The effects of bepridil and its quaternary ammonium derivative (BN+) were compared, showing that: (i) both drugs inhibited K+-induced contractions with similar time courses and potencies, (ii) bepridil blocked the tonic but not the phasic component of contractions elicited by noradrenaline, whereas BN+ had no effect on noradrenaline-elicited contractions. These results, and the relative insensitivity of skinned taenia caeci to bepridil, suggest that this drug and BN+ do not act directly on contractile proteins but affect K+- and noradrenaline-induced calcium channel activities differentially.

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