Literature DB >> 1226453

Which of caffeine's chemical relatives are able to evoke contractures in mammalian heart?

R A Chapman, C Leoty.   

Abstract

At concentrations between 0.5 mM and 10 mM caffeine, theophylline, theobromine, imidazole, 2-methyl imidazole, 5-amino-4-imidazole carboxamide, naphazoline, antazoline, and tolazoline in normal MacEwen solution induce contractures in rat and guinea pig myocardium. 9-Methylxanthine, 1,3,9-trimethylxanthine, hypoxanthine, or 2-imidazolidone, when similarly applied, do not. These observations, and similar results from frog heart, can be interpreted assuming that an unsaturated position 9 nitrogen in a xanthine molecule or in the equivalent position of an imidazole group is necessary for the release of calcium into the sarcoplasm to be initiated and therefore for a contraction to develop. The site of action of these compounds is likely to be the sarcoplasmic reticulum.

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Year:  1975        PMID: 1226453

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Recent Adv Stud Cardiac Struct Metab        ISSN: 0363-5872


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Authors:  E E Bittar; H Benjamin
Journal:  J Membr Biol       Date:  1978-02-06       Impact factor: 1.843

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