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The use of calcium channel blockers in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases [PDF]
Voltage-sensitive calcium channels (L-type) mediate the entry of extracellular calcium into smooth muscle and cardiac myocytes and sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodal cells in response to electrical depolarization.
Đokić Mirjana
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Norbormide is a toxicant selective for rats to which it induces a widespread vasoconstriction. In a recent paper, we hypothesized a role of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in norbormide-induced vasoconstriction.
Simona Saponara +8 more
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Calcium currents in isolated rabbit coronary arterial smooth muscle myocytes.
1. Calcium inward currents were recorded from relaxed enzymatically isolated smooth muscle cells from the rabbit epicardial left descending coronary artery using a single‐pipette voltage‐clamp technique. Outward K+ currents were blocked with CsCl‐tetraethylammonium‐filled pipette solutions. 2. Relaxed coronary smooth muscle cells had a maximum diameter
J J, Matsuda, K A, Volk, E F, Shibata
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Sources and regulation of nitric oxide synthesis in uterus smooth muscle cells [PDF]
It was proved that NO synthesis in isolated mitochondria of rat uterus smooth muscle depended on the entry of exogenous Ca2+ to mitochondria (inhibited by 1-10 mM Mg2+ in the absence of ATP and by 10 μM ruthenium red) and was suppressed by calmodulin ...
H. V. Danylovych +4 more
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Effects of polyamines on the muscarinic receptor‐operated cation current in guinea‐pig ileal smooth muscle myocytes [PDF]
The effects of extracellular and intracellular polyamines (PAs), spermine and putrescine, on the cation current (mICAT) evoked either by activating muscarinic receptors with carbachol or by intracellularly applied GTPγS (in the absence of carbachol) were studied using patch‐clamp recording techniques in single guinea‐pig ileal myocytes. Extracellular
Tsvilovskyy, V.V. +2 more
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BackgroundHollow smooth muscle organs such as the bladder undergo significant changes in wall tension associated with filling and distension, with attendant changes in muscle tone.
Bin Wei +9 more
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OBJECTIVE: To study the healing process of the myocardium in hypertensive rats undergoing inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis. METHODS: Two groups of animals were studied: one received L-NAME, 12mg/kg/day, and the other was a control group. The presence
Mônica Gomes Pessanha +2 more
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Smooth muscle cells of the vasculature, viscera, and lungs generally express multiple α-subunits of the Kv7 voltage-gated potassium channel family, with increasing evidence that both Kv7.4 and Kv7.5 can conduct “M-currents” that are functionally ...
Lyubov I. Brueggemann +2 more
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Calix[4]arene C-99 inhibits myosin ATPase activity and changes the organization of contractile filaments of myometrium [PDF]
Calix[4]arenes are cup-like macrocyclic (polyphenolic) compounds, they are regarded as promising molecular “platforms” for the design of new physiologically active compounds.
R. D. Labyntseva, +5 more
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Piezo1 in Smooth Muscle Cells Is Involved in Hypertension-Dependent Arterial Remodeling
The mechanically activated non-selective cation channel Piezo1 is a determinant of vascular architecture during early development. Piezo1-deficient embryos die at midgestation with disorganized blood vessels.
Kevin Retailleau +12 more
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