title: Comparison between the effects of the microsomal Ca(2+)-translocase inhibitors thapsigargin and 2,5-di-(t-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone on cellular calcium fluxes.
abstract: The effects of two inhibitors of the microsomal Ca(2+)-ATPase, thapsigargin and 2,5-di-(t-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone, were compared in hepatocytes and in a T-cell line (JURKAT). Both compounds mobilized the same intracellular Ca2+ pool, which contained the Ins(1,4,5)P3-sensitive store, in hepatocytes and in JURKAT cells. The mobilization of the internal Ca2+ store with either compound activated Mn2+ entry in JURKAT cells, but not in hepatocytes. This suggests different properties of the bivalent-cation entry pathway between these cell types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Llopis
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gahm
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orrenius
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D016257:Fura-2; D006801:Humans; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019284:Thapsigargin; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D006873:Hydroquinones; D013729:Terpenes; D014667:Vasopressins; C019359:2,5-di-tert-butylhydroquinone; D019284:Thapsigargin; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2