title: Action of antiestrogens on the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase and Na+/Ca2+ exchange of brain cortex membranes.
abstract: The effect of tamoxifen (TAM) and other antiestrogens on the Ca2+ transport activity of synaptic plasma membranes (SPM) and microsomal membranes isolated from sheep brain cortex was investigated. The maximal (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity of SPM, which is reached at a pCa of about 6.0-6.5, is decreased by about 30% in the presence of 50 microM TAM, whereas the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity of microsomes, which is maximal at a pCa of about 5.0, is decreased by about 90% by 50 microM TAM. In parallel experiments, we observed that the ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake is also affected differently by TAM in the two membrane preparations. We found that 50 microM TAM inhibits SPM Ca2+ uptake by about 25-30%, whereas the ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake by the microsomal fraction is inhibited by about 60%. No significant effect of TAM was observed on the Na+/Ca2+ exchange of either membrane system. The results indicate that TAM is a more potent inhibitor of the active, calmodulin-independent Ca2+ transport system of the intracellular membranes than of that of the plasma membranes, which is calmodulin-dependent. It appears that TAM inhibits calmodulin-mediated reactions, probably through its binding to calmodulin, as we showed previously. However, the Ca2+ transport system of microsomes, which does not depend on calmodulin, is also particularly sensitive to TAM.
authors: Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
authors: J O
authors: JO
authors: Malva
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Lopes
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Vale
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D012756:Sheep; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D013629:Tamoxifen; D012964:Sodium; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium