Reversal of phosphate induced decreases in force by the benzimidazole pyridazinone, UD-CG 212 CL, in myofilaments from human ventricle.
UD-CG 212 Cl, (Fig. 1: 4,5-dihydro-6-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1 H-benzimidazole-5-yl]-5-methyl-3(2H)-pyridazinone), is the primary metabolite of the positive inotropic agent pimobendan (UDCG 115 BS, Acardi). Our previous studies showed in detergent extracted preparations of canine ventricular muscle that sub-nanomolar concentrations of UD-CG 212 Cl increased submaximal myofilament force, but only when the activation state had been altered by relatively high (5-10 mM) concentrations of inorganic phosphate (Pi) or relatively low (20 microM) concentrations of MgATP. In the present study, we investigated the effects of UD-CG 212 Cl on the pCa-force relationship of detergent extracted bundles of human cardiac fibers before and after addition of Pi. As expected, treatment with 5 mM Pi depressed maximal force at pCa 4.5 by 27.0 +/- 0.4% (mean +/- SEM). Force generated at the half-maximally activating Ca2+ concentration (pCa50) of control fibers (5.98 +/- 0.2) was significantly (p < .05) reduced following the addition of 5 mM Pi (pCa50 = 5.69 +/- 0.3). The addition of UD-CG 212 Cl over a range of concentrations (10(-11)-10(-6) M) had no effect on Ca(2+)-sensitivity under control conditions, but in the presence of 5 mM Pi, there was a 23.1 +/- 0.1% increase in the percent maximal force at pCa5. 9. Ca(2+)-sensitivity was also significantly increased in the presence of Pi and 10(-8) M UD-CG 212 Cl (pCa50 = 5.74 +/- 0.3, p < .05). We conclude that UD-CG 212 Cl potentially increases sub-maximal force of human ventricular myofilaments with an inotropic action depending on a state of myofilament activation associated with ischemic conditions.[1]References
- Reversal of phosphate induced decreases in force by the benzimidazole pyridazinone, UD-CG 212 CL, in myofilaments from human ventricle. Fraker, L.D., Van Eyk, J., Solaro, R.J. Mol. Cell. Biochem. (1997) [Pubmed]
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