title: Mobilization of calcium from intracellular stores as one of the mechanisms underlying the antiopioid effect of cholecystokinin octapeptide.
abstract: In enzymatically dissociated brain cells prepared from neonatal rats, KCl produced a significant increase in [Ca2+]i and this increase could be prevented by verapamil or nifedipine, known to block voltage-sensitive calcium channels. The opioid receptor agonists ohmefentanyl (OMF, mu agonist), [D-Pen2,D-Pen5]enkephalin (DPDPE, delta agonist), and 66A-078 (kappa agonist) produced a marked suppression of the Ca2+ influx induced by high K+ depolarization. The suppressive effect of OMF, DPDPE, and 66A-078 on the high K(+)-induced increase in [Ca2+]i was markedly reversed by their respective antagonists beta-funaltrexamine (beta-FNA), ICI174864, and nor-binaltorphimine (nor-BNI). Cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8), at concentrations of 0.3, 3.0, and 30 nM, dose-dependently mobilized Ca2+ from intracellular stores. While CCK-8 30 nM did not affect significantly the increase of [Ca2+]i following high K+, it did reverse the suppression of the high K(+)-induced increase in [Ca2+]i by the mu agonist OMF and the kappa agonist 66A-078, but not that by the delta agonist DPDPE. The results suggested that while opioid ligands suppress [Ca2+]i by blocking voltage-operated Ca2+ influx, the antiopioid effect of CCK-8 seems to be operated via mobilization of Ca2+ from intracellular stores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Beijing Medical University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012844:Sincalide / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D011189:Potassium Chloride; C037016:F 7302; D012844:Sincalide; D002118:Calcium; D005283:Fentanyl