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GASTROINTESTINAL, HEPATIC, PULMONARY, AND RENAL

Actions of Two Main Metabolites of Propiverine (M-1 and M-2) on Voltage-Dependent L-Type Ca²⁺ Currents and Ca²⁺ Transients in Murine Urinary Bladder Myocytes

Departments of Pharmacology (H.-L.Z., A.S., N.T.) and Urology (M.A.) and Division of Pathophysiological and Experimental Pathology (K.S.), Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; and Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (K.L.B., J.S.Y.)

The anticholinergic propiverine (1-methyl-4-piperidyl diphenylpropoxyacetate), which is used for the treatment of overactive bladder syndrome, has functionally active metabolites [M-1 (1-methyl-4-piperidyl diphenylpropoxyacetate N-oxide) and M-2 (1-methyl-4-piperidyl benzilate N-oxide)], but the site of actions of these metabolites is uncertain. Propiverine is rapidly absorbed after oral administration and is extensively biotransformed in the liver, giving rise to several active metabolites (M-1 and M-2). This study determines the effect of M-1 and M-2 on voltage-dependent nifedipine-sensitive inward Ca²⁺ currents (I_Ca) using patch-clamp techniques and fluorescent Ca²⁺ imaging [after electrical field stimulation (EFS) and acetylcholine (ACh)] in the murine urinary bladder. In conventional whole-cell recording, propiverine and M-1 but not M-2 inhibited the peak amplitude of I_Ca in a concentration-dependent manner at a holding potential of –60 mV (propiverine, K_i = 10 µM; M-1, K_i = 118 µM). M-1 shifted the steady-state inactivation curve of I_Ca to the left at –90 mV by 7 mV. Carbachol (CCh) reversibly inhibited I_Ca. This inhibition probably occurred through muscarinic type 3 receptors, coupling with G-proteins, because nanomolar concentrations of 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methyl-piperidine greatly reduced this inhibition, whereas pirenzepine or 11-([2-[(diethylamino)methyl]-1-piperdinyl]acetyl)-5,11-dihydro-6H-pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]benzodiazepine-6-one (AF-DX 116) at concentrations up to 1 µM was almost ineffective. In the presence of M-2, the CCh-induced inhibition of I_Ca was blocked. In fluorescent Ca²⁺ imaging, M-2 inhibited EFS-induced and ACh-induced Ca²⁺ transients. These results suggest that M-1 acts, at least in part, as a Ca²⁺ channel antagonist (as it inhibited I_Ca), whereas M-2 has more direct antimuscarinic actions.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Noriyoshi Teramoto, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. E-mail: noritera{at}med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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