title: Effects of l-stepholidine on synaptosomal Ca(2+)-ATPase and subcellular calmodulin in rat striatum.
abstract: Our results showed that l-stepholidine (l-SPD) inhibited basal Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in rat striatal synaptosomes with an IC50 of 31.5 mumol.L-1, suggesting its interaction with Ca2+ transport. l-SPD inhibited also calmodulin (CaM)-activated basal Ca(2+)-ATPase in a concentration-dependent manner. A complete reversal of CaM activation of Ca(2+)-ATPase was observed with l-SPD 10 mumol.L-1. The activity of synaptosomal Ca(2+)-ATPase and membrane-bound CaM level were decreased in haloperidol (1 mg.kg-1.d-1, ip) and l-SPD (5, 10, and 30 mg.kg-1.d-1, ip) treated rats for 7 and 14 d, respectively. But the activity of Ca(2+)-ATPase and membrane CaM level were increased after treatment with the same of doses haloperidol and l-SPD for 21 d. During the treatments with haloperidol and l-SPD cytosolic and nuclear CaM levels were not altered. These results suggest that l-SPD may modulate the release and synthesis of dopamine (DA) and the negative feedback regulation of presynaptic DA receptors by altering Ca2+ and CaM regulating processes in the central dopaminergic nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: G Z
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001599:Berberine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D001599:Berberine; C010513:stepholidine; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D006220:Haloperidol