips. We speculate that via this interaction, histamine might act as a "brake" on the cardiac actions of 5-HT via inhibitory GTP-binding proteins acting on the activity of adenylyl cyclase.
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Neumann J, Grobe JM, Weisgut J, Schwelberger HG, Fogel WA, Marušáková M, Wache H, Bähre H, Buchwalow IB, Dhein S, Hofmann B, Kirchhefer U, Gergs U. Histamine can be Formed and Degraded in the Human and Mouse Heart. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:582916. [PMID: 34045955 PMCID: PMC8144513 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.582916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Histamine is metabolized by several enzymes in vitro and in vivo. The relevance of this metabolism in the mammalian heart in vivo is unclear. However, histamine can exert positive inotropic effects (PIE) and positive chronotropic effects (PCE) in humans via H2-histamine receptors. In transgenic mice (H2-TG) that overexpress the human H2 receptor in cardiomyocytes but not in wild-type littermate mice (WT), histamine induced PIE and PCE in isolated left or right atrial preparations. These H2-TG were used to investigate the putative relevance of histamine degrading enzymes in the mammalian heart. Histidine, the precursor of histamine, increased force of contraction (FOC) in human atrial preparations. Moreover, histamine increased the phosphorylation state of phospholamban in human atrium. Here, we could detect histidine decarboxylase (HDC) and histamine itself in cardiomyocytes of mouse hearts. Moreover, our data indicate that histamine is subject to degradation in the mammalian heart. Inhibition of the histamine metabolizing enzymes diamine oxidase (DAO) and monoamine oxidase (MAO) shifted the concentration response curves for the PIE in H2-TG atria to the left. Moreover, activity of histamine metabolizing enzymes was present in mouse cardiac samples as well as in human atrial samples. Thus, drugs used for other indication (e.g. antidepressants) can alter histamine levels in the heart. Our results deepen our understanding of the physiological role of histamine in the mouse and human heart. Our findings might be clinically relevant because we show enzyme targets for drugs to modify the beating rate and force of the human heart.
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- Joachim Neumann
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Research Core Unit Metabolomics and Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Klinik für Herzchirurgie, Herzzentrum der Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Centre of the University Clinics Halle (Saale), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Neumann J, Binter MB, Fehse C, Marušáková M, Büxel ML, Kirchhefer U, Hofmann B, Gergs U. Amitriptyline functionally antagonizes cardiac H 2 histamine receptors in transgenic mice and human atria. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2021; 394:1251-1262. [PMID: 33625558 PMCID: PMC8208937 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-021-02065-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have previously shown that histamine (2-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)ethanamine) exerted concentration-dependent positive inotropic effects (PIE) or positive chronotropic effects (PCE) on isolated left and right atria, respectively, of transgenic (H2R-TG) mice that overexpress the human H2 histamine receptor (H2R) in the heart; however, the effects were not seen in their wild-type (WT) littermates. Amitriptyline, which is still a highly prescribed antidepressant drug, was reported to act as antagonist on H2Rs. Here, we wanted to determine whether the histamine effects in H2R-TG were antagonized by amitriptyline. Contractile studies were performed on isolated left and right atrial preparations, isolated perfused hearts from H2R-TG and WT mice and human atrial preparations. Amitriptyline shifted the concentration-dependent PIE of histamine (1 nM-10 μM) to higher concentrations (rightward shift) in left atrial preparations from H2R-TG. Similarly, in isolated perfused hearts from H2R-TG and WT mice, histamine increased the contractile parameters and the phosphorylation state of phospholamban (PLB) at serine 16 in the H2R-TG mice, but not in the WT mice. However, the increases in contractility and PLB phosphorylation were attenuated by the addition of amitriptyline in perfused hearts from H2R-TG. In isolated electrically stimulated human atria, the PIE of histamine that was applied in increasing concentrations from 1 nM to 10 μM was reduced by 10-μM amitriptyline. In summary, we present functional evidence that amitriptyline also acts as an antagonist of contractility at H2Rs in H2R-TG mouse hearts and in the human heart which might in part explain the side effects of amitriptyline.
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- Joachim Neumann
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06097, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06097, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06097, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06097, Halle, Germany.,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06097, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Domagkstr. 12, D-48149, Münster, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06097, Halle, Germany.
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Gergs U, Bernhardt G, Buchwalow IB, Edler H, Fröba J, Keller M, Kirchhefer U, Köhler F, Mißlinger N, Wache H, Neumann J. Initial Characterization of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Human Histamine H 2 Receptors. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2019; 369:129-141. [PMID: 30728249 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.118.255711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In an integrative approach, we studied the role of histamine H2 receptors in the mouse heart. We noted that histamine, added cumulatively to the organ bath, failed to affect the force of contraction in left atrial preparations and did not change spontaneous heart rate in right atrial preparations from wild-type mice. By contrast, in the same preparations from mice that overexpressed the human H2 receptor in a cardiac-specific way, histamine exerted concentration- and time-dependent positive inotropic and positive chronotropic effects. Messenger RNA of the human H2 receptor was only detected in transgenic mice. Likewise, immunohistology and autoradiography only gave signals in transgenic but not in wild-type cardiac preparations. Similarly, a positive inotropic and positive chronotropic effect was observed with histamine in echocardiography of living transgenic mice and isolated perfused hearts (Langendorff preparation). Phosphorylation of phospholamban was increased in atrial and ventricular preparations from transgenic mice, but not in wild-type animals. The effects of histamine were mimicked by dimaprit and amthamine and antagonized by cimetidine. In summary, we generated a new model to study the physiologic and pathophysiologic cardiac role of the human H2 receptor.
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- U Gergs
- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany (U.G., H.E., J.F., F.K., N.M., H.W., J.N.); Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (G.B., M.K.); Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (I.B.B.); and Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (U.K.)
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Skovgaard N, Møller K, Gesser H, Wang T. Histamine induces postprandial tachycardia through a direct effect on cardiac H2-receptors in pythons. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 296:R774-85. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90466.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The intrinsic heart rate of most vertebrates studied, including humans, is elevated during digestion, suggesting that a nonadrenergic-noncholinergic factor contributes to the postprandial tachycardia. The regulating factor, however, remains elusive and difficult to identify. Pythons can ingest very large meals, and digestion is associated with a marked rise in metabolism that is sustained for several days. The metabolic rise causes more than a doubling of heart rate and a fourfold rise in cardiac output. This makes the python an interesting model to investigate the postprandial tachycardia. We measured blood pressure and heart rate in fasting Python regius, and at 24 and 48 h after ingestion of a meal amounting to 25% of body wt. Digestion caused heart rate to increase from 25 to 56 min, whereas blood pressure was unchanged. The postprandial rise in heart rate was partially due to a doubling of intrinsic heart rate. The H2-antagonist did not affect heart rate of fasting snakes but decreased heart rate by 15–20 min at 24 h into digestion, whereas it had no effects at 48 h. Thus, the histaminergic tone on the heart rose from none to 30% at 24 h but vanished after 48 h. In anesthetized snakes, histamine caused a systemic vasodilatation and a marked increase in heart rate and cardiac output mediated through a direct effect on H2- receptors. Our study strongly indicates that histamine regulates heart rate during the initial phase of digestion in pythons. This study describes a novel regulation of the vertebrate heart.
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Wellner-Kienitz MC, Bender K, Meyer T, Pott L. Coupling to Gs and G(q/11) of histamine H2 receptors heterologously expressed in adult rat atrial myocytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1642:67-77. [PMID: 12972295 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(03)00101-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The predominant histamine receptor subtype in the supraventricular and ventricular tissue of various mammalian species is the H2 receptor (H2-R) subtype, which is known to couple to stimulatory G proteins (Gs), i.e. the major effects of this autacoid are an increase in sinus rate and in force of contraction. To investigate histamine effects in H2-R-transfected rat atrial myocytes, endogenous GIRK currents and L-type Ca2+ currents were used as functional assays. In H2-R-transfected myocytes, exposure to His resulted in a reversible augmentation of L-type Ca2+ currents, consistent with the established coupling of this receptor to the Gs-cAMP-PKA signalling pathway. Mammalian K+ channels composed of GIRK (Kir3.x) subunits are directly controlled by interaction with betagamma subunits released from G proteins, which couple to seven-helix receptors. In mock-transfected atrial cardiomyocytes, activation of muscarinic K+ channels (IK(ACh)) was limited to Gi-coupled receptors (M2R, A1R). In H2-R-overexpressing cells, histamine activated IK(ACh) via Gs-derived betagamma subunits since the histamine-induced current was insensitive to pertussis toxin. These data indicate that overexpression of Gs-coupled H2-R results in a loss of target specificity due to an increased agonist-induced release of Gs-derived betagamma subunits. When IK(ACh) was maximally activated by GTP-gamma-S, histamine induced an irreversible inhibition of the inward current in a fraction of H2-R-transfected cells. This inhibition is supposed to be mediated via a G(q/11)-PLC-mediated depletion of PIP2, suggesting a partial coupling of overexpressed H2-R to G(q/11). Dual coupling of H2-Rs to Gs and Gq is demonstrated for the first time in cardiac myocytes. It represents a novel mechanism to augment positive inotropic effects by activating two different signalling pathways via one type of histamine receptor. Activation of the Gs-cAMP-PKA pathway promotes Ca2+ influx through phosphorylation of L-type Ca2+ channels. Simultaneous activation of Gq-signalling pathways might result in phosphoinositide turnover and Ca2+ release from intracellular stores, thereby augmenting H2-induced increases in [Ca2+]i.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/drug effects
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism
- Cell Membrane/drug effects
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/drug effects
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Female
- G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs/drug effects
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs/metabolism
- Heart Atria/drug effects
- Heart Atria/metabolism
- Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/drug effects
- Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Histamine/metabolism
- Histamine/pharmacology
- Male
- Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate/metabolism
- Potassium Channels/drug effects
- Potassium Channels/metabolism
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
- Rats
- Receptor, Muscarinic M2
- Receptors, Histamine H2/drug effects
- Receptors, Histamine H2/genetics
- Receptors, Histamine H2/metabolism
- Receptors, Muscarinic/drug effects
- Receptors, Muscarinic/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Transfection
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Li D, Wen JF, Jin JY, Jin H, Ann HS, Kim SZ, Kim SH, Lee HS, Cho KW. Histamine inhibits atrial myocytic ANP release via H2 receptor-cAMP-protein kinase signaling. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 285:R380-93. [PMID: 12714356 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00666.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Changes in cyclic nucleotide production and atrial dynamics have been known to modulate atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) release. Although cardiac atrium expresses histamine receptors and contains histamine, the role of histamine in the regulation of ANP release has to be defined. The purpose of the present study was to define the effect of histamine on the regulation of ANP release in perfused beating rabbit atria. Histamine decreased ANP release concomitantly with increases in cAMP efflux and atrial dynamics in a concentration-dependent manner. Histamine-induced decrease in ANP release was a function of an increase in cAMP production. Blockade of histamine H2 receptor with cimetidine but not of H1 receptor with triprolidine abolished the responses of histamine. Cell-permeable cAMP analog, 8-Br-cAMP, mimicked the effects of histamine, and the responses were dose-dependent and blocked by a protein kinase A (PKA)-selective inhibitor, KT5720. Nifedipine failed to modulate histamine-induced decrease in ANP release. Protein kinase nonselective inhibitor staurosporine blocked histamine-induced changes in a concentration-dependent manner. KT5720 and RP-adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphorothioate, another PKA-selective inhibitor, attenuated histamine-induced changes. These results suggest that histamine decreases atrial ANP release by H2 receptor-cAMP signaling via PKA-dependent and -independent pathways.
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- Dan Li
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Medical Sciences, Jeonbug National University Medical School, Jeonju 561-180, Korea
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Akaishi Y, Hattori Y, Yoshimoto K, Kitabatake A, Yasuda K, Kanno M. Involvement of tyrosine phosphorylation in the positive inotropic effect produced by H(1)-receptors with histamine in guinea-pig left atrium. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 130:907-15. [PMID: 10864899 PMCID: PMC1572121 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We investigated the effect of stimulation of H(1)-receptors with histamine on protein tyrosine phosphorylation levels in guinea-pig left atrium and evaluated the influences of tyrosine kinase inhibitors on the positive inotropic effect mediated by H(1)-receptors in this tissue. Histamine induced an increase in tyrosine phosphorylation in four main clusters of proteins with apparent molecular weights of 25, 35, 65 and 150 kDa. Tyrosine phosphorylation of these proteins attained a peak around 2 - 3 min following histamine stimulation and then declined to or below basal levels. Histamine-induced protein tyrosine phosphorylation was antagonized by the H(1)-receptor antagonists mepyramine (1 microM) and chlorpheniramine (1 microM), but not by the H(2)-receptor antagonist cimetidine (10 microM). The positive inotropic effect of histamine was depressed in a concentration-dependent manner by the tyrosine kinase inhibitors tyrphostin A25 (50 to 100 microM) and genistein (10 to 50 microM) but not by the inactive genistein analogue daidzein (50 microM). The positive inotropic effect of isoprenaline was unchanged by tyrphostin A25 and genistein. At a concentration of 1 microM histamine produced a dual-component positive inotropic response composed of an initial increasing phase and a second and late developing, greater positive inotropic phase. Treatment with tyrphostin A25 (100 microM) and genistein (50 microM), but not daidzein (50 microM), significantly attenuated the two components of the inotropic response, although genistein suppressed the initial component more markedly than the late component. We conclude that increased protein tyrosine phosphorylation may play an important role in initiating at least some part of the positive inotropic effect of H(1)-receptor stimulation in guinea-pig left atrium.
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- Y Akaishi
- Department of Pharmacology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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Yoshimoto K, Hattori Y, Houzen H, Kanno M, Yasuda K. Histamine H1-receptor-mediated increase in the Ca2+ transient without a change in the Ca2+ current in electrically stimulated guinea-pig atrial myocytes. Br J Pharmacol 1998; 124:1744-50. [PMID: 9756392 PMCID: PMC1565567 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The effects of histamine on the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), action potential and membrane currents were assessed in single atrial myocytes prepared from guinea-pigs. Histamine caused a concentration-dependent increase in the [Ca2+]i transient in indol/AM loaded myocytes when stimulated electrically at 0.5 Hz. However, the maximum increase in [Ca2+]i transient produced by histamine was less than 50% of that elicited by isoprenaline. The histamine-induced increase in [Ca2+]i transient was significantly inhibited by chlorpheniramine, but not by cimetidine. Pretreatment with nifedipine nearly completely suppressed the histamine-induced increase in [Ca2+]i transient. Cyclopiazonic acid did not affect the histamine response. In the whole-cell current-clamp mode of the patch-clamp method, both histamine and isoprenaline prolonged action potential duration (APD) in atrial myocytes. In the presence of Co2+ or nifedipine, the isoprenaline-induced APD prolongation was abolished and an APD shortening effect was manifested, while histamine still increased APD. The APD prolongation elicited by histamine was reversed by chlorpheniramine. In the voltage-clamp mode, the histamine-sensitive membrane current was inwardly rectifying and reversed close to the calculated value of the K+ equilibrium potential. Histamine had no apparent effect on L-type Ca2+ current, in contrast to the pronounced effect of isoprenaline. These results indicate that in guinea-pig atrial myocytes stimulation of H1-receptors with histamine does not directly activate Ca2+ channels but causes an elevation of [Ca2+]i transient by increasing Ca2+ influx through the channels during the prolonged repolarization of action potentials resulting from inhibition of the outward K+ current.
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- K Yoshimoto
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Kurokawa T, Ozaki N, Sato E, Ishibashi S. Rapid decrease of glycogen concentration in the hearts of senescence-accelerated mice during aging. Mech Ageing Dev 1997; 97:227-36. [PMID: 9234236 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(97)00063-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Age-related changes in glycogen concentration in the heart of SAMP8, a substrain of senescence-accelerated prone mouse, were compared with that in SAMR1, a substrain of senescence-accelerated resistant mouse. The decrease by about 50% in the glycogen concentration in the hearts of 4-8 weeks old SAMP8 was observed in comparison with that in age-matched SAMR1, whereas there was no difference in adult hearts between the two substrains. Additionally, glycogen phosphorylase activity was significantly increased (1.3-fold) in the heart of 4-8 weeks old SAMP8 without the change in glycogen synthase activity between the two substrains. At the same age, the lipid peroxide concentration was also increased (1.4-fold) in the hearts of SAMP8, suggesting that oxidative stress was involved in the early damage to the hearts of SAMP8. Furthermore, the present findings that the cardiac glycogen concentration in SAMP8 decreases more quickly than that in SAMR1 may indicate the possibility that an accelerated aging of SAMP8 is related to the early changes in the energy sources in the heart.
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- T Kurokawa
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan
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Krzan M. Histamine receptors in the heart—Molecular characteristics, physiology and pharmacology. Inflammopharmacology 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02731874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In this article, we review the recent developments in the field of histamine research. Besides the description of pharmacological tools for the H1, H2 and H3 receptor, specific attention is paid to both the molecular aspects of the receptor proteins, including the recent cloning of the receptor genes, and their respective signal transduction mechanisms.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation/genetics
- Histamine Agonists/pharmacology
- Histamine Antagonists/pharmacology
- Humans
- Ligands
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, Histamine/chemistry
- Receptors, Histamine/classification
- Receptors, Histamine/genetics
- Receptors, Histamine/metabolism
- Receptors, Histamine H1/chemistry
- Receptors, Histamine H1/genetics
- Receptors, Histamine H1/metabolism
- Receptors, Histamine H2/chemistry
- Receptors, Histamine H2/genetics
- Receptors, Histamine H2/metabolism
- Receptors, Histamine H3/chemistry
- Receptors, Histamine H3/genetics
- Receptors, Histamine H3/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/genetics
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- R Leurs
- Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Department of Pharmacochemistry, Vrije, Universiteit, The Netherlands
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Hattori Y, Imamura M, Akaishi Y, Kanno M. Inotropic changes induced by fluoroaluminates in rabbit left atrial muscles: possible involvement of G proteins. Br J Pharmacol 1995; 114:224-30. [PMID: 7712022 PMCID: PMC1510182 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb14929.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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1. The effects of fluoroaluminate complexes (NaF plus AlCl3) on force of contraction, cyclic AMP accumulation and phosphoinositide hydrolysis were examined in rabbit left atrial muscles. 2. Fluoroaluminates (1-10 mM NaF + 10 microM AlCl3) produced a biphasic inotropic response which was composed of an early small decline and subsequent increase in force of contraction. In the presence of the Al3+ chelator, deferoxamine (100 microM), the positive inotropic response was completely abolished and a sustained negative inotropic response appeared, suggesting that only the positive inotropic response is due to the action of fluoroaluminates. 3. The positive inotropic effect of fluoroaluminates was associated with a significant increase in the total duration of a single contraction; the time to peak tension and relaxation time were prolonged. In contrast, these parameters were substantially abbreviated by isoprenaline or histamine. 4. When force of contraction was increased by isoprenaline or histamine, the addition of fluoroaluminates caused a marked negative inotropic effect, which was eliminated by pretreatment with pertussis toxin. 5. Fluoroaluminates did not cause a significant increase in cyclic AMP content at concentrations of NaF in the range of 1-10 mM. However, the content of cyclic AMP was greatly elevated by fluoroaluminates when the atrial muscles were pretreated with pertussis toxin. 6. Accumulation of [3H]-inositol monophosphate in atrial muscle strips prelabelled with myo-[3H]-inositol was significantly increased by fluoroaluminates at concentrations of NaF over 1 mM. The phosphoinositide response to fluoroaluminates remained unchanged with pertussis toxin pretreatment. 7.These results indicate that, in rabbit left atrial muscles, fluoroaluminates produce a positive inotropic effect which may be mediated by Gq but not by Gs proteins; they produce a negative inotropic effect possibly through Gi only when Gs is activated with other agents.
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- Y Hattori
- Department of Pharmacology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Hattori Y, Gando S, Nagashima M, Kanno M. Histamine receptors mediating a positive inotropic effect in guinea pig and rabbit ventricular myocardium: distribution of the receptors and their possible intracellular coupling processes. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1994; 65:327-36. [PMID: 7990270 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.65.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The difference in histamine receptor subtypes that are involved in the positive inotropic effect of histamine in guinea pig and rabbit ventricular myocardium was analytically characterized. In guinea pig papillary muscles, the positive inotropic effect of histamine was antagonized by cimetidine but not by mepyramine. The converse was true in rabbit papillary muscles. However, histamine evoked a positive inotropic effect through H1- and H2-receptors after blockade of H2- and H1-receptors in guinea pig and rabbit papillary muscles, respectively. Adenylate cyclase was significantly activated by histamine via H2-receptors in guinea pig but not in rabbit myocardial ventricular membranes. Accumulation of [3H]inositol monophosphate in ventricular strips prelabeled with myo-[3H]inositol was increased by histamine via H1-receptors to a similar extent in rabbits and guinea pigs. Radioligand binding experiments with [3H]mepyramine and [3H]tiotidine showed an increased number of H1-receptors and a decreased number of H2-receptors in guinea pig compared with rabbit ventricular myocardium. These results suggest that the positive inotropic effects of histamine are dominated by an H1-receptor-mediated effect in rabbits and by an H2-receptor-mediated one in guinea pig ventricular myocardium, and the positive inotropic effect manifested by one subtype apparently restricts the expression of the positive inotropic effect mediated by the other subtype. This species difference is not due to a difference in densities of the receptor subtypes, but may be partly related to a difference in the extents of coupling of H2-receptors to adenylate cyclase.
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- Y Hattori
- Department of Pharmacology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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