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Age-dependent effects induced by ouabain in rat heart muscles and cellular Ca2+ concentration

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Responsiveness to ouabain of the inotropic and chronotropic effects in rat atrial muscles during development (3–18 wks old) was examined. In spontaneously beating rat right atrial muscles, ouabain (3–30 µM) caused a potent positive inotropic effect in a concentration-dependent manner, but failed to have a chronotropic effect; at 30 µM, 78.6±3.4% (n=14, p<0.01) in the contractile force and −1.1±2.3% (n=14, p>0.05) in the sinus rate in 10-wk-old rats. The myocardium during development increased the responsiveness to ouabain (10 µM) by 27.6±2.1% (n=14, p<0.01), 58.7±3.3% (n=14, p<0.001), and 47.2±2.3% (n=14, p<0.001) in 3-, 10-, and 18-wk-old rats, respectively. However, the response on the sinus rate was not modified in all of the developing stages. Higher frequencies of stimulation caused the more potent inotropic effect in left atrial muscles. In the experiments using a Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent dye (Fura-2), ouabain (10 and 30 µM) increased the cellular Ca2+ concentrations by 3.0±2.1% (n=6, p>0.05) and 12.7±1.5% (n=6, p<0.05) in 3-wk-old rats and by 13.0±2.7% (n=6, p<0.05) and 42.9±3.1% (n=6, p<0.01) in 18-wk-old rats, respectively. These results suggest that the ouabain-evoked response is enhanced during development (but tends to decrease from the maximum after maturing), presumably resulting from developmental degrees of cellular mechanisms such as Na+/K+ pump activity and Na+/Ca2+ exchange and is reflected by changes in the cellular Ca2+ concentration.

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Satoh, H. Age-dependent effects induced by ouabain in rat heart muscles and cellular Ca2+ concentration. Biol Trace Elem Res 92, 151–159 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:92:2:151

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