Maturation of Responsiveness to Cardioactive Drugs: DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF ACETYLCHOLINE, NOREPINEPHRINE, THEOPHYLLINE, TYRAMINE, GLUCAGON, AND DIBUTYRYL CYCLIC AMP ON ATRIAL RATE IN HEARTS OF FETAL MICE
AUTOR(ES)
Wildenthal, Kern
RESUMO
Freshly isolated hearts of fetal mice of gestational ages ranging between 12 and 22 days (term) were exposed to several concentrations of a variety of chronotropic agents. Acetylcholine (10−4-10−2 M) caused marked bradycardia in all hearts, even after only 12-14 days' gestation (i.e., even before cardiac innervation had occurred), and the intensity of the response increased steadily with advancing age throughout gestation. Responsiveness to norepinephrine was present but minimal at 12-14 days, so that mean atrial rate rose by < 10% with a maximal concentration of the drug (10−5 M); responsiveness became more marked by 15-16 days (just after the time atrial innervation is thought to begin) and still greater effects appeared just before term. Glucagon had no effect in hearts of < 17 days' gestational age, but caused tachycardia thereafter, indicating that cardiac responsiveness to glucagon differentiates later than does responsiveness to norepinephrine. Responses to theophyl-line in 12-14 day hearts exceeded those to norepinephrine, indicating that the drug can affect heart rate independently of its ability to cause release of endogenous catecholamines. In contrast, tyramine caused no response until 21-22 days, well after the time the beta-receptor has differentiated and after innervation is fairly well developed, suggesting that the drug's primary sympathomimetic effect is indirect rather than direct. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP did not cause tachycardia at any fetal age.
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