R(+)-pulegone impairs Ca²+ homeostasis and causes negative inotropism in mammalian myocardium.
Sandra Valeria Santos de Cerqueira, Antonio Nei Santana Gondim, Danilo Roman-Campos, Jader Santos Cruz, Amilton Gustavo da Silva Passos, Sandra Lauton-Santos, Aline Lara, Silvia Guatimosim, Eduardo Antonio Conde-Garcia, Evaleide Diniz de Oliveira, Carla Maria Lins de Vasconcelos
Index: Eur. J. Pharmacol. 672(1-3) , 135-42, (2011)
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Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the inotropic effects of R(+)-pulegone, a monoterpene found in plant species belonging to the genus Mentha, on the mammalian heart. In electrically stimulated guinea pig atria, R(+)-pulegone reduced the contractile force (~83%) and decreased the contraction time measured at 50% of the maximum force amplitude (CT(50)) from 45.8 ± 6.2 ms to 36.9 ± 6.2 ms, suggesting that R(+)-pulegone may have an effect on Ca(2+) homeostasis. Nifedipine (40 μM), taken as a positive control, showed a very similar profile. To explore the hypothesis that R(+)-pulegone is somehow affecting Ca(2+) handling, we determined concentration-response curves for both CaCl(2) and BAY K8644. R(+)-pulegone shifted these curves rightward. Using isolated mouse ventricular cardiomyocytes, we measured whole-cell L-type Ca(2+) current and observed an I(Ca,L) peak reduction of 13.7 ± 2.5% and 40.2 ± 2.9% after a 3-min perfusion with 0.11 and 1.1mM of R(+)-pulegone, respectively. In addition, the intracellular Ca(2+) transient was decreased (72.9%) by 3.2mM R(+)-pulegone, with no significant changes in [Ca(2+)](i) transient decay kinetics. Moreover, R(+)-pulegone at 1.1mM prolonged the action potential duration at 10, 50, and 90% of repolarisation. The lengthening of the action potential duration may be attributed to the substantial blockade of the outward K(+) currents caused by 1.1mM of R(+)-pulegone (90.5% at 60 mV). These findings suggest that R(+)-pulegone exerts its negative inotropic effect on mammalian heart mainly by decreasing the L-type Ca(2+) current and the global intracellular Ca(2+) transient.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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