title: The effect of Ca2+ channel antagonists (cadmium, omega-conotoxin GIVA, and nitrendipine) on the release of angiotensin II from fetal rat brain in vitro.
abstract: We have shown previously that K+ stimulation of dissociated cell cultures of fetal rat brain results in a graded release of angiotensin II (ANG II) that is dependent on the availability of extracellular Ca2+. In this study, using dissociated cell cultures of fetal rat hypothalamus, thalamus, septum, and midbrain (HTSM), we further examined the role of calcium channels on ANG II release using specific channel blockers (cadmium, omega-conotoxin, and nitrendipine) and a calcium ionophore (A23187). Levels of ANG II release were quantitated by radioimmunoassay and HPLC. For control levels of ANG II release, cells were incubated in a stock buffer containing 89 mM choline chloride/58 mM KCl/2 mM CaCl2. Pretreatment of the cells with either 100 microM Cd2+ (to block N-, L-, and T-type calcium channels), 100 nM omega-conotoxin (to block N- and L-type calcium channels), or 500 nM nitrendipine (to block L-type calcium channels) decreased ANG II release by approximately 71%, 71% and 22%, respectively, when compared to control levels. In contrast, pretreatment of the cells with 1.6 microM A23187 (a calcium ionophore) increased ANG II release by approximately 90% over control levels. These findings suggest that angiotensin release is dependent on the intracellular entry of Ca2+ ions through primarily N-type channels, and to a lesser extent, L-type channels.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gadbut
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cash
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Radice
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weyhenmeyer
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002104:Cadmium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005333:Fetus; D007700:Kinetics; D008978:Mollusk Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D020960:omega-Conotoxins
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D008978:Mollusk Venoms; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D020960:omega-Conotoxins; D002104:Cadmium; C053423:Conus magus toxin; D000804:Angiotensin II; D000001:Calcimycin; D009568:Nitrendipine