title: The diltiazem analog TA-3090 mimics the actions of high extracellular Ca2+ on parathyroid function in dispersed bovine parathyroid cells.
abstract: We previously showed that the calcium channel blocker diltiazem raises cytosolic Ca2+ and inhibits PTH release in bovine parathyroid cells. To investigate further possible mechanisms underlying these effects, we examined the effects of the more potent diltiazem analog TA-3090, which is a Ca2+ channel antagonist in vascular smooth muscle, on several aspects of the function of dispersed bovine parathyroid cells. Like diltiazem, TA-3090 (10(-6)-10(-4] produced a dose-dependent inhibition of immunoreactive PTH release at 0.5 mM Ca2+ and raised the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration by 25-50% in fura-2-loaded parathyroid cells in the presence but not in the absence of extracellular Ca2+, suggesting that it activated rather than inhibited Ca2+ channels. To determine whether this compound affects other aspects of parathyroid function, we examined its effects on the inhibition of cAMP accumulation by Ca2+, a process we recently found to involve inhibition of cAMP generation by Gi through a receptorlike mechanism, which is independent of changes in cytosolic Ca2+. TA-3090 (10(-4) M) inhibited dopamine-stimulated cAMP accumulation by up to 75% (from 663 to 166 fmol per 10(5) cells), with a higher apparent potency at greater extracellular Ca2+ concentrations. Moreover, the addition of 10(-4) M TA-3090 potentiated the inhibitory effects of both Ca2+ and Mg2+, decreasing the concentration of the divalent cation necessary to produce half-maximal inhibition of cAMP accumulation by about twofold. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, however, TA-3090 had no effect on the stimulation of cAMP by dopamine or on the inhibition of dopamine-stimulated cAMP accumulation by PGF2 alpha, which also regulates cAMP via Gi.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Endocrine Division, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D008274:Magnesium / Q000502:physiology; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D013841:Thiazepines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D013841:Thiazepines; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C056595:clentiazem; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D004110:Diltiazem; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium; D004298:Dopamine