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ArticleJournal of smooth muscle research = Nihon Heikatsukin Gakkai kikanshi2013

Blebbistatin, a myosin II inhibitor, suppresses Ca(2+)-induced and "sensitized"-contraction of skinned tracheal muscles from guinea pig.

Masatoshi Yumoto, Masaru Watanabe

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Article in Journal of smooth muscle research = Nihon Heikatsukin Gakkai kikanshi, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Masatoshi YumotoDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Jikei University, Japan.
Masaru Watanabe
Tokyo Medical University · JPTokyo Metropolitan University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blebbistatin, a potent inhibitor of myosin II, has inhibiting effects on Ca(2+)-induced contraction and contractile filament organization without affecting the Ca(2+)-sensitivity to the force and phosphorylation level of myosin regulatory light chain (MLC20) in skinned (cell membrane permeabilized) taenia cecum from the guinea pig (Watanabe et al., Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2010; 298: C1118-26). In the present study, we investigated blebbistatin effects on the contractile force of skinned tracheal muscle, in which myosin filaments organization is more labile than that in the taenia cecum. Blebbistatin at 10 μM or higher suppressed Ca(2+)-induced tension development at any given Ca(2+) concentration, but had little effects on the Ca(2+)- induced myosin light chain phosphorylation. Also blebbistatin at 10 μM and higher significantly suppressed GTP-γS-induced "sensitized" force development. Since the force inhibiting effects of blebbistatin on the skinned trachea were much stronger than those in skinned taenia cecum, blebbistatin might directly affect myosin filaments organization.

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AnimalsCalciumCalcium Channel BlockersDose-Response Relationship, DrugGuanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)Guinea PigsHeterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More RingsIn Vitro TechniquesMuscle ContractionMuscle, SmoothMyosin Type IITracheablebbistatinCalciumCalcium Channel BlockersGuanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More RingsMyosin Type II

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PMID24662474
PMCPMC5137305
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