title: Histamine increases vascular tone and intracellular calcium level using both intracellular and extracellular calcium in porcine coronary arteries.
abstract: Effects of histamine on the tone and intracellular calcium level (Ca2+i) in porcine coronary arteries were simultaneously investigated by use of the fura-2 microscopic fluorometric method. Histamine (10(-6)-10(-4) M) induced concentration-dependent increases in tone and Ca2+i, but these responses were not sustained. Histamine induced a larger contraction than did KCl with a similar increase in Ca2+i. Depletion of the caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ store with ryanodine (3 x 10(-5) M) and repetitive applications of caffeine (2.5 x 10(-2) M) scarcely affected contractile and Ca2+i responses to histamine. In Ca2(+)-free medium or in the presence of verapamil (10(-6) M), histamine produced a briefer increase in Ca2+i and a smaller contraction than in normal medium. When histamine or caffeine was repetitively applied in Ca2(+)-free medium, the first application produced an increase in Ca2+i but the second application produced no increase. Although caffeine increased Ca2+i after repetitive histamine applications, histamine failed to increase Ca2+i after repetitive caffeine applications in Ca2(+)-free medium. These results indicate that vascular contraction induced by histamine may involve the following mechanisms: an increase in Ca2+ influx through Ca2+ channels, release of Ca2+ from the intracellular Ca2+ store which has an interaction with the caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ store, and sensitization of contractile proteins to Ca2+.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001572:Benzofurans; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D016257:Fura-2; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D012433:Ryanodine; D002110:Caffeine; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D006632:Histamine; D014700:Verapamil; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2