[Effects of m-nifedipine on dihydropyridine binding sites in the cell membranes of kidney and lung from left ventricular hypertrophied elderly rats].

Effects of m-nifedipine (m-Nif) on the affinity and density of dihydropyridine (DHP) binding sites in the cell membranes of kidney and lung were investigated using the LVH (left ventricular hypertrophy) induced by Goldblatt (2k-1c) renovascular hypertension in elderly rats. m-Nif markedly reduced blood pressure, left ventricular weight, and decreased the density (Bmax) of DHP binding sites in the cell membranes of kidney and lung from 699 +/- 112, 759 +/- 35 fmol.mg-1 protein to 482 +/- 29, 381 +/- 33 fmol.mg-1 protein. No difference was observed between groups in dissociation constant (KD) values of DHP binding sites. The results suggest that m-Nif could markedly decrease DHP binding sites in the membranes of kidney and lung from cardiac hypertrophied elderly rats.