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  • 1
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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Journal of Applied Physics 70 (1991), S. 6030-6032 
    ISSN: 1089-7550
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: The effect of additives has been studied for the Sm2Fe17Nx compounds. Only Co addition increases the Curie temperature. The Ti, V, or Co additions increase the anisotropy field. The additions of these elements are favorable for the magnet fabrication. The magnet fabrication has been carried out by the Zn metal bonding and mechanical alloying. The (BH)max is 8.7 MGOe and the iHc is 14 kOe for the Zn-bonded magnet. The (BH)max is 10.8 MGOe and the iHc is around 25 kOe for the mechanical alloy magnet.
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  • 2
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 348 (1993), S. 82-87 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Aging ; Endothelin-1 ; Coronary circulation ; EDRF ; Prostacyclin
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Changes with age in the coronary vascular response to endothelin-1 were investigated in perfused hearts isolated from 2-, 6- and 24-month-old (mo) male Fisher-344 rats. Endothelin-1 injected as a single bolus (0.3, 3 and 30 nmol) into the coronary artery supply caused dose-dependent vasoconstriction in all three age groups. While there was no age-related change in the vasoconstriction induced by the lower doses (0.3 and 3 nmol), the higher dose (30 nmol) elicited a more pronounced vasoconstriction in 6- and 24-mo rats than that in 2-mo rats. NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), an inhibitor of nitric oxide formation, markedly enhanced the vasoconstriction induced by 30 nmol endothelin-1 in 2-and 6-mo rats but only slightly and non-significantly enhanced that vasoconstriction in 24-mo rats. Haemoglobin, which inhibits activation of guanylate cyclase by nitric oxide, enhanced the endothelin-1-induced vasoconstriction in 2-mo rats, but not in 6- and 24-mo rats. The acetylcholine-induced coronary vasodilation was more pronounced in 2- and 6-mo rats than in 24-mo rats and was attenuated by L-NNA in 2- and 6-mo rats. The coronary vasodilation induced by nitroprusside (0.1 mmol), a pharmacological precursor of nitric oxide, did not change with age. Endothelin-1 (30 nmol) markedly increased the release of 6-keto-prostaglandin F1α, (6-keto-PGF1α) in all three age groups. The prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor indomethacin enhanced the endothelin-1-induced vasoconstriction in 2- and 6-mo rats to a similar extent. These results indicate that endothelium-derived vasodilators such as endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) and prostacyclin may be released by endothelin-1 to modulate the endothelin-1-induced coronary vasoconstriction. The endothelial cell function to release EDRF in response to endothelin-1 decreases with aging. This decrease in EDRF release may be the main factor in the increase with age of the endothelin-1-induced coronary vasoconstriction.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: WB 4101 ; 5-Methylurapidil ; Alpha1 adrenoceptors ; Positive inotropic effect ; [3H]CGP-12177 ; Rabbit papillary muscle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In order to elucidate the contribution of alpha1A subtype to the positive inotropic effect mediated by myocardial alpha, adrenoceptors, the influence of the alpha1A selective antagonists WB 4101 and 5-methylurapidil on the alpha,-mediated positive inotropic effect (induced by phenylephrine in the presence of a beta adrenoceptor blocking agent bupranolol) was assessed in the isolated rabbit papillary muscle. WB 4101 (10−9-10−7mol/l) shifted the concentration-response curve of the alpha,-mediated positive inotropic effect to the right in parallel, but the slope of Schild plot did not meet the competitive antagonism: WB 4101 shifted the curve by log one unit at 10−9 mol/1, whereas it did not cause further shift at higher concentrations of 10−8 and 10−7 mol/l. WB 4101 did not affect the beta adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effect. 5-Methylurapidil (10−9 to 10−7 mol/l) shifted the curve of alpha1-mediated positive inotropic effect to the right and downwards in a concentration-dependent manner; the slope of Schild plot calculated at the level of 20% of the maximum response to phenylephrine was close to unity. 5-Methylurapidil at 3 × 10−7 mol/1 abolished the alpha1-mediated positive inotropic effect. In addition, 5-methylurapidil inhibited the beta adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effect in the same concentration range as it antagonized the alpha1-mediated positive inotropic effect, indicating that 5-methylurapidil is not selective for myocardial alpha, adrenoceptors. In the membrane fraction derived from the rabbit ventricular muscle, 5-methylurapidil displaced the specific binding of [3H]CGP-12177 with high affinity, whereas WB 4101 did not affect the [3H]CGP-12177 binding in the concentration range that it antagonized the alpha,-mediated positive inotropic effect. The present results indicate that alpha1A adrenoceptor subtype plays a role in production of the positive inotropic effect mediated by myocardial alpha, adrenoceptors, but the extent is less than that mediated by alpha1B subtype in the rabbit ventricular myocardium.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Adenosine ; Phenylisopropyladenosine ; Adenosine receptors ; Negative inotropic effect ; G proteins ; Ferret ventricular myocardium
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary An adenosine A1 receptor agonist R-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine (R-PIA) elicited a pronounced negative inotropic effect with the EC50 value of 0.69 μmol/1 in the presence of a β-adrenoceptor blocking agent bupranolol (0.3 μmol/1) in the isolated ferret papillary muscle. The negative inotropic effect of R-PIA was not associated with changes in cyclic AMP level. Adenosine and other A1 receptor agonists also elicited a negative inotropic effect. DPCPX (1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentyl xanthine) antagonized the negative inotropic effect of R-PIA in a competitive manner (pA2 value = 8.4). The inhibitory action of R-PIA was markedly attenuated in the ventricular muscle preparation isolated from ferrets pretreated with pertussis toxin that caused ADP-ribosylation of 39 kDa proteins in the membrane fraction. In the membrane fraction derived from the ferret ventricle, [3H]-DPCPX bound to a single binding site in a saturable and reversible manner with high affinity (Kd value = 1.21±0.41 nmol/l; B max = 12.8±3.02 fmol/mg protein; n = 7). The binding characteristics of [3H]-DPCPX in the rat ventricle (Kd value = 1.51 ±0.09 nmol/l; B max = 12.7±1.47 fmol/mg protein; n = 5) were similar to those in the ferret. On the other hand, the content of Go, a major pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein in the ferret heart, was much higher in the ferret than in the rat ventricle. The present results indicate that adenosine receptors may play an important role in the inhibitory regulation of ventricular contractility in the ferret in contrast to other mammalian species. The signal transduction process subsequent to agonist binding to A1 receptors including the pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein and ion channels may be responsible for the unique inhibitory action of adenosine in this species.
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 341 (1990), S. 206-214 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Calcium antagonists ; α-Adrenoceptors ; β-Adrenoceptors ; Positive inotropic effect ; Rabbit ventricular myocardium
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Experiments were carried out to elucidate the mechanism that the positive inotropic effect mediated by α1-adrenoceptors is more susceptible to organic calcium antagonists than the β-adrenoceptor-mediated effect. Verapamil and diltiazem displaced the specific binding of [3H]prazosin to the membrane fraction derived from the rabbit ventricular myocardium, verapamil being about 70 times more potent than diltiazem. Nifedipine did not displace the binding. While these compounds suppressed the positive inotropic effect mediated via αl-adrenoceptors in α1- concentration-dependent manner, there was no correlation between the potency of the compounds to displace the [3H]prazosin binding and to inhibit the α-mediated positive inotropic effect. The relative potency of three calcium antagonists to decrease the basal force of contraction and the al-mediated effect (of the same extent as compared to basal force of contraction) was consistent to each other. The positive inotropic effect mediated by β-adrenoceptors was inhibited much less, and was enhanced by low concentrations of organic calcium antagonists. The differential action of calcium antagonists on the α- and β-mediated positive inotropic effect was mimicked by lowering the extracellular calcium concentration to 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 of that in normal Krebs-Henseleit solution (2.5 mmol/l). These results indicate that the α1-adrenoceptor blocking activity does not play an essential role for the preferential inhibition of α-mediated positive inotropic effect by organic calcium antagonists. Difference in the subcellular mechanism involved in mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ subsequent to α1-and β-adrenoceptor activation may be responsible for the differential inhibitory action of calcium antagonists in the rabbit heart.
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    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Chlorethylclonidine ; Alpha1-adrenoceptors ; Positive inotropic effect ; [3H]prazosin binding ; Phosphoinositide hydrolysis ; Rabbit papillary muscle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The influence of the alphalb-adrenoceptor-selective antagonist chlorethylclonidine on the alpha1-adrenergic positive inotropic effect and the phosphoinositide hydrolysis induced by phenylephrine was investigated in the rabbit ventricular myocardium. Pretreatment of membrane fractions derived from the rabbit ventricular muscle with 10−5 mol/l chlorethylclonidine decreased the specific binding of [3H]prazosin (at a saturating concentration of 10−9 mol/l) from the control value of 11.27±0.48 to 4.18±1.87 fmol/mg protein. The inhibition by adrenaline of the binding of [3H]prazosin (slope factor and affinity) was not affected by chlorethylclonidine. The positive inotropic effect of phenylephrine (in the presence of 3 × 10−7 mol/l bupranolol) was inhibited by chlorethylclonidine in a concentration-dependent manner (10−7−10−5 mol/l) and abolished by 10−5 mol/l chlorethylclonidine. The concentration of chlorethylclonidine to inhibit the phenylephrine-induced maximum response to 50% was 2.4 × 10−6 mol/l. The accumulation of [3H]inositol monophosphate and [3H]inositol trisphosphate induced by 10−5 mol/l phenylephrine was inhibited by chlorethylclonidine in the same concentration range. These findings indicate that the myocardial alpha1-adrenoceptors mediating a positive inotropic effect in the rabbit ventricular myocardium may belong to the chlorethylclonidine-sensitive alpha1b-subtype, and that the subcellular mechanism of action involve phosphoinositide hydrolysis.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Adenosine ; Phenylisopropyladenosine ; Negative inotropic effect ; Cyclic AMP ; Ventricular myocardium of the dog
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Experiments were carried out to characterize the adenosine-induced negative inotropic effect in relation to the extent of β-adrenoceptor activation in the isolated dog left ventricular myocardium. Adenosine and R-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine inhibited the positive inotropic effect of isoprenaline (10−7 mol/1 and lower) about 20% of its maximal response, which was antagonized by an A1 adenosine receptor antagonist 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine in a concentration-dependent manner. The negative inotropic effect of adenosine disappeared and that of R-N6-phenylisopro-pyl-adenosine decreased when the isoprenaline concentration was elevated to the level higher than 10−7 mol/1. Adenosine deaminase (1.5 U/ml) that abolished the negative inotropic effect of adenosine enhanced the effect of R-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine, indicating that endogenous adenosine released by high isoprenaline concentration (10−6 mol/1) modulates the interaction. The maximal response to adenosine and R-N6-phenylisopro-pyladenosine determined in the presence of 10−7 mol/1 isoprenaline was 50% of that of carbachol which elicited the maximal inhibition even in the presence of 10−6 mol/1 isoprenaline. The negative inotropic effects of R-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine and carbachol were additive to the maximal response equivalent to that of carbachol. The difference in the efficiency between the adenosine and muscarinic receptor agonists may be partly ascribed to the difference in densities of the respective receptors in the dog ventricular myocardium. The negative inotropic effect of R-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine in the presence of isoprenaline was associated with decrease in cyclic AMP levels elevated previously by isoprenaline. The elevation of cyclic AMP levels caused by isoprenaline (3 × 10−7 mol/1) was abolished by R-N6-phenylisopro-pyladenosine (10−4 mol/1), while the contractile response was reduced only by 30% with R-N6-phenylisopro-pyladenosine. In the absence of β-adrenoceptor stimulation R-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine elicited a negative inotropic effect without changes in cyclic AMP levels, but this effect was less than 10% of the basal force of contraction. It is concluded that in the dog ventricular myocardium adenosine receptors play a role for the inhibitory regulation of contractility, which is influenced markedly by the pre-existing level of β-adrenoceptor activation.
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