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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
Ryanodine (10 microM), thapsigargin (1 microM) and cyclopiazonic acid (10 microM) produced a slow, sustained contractile response in rat aorta that only can be observed in Ca2+-containing solution. In Ca2+-free medium, no response to the drugs was obtained, which suggests that the contraction elicited in presence of Ca2+ is mainly due to the contribution of extracellular influx. This Ca2+ entry does not depend on the opening of dihydropyridine-dependent Ca2+-channels for nimodipine does not affect this. Noradrenaline (1 microM) induced a biphasic response in Ca2+-free medium that was mediated by two different Ca2+ compartments, one of which is common to caffeine (10 mM), and is also depleted by ryanodine (10 microM), thapsigargin (1 microM) and cyclopiazonic acid (10 microM). This compartment loses its Ca2+ content after long exposure (65 min) to Ca2+-free EDTA-containing solution and its refilling was also affected by the three agents tested. The other compartment depleted by noradrenaline, but not by caffeine, was also insensitive to ryanodine, thapsigargin and cyclopiazonic acid, and did not lose its Ca2+ after 65 min in Ca2+-free medium. Contractions induced by noradrenaline (1 microM) or caffeine (10 mM) in Ca2+-free medium were not affected by ryanodine, thapsigargin and cyclopiazonic acid when these agents were added 1 min before or during the response to each agonist. After depletion of internal Ca2+ stores sensitive to noradrenaline, an increase in the resting tone (IRT) of rat aorta was observed when Ca2+ was added again in absence of the agonist. This IRT was not affected by treatment with ryanodine, thapsigargin and cyclopiazonic acid, and represents a Ca2+ entry pathway dependent on the depletion of the noradrenaline-sensitive Ca2+ compartment. In conclusion, we can differentiate two Ca2+ entry pathways in rat aorta that depend on the previous depletion of two internal Ca2+ compartments: One corresponds to the classic capacitative Ca2+ entry model and is promoted by depletion of the internal pool sensitive to noradreanline, caffeine, ryanodine, thapsigargin and cyclopiazonic acid, the other is dependent only on depletion of an alpha1-adrenoceptor-sensitive Ca2+ pool.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0028-1298
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
357
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
92-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of two different Ca2+ entry pathways dependent on depletion of internal Ca2+ pools in rat aorta.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Farmacologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universitat de Valencia, Burjassot, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't