Effects of chlorbutol on 45 Ca movements and contractile responses of rat aorta and its relevance to the actions of Syntocinon

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Abstract
The effects of chlorbutol (0.7, 1.4 and 2.8 mM) on the contractile responses induced by KCl and noradrenaline (NA) [norepinephrine] and on 45Ca movements were studied on rat isolated thoracic aorta. Chlorbutol decreased, in a dose-dependent manner, contractions induced by KCl and NA and this effect was observed whether it was added before or after the induced contractions. Preincubation with chlorbutol inhibited the contractile responses elicited by addition of Ca (1-5 mM) to Ca-free high-K solution. It also inhibited in a dose-dependent manner the 45Ca influx but increased 45Ca efflux in rat aortic strips. Apparently, chlorbutol decreases peripheral resistance by reducing the availability of intracellular Ca to the contractile machinery in vascular smooth muscle cells. The effects of synthetic oxytocin (Syntocinon) at concentrations containing the same chlorbutol concentration were quantitatively similar from those produced by chlorbutol alone. Therefore, the inhibitory cardiovascular effects ascribed previously to synthetic oxytocin may be attributed to its preservative, chlorbutol, and not to oxytocin itself.