INTERACTION OF THE ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUG FELODIPINE WITH CALMODULIN
INTERACTION OF THE ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUG FELODIPINE WITH CALMODULIN
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DOI:
10.1038/292777a0
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
THULIN, E
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作者:
BOSTROM, SL;LJUNG, B;THULIN, E
Despite the marked differences in their chemical structure, members of a heterogeneous group of pharmacological agents are thought specifically to block Ca2+influx through calcium channels1and thus mediate negative inotropic cardiac effects and vasodilatation. Electrophysiological studies of the myocardium have shown that the slow inward Ca2+current is blocked1, but the cellular mechanism of these agents in vascular smooth muscle is largely unknown. Felodipine [4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine-2,6-dimethyl 3,5-dicarboxylic 3-ethylester and 5-methylester)] is a new antihypertensive agent which seems specifically to dilate precapillary resistance vesselsin vivo.It is a structural analogue of nifedipine1and SKF 242602, both of which have been classified as ‘calcium antagonists’, implying that their vascular as well as myocardial actions are due to a blockade of Ca2+influx. However, the findings reported here point rather to an interaction between felodipine and calcium-binding proteins such as calmodulin.