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Experiments were carried out to elucidate the characteristics of regulation of cyclic AMP levels in intact myocardial cells. For this purpose, the influence of isoproterenol, a nonselective cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor 3-isobutyl-l-methylxanthine (IBMX) and carbachol on cyclic AMP levels was investigated in isolated rat cardiac myocytes. The extent of cyclic AMP accumulation induced by isoproterenol was much less than that produced by IBMX: submaximal concentrations of isoproterenol and IBMX elevated the cyclic AMP level 2.4- and 4.8-fold of the control level, respectively. Both agents in combination increased the cyclic AMP level markedly 48-fold. Carbachol inhibited the cyclic AMP accumulation induced by isoproterenol, IBMX and their combination by 30%, 60% and 80% of the respective response. The extent of inhibition produced by carbachol of the cyclic AMP accumulation induced by IBMX + isoproterenol was smaller than that caused by propranolol, and carbachol produced only a marginal additional inhibitory action to that of propranolol, implying that carbachol does not affect the process of cyclic AMP degradation. The present findings indicate that in intact cardiac myocytes the rate of cyclic AMP degradation catalyzed by PDE may be a crucial process of cyclic AMP turnover. This view is supported by the observations that the inhibitory action of carbachol on the effect of isoproterenol was less than that on the effect of IBMX, and that the inhibitory action of carbachol was markedly enhanced by the simultaneous presence of IBMX. (Mol Cell Biochem 119: 195–201, 1993)
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Katano, Y., Endoh, M. (1993). Cyclic AMP Metabolism in Intact Rat Ventricular Cardiac Myocytes: Interaction of Carbachol with Isoproterenol and 3-Isobutyl-L-Methylxanthine. In: Yazaki, Y., Mochizuki, S. (eds) Cellular Function and Metabolism. Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3078-7_26
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