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ArticleJournal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics

Inhibition by tadalafil of contractility of isolated nonpregnant human myometrium.

Sumalya Sen, Anitha Thomas, Saibal Das, Jayanta Kumar Dey, Abraham Peedicayil, Vinotha Thomas, Jacob Peedicayil

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Article in Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sumalya SenDepartment of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Anitha ThomasDivision of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Saibal DasDepartment of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Jayanta Kumar DeyDepartment of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abraham PeedicayilDivision of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Vinotha ThomasDivision of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Jacob PeedicayilDepartment of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Christian Medical College & Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the inhibitory effect of tadalafil on the contractility of isolated nonpregnant human myometrium. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe ability of tadalafil (25, 40, and 63 μM) to inhibit 55 mM KCl-induced contractility of isolated nonpregnant human myometrium was studied. The ability of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel blocker glibenclamide (10 μM) and the calcium-sensitive potassium channel (BKCa) blocker iberiotoxin (100 nM) to reverse the inhibitory effect of 40 μM tadalafil on 55 mM KCl-induced myometrial contractility was also studied.

resultsTadalafil produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of myometrial contractility that was statistically significant at 40 and 63 μM concentrations of tadalafil. The inhibition by tadalafil of myometrial contractility was statistically significantly reversed by the concurrent administration of glibenclamide and iberiotoxin.

conclusionsThese results suggest that tadalafil inhibits human myometrial contractility by opening ATP-sensitive potassium channels and BKCa channels. The opening of these channels could have been due to the action of raised intracellular levels of cGMP due to inhibition of PDE-5 by tadalafil. The results suggest that tadalafil could be investigated for use in clinical conditions requiring relaxation of the myometrium.

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ATP-sensitive potassium channelscalcium-sensitive potassium channel channelsrelaxantuterus

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PMID28163539
PMCPMC5242031
OpenAlexW2566716544

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