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Differential Rate Responses to Nicotine in Rat Heart: Evidence for Two Classes of Nicotinic Receptors

Susan Ji, Toshimasa Tosaka, Bernard H. Whitfield, Alexander N. Katchman, Abdurrahman Kandil, Bjoern C. Knollmann and Steven N. Ebert
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics June 2002, 301 (3) 893-899; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.301.3.893
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are pentameric, typically being composed of two or more different subunits. To investigate which receptor subtypes are active in the heart, we initiated a series of experiments using an isolated perfused rat heart (Langendorff) preparation. Nicotine administration (100 μM) caused a brief decrease (−7 ± 2%) followed by a much larger increase (17 ± 5%) in heart rate that slowly returned to baseline within 10 to 15 min. The nicotine-induced decrease in heart rate could be abolished by an α7-specific antagonist, α-bungarotoxin (100 nM). In contrast, the nicotine-induced increase in heart rate persisted in the presence of α-bungarotoxin. These results suggest that the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) that mediate the initial decrease in heart rate probably contain α7 subunits, whereas those that mediate the increase in heart rate probably do not contain α7 subunits. To investigate which subunits may contribute to the nicotine-induced increase in heart rate, we repeated our experiments with cytisine, an agonist at nAChRs that contain β4 subunits. The cytisine results were similar to those obtained with nicotine, thereby suggesting that the nAChRs on sympathetic nerve terminals in the heart probably contain β4 subunits. Thus, the results of this study show that pharmacologically distinct nAChRs are responsible for the differential effects of nicotine on heart rate. More specifically, our results suggest that α7 subunits participate in the initial nicotine-induced heart rate decrease, whereas β4 subunits help to mediate the subsequent nicotine-induced rise in heart rate.

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  • Abbreviations:
    nAChR
    nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
    α-BTX
    α-bungarotoxin
    ANOVA
    analysis of variance
    • Received November 26, 2001.
    • Accepted February 12, 2002.
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Differential Rate Responses to Nicotine in Rat Heart: Evidence for Two Classes of Nicotinic Receptors

Susan Ji, Toshimasa Tosaka, Bernard H. Whitfield, Alexander N. Katchman, Abdurrahman Kandil, Bjoern C. Knollmann and Steven N. Ebert
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics June 1, 2002, 301 (3) 893-899; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.301.3.893

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Differential Rate Responses to Nicotine in Rat Heart: Evidence for Two Classes of Nicotinic Receptors

Susan Ji, Toshimasa Tosaka, Bernard H. Whitfield, Alexander N. Katchman, Abdurrahman Kandil, Bjoern C. Knollmann and Steven N. Ebert
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics June 1, 2002, 301 (3) 893-899; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.301.3.893
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