Muscarinic stimulation does not induce rhoA/ROCK-mediated Ca2+ sensitization of the contractile element in chicken gizzard smooth muscle

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 441, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 189-199

  Anabuki, Jun ^a   Hori, Masatoshi ^a   Hayakawa, Kohichi ^b   Akahane, Satoshi ^b   Ozaki, Hiroshi ^a   Karaki, Hideaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbachol; Cytosolic Ca2+ level; Fura 2; Gizzard; RhoA; ROCK; Skinned fiber

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ALPHA TOXIN; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; EXOENZYME C3; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MESSENGER RNA; MUSCARINE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CHICKEN; FEMALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; CHICKENS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GIZZARD; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0034494299     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240000425     Document Type: Article

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