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ArticleCroatian medical journal2015

ATP-sensitive potassium channels modulate in vitro tocolytic effects of β₂-adrenergic receptor agonists on uterine muscle rings in rats in early but not in late pregnancy.

Norbert Lovasz, Andrea Koncz, Dora Domokos, Robert Gaspar, György Falkay

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Article in Croatian medical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Norbert Lovasz
Andrea Koncz
Dora Domokos
Robert Gaspar
György FalkayGyörgy Falkay, Department of Pharmacodynamics and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged, H-6701, P.O. Box 121, Hungary, falkay@pharm.u-szeged.hu.
University of Szeged · HU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo investigate whether ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels modulate the tocolytic effect of β2-adrenergic receptor (β2-AR) agonists (ritodrine and salmeterol) in early-pregnant (day 6) and late-pregnant (day 22) rat uterus in vitro, in order to examine the relation between the K(ATP) channel sulphonylurea-binding regulatory subunit (SUR) expression and pharmacological reactivity of β2-AR agonists.

methodsThe tocolytic effects of ritodrine and salmeterol (10(-10)-10(-5) M) on spontaneous rhythmic contractions were investigated cumulatively, alone, or in the presence of the K(ATP) channel blocker glibenclamide (10(-6) M) and the K(ATP) channel opener pinacidil (10(-9)-10(-7) M) after 5-min preincubation.

resultsβ2-AR agonist induced myometrial relaxation was inhibited by glibenclamide and enhanced by pinacidil on day 6, when SUR1 expression levels were high. Neither glibenclamide nor pinacidil mediated tocolytic effect was measured on day 22.

conclusionLow expression of the K(ATP) channels at the end of gestation may facilitate enhanced excitability and contractility in the rat myometrium. The combination of a betamimetic and a K(ATP) channel opener will therefore not be of therapeutic relevance in the treatment of preterm delivery.

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Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsAlbuterolAnimalsDrug SynergismFemaleGlyburideIn Vitro TechniquesKATP ChannelsMyometriumPinacidilPotassium Channel BlockersPregnancyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRitodrineSalmeterol XinafoateAbcc8 protein, ratAdrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsAlbuterolGlyburideKATP ChannelsPinacidilPotassium Channel BlockersRitodrineSalmeterol XinafoateSulfonylurea ReceptorsTocolytic Agents

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