title: Stimulation of lipid peroxidation increases the intracellular calcium content of isolated hepatocytes.
abstract: Lipid peroxidation induced in isolated rat hepatocytes by FeCl3 (0.1 mM) was associated with an increase in the cytosolic free Ca2+ and in the ionophore-mobilizable Ca2+ content of both mitochondrial and extramitochondrial (endoplasmic reticular) pools. Ca2+ accumulation was completely prevented by the antioxidants promethazine and vitamin E succinate and was not linked to the inhibition of plasma membrane (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase and Ca2+ transport or to the depletion of intracellular ATP content. Moreover, preincubation of the hepatocytes with the Ca2+ channel blockers verapamil and nifedipine inhibited the elevation of cytosolic Ca2+, as well as the ion accumulation without interfering with the stimulation of lipid peroxidation by iron. These results suggest that peroxidative alterations of the hepatocyte plasma membranes might perturb the functions of verapamil- and nifedipine-sensitive Ca2+ channels resulting in a net influx of Ca2+, which is subsequently sequestrated in the intracellular compartments.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina ed Oncologia Sperimentale, Università di Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellomo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parola
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carini
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Dianzani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002712:Chlorides; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004072:Digitonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D011398:Promethazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D024505:Tocopherols; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D014810:Vitamin E; D000001:Calcimycin; D014638:Vanadates; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; D011398:Promethazine; D004072:Digitonin; D024505:Tocopherols; D002118:Calcium; C024555:ferric chloride