Species‐dependent differences in the properties of particulate cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase from rat and rabbit ventricular myocardium

Abstract— The ability of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) to hydrolyse cyclic (c)AMP in rat and rabbit ventricular myocardium has been compared. The PDE activity of rabbit, but not rat, cardiac homogenate and supernatant fraction was potentiated by Ca2+/calmodulin and attenuated by cGMP. Both rabbit and rat ventricular myocardium were shown to have a membrane bound PDE. However, rabbit membrane‐bound PDE was inhibited by cGMP and low concentrations of milrinone (IC50 2.7 μM). In contrast, rat membrane‐bound PDE was not inhibited by either cGMP or low concentrations of milrinone (IC50 19 μM), but it was potently inhibited by rolipram (IC50 2.2 μM). Thus, in rabbit the particulate PDE is milrinone sensitive (PDE III) whilst in rat it is the rolipram sensitive (PDE IV) isoenzyme. There are clearly species differences in the intracellular localization and relative activities of PDE isoenzymes in cardiac tissue. This may explain the species differences already found in the activity of selective PDE isoenzyme inhibitors as inotropic agents.

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