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Effects of glucocorticoids and catecholamines on maturing rat heart
1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York 10029.
Abstract:
1. The negative force-frequency response of normal rat heart was accentuated when the animals were adrenalectomized. Treatment of adrenalectomized animals with dexamethasone restored the normal force-frequency response. 2. Total adrenalectomy increased the sensitivity of rat heart to calcium. 3. Adrenalectomized-dexamethasone-treated hearts were more responsive to epinephrine and ouabain. 4. Total adrenalectomy caused independent myocardial disturbances in calcium handling elements (glucocorticoid effect) and beta receptors (catecholamine effect).