title: Ca2+ and vasopressin release in isolated rat neurohypophysis: differential effects of four classes of Ca2+ channel ligands.
abstract: In order to study the role of different types of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels (VSCC) in stimulus-secretion coupling in peptidergic neurons, effects of 4 major classes of pharmacological agents have been examined on evoked vasopressin release from isolated rat neurohypophyses. omega-Conotoxin GVIA (omega-CgTX), a potent blocker of N- and L-type Ca2+ channels, inhibited vasopressin release evoked electrically as well as by high K+. With maximal inhibition, release was decreased to 50% and 75% of control for electrical and 100 mM K+ stimulation, respectively. This stimulation mode-related difference in release sensitivity to omega-CgTX paralleled its stimulation mode-related sensitivity to tetrodotoxin, suggesting that the omega-CgTX-sensitive Ca2+ entry played a larger role when release was activated by action potentials invading nerve terminals. These data, and the characteristics of [125I]omega-CgTX binding to plasma membranes from bovine neurohypophyses, are consistent with N-type Ca2+ channels being responsible for the omega-CgTX-sensitive component of vasopressin release. Verapamil and diltiazem (phenylalkylamine and benzothiazepine, respectively) inhibited secretion in a pattern suggesting non-identical sets of action sites, and in a manner partly additive with inhibition by omega-CgTX. This inhibition by verapamil and diltiazem appeared at least in part to involve sites different from L channels. Several dihydropyridines known to act as agonists or antagonists at L channels did not affect vasopressin release (evoked either electrically or by high K+) in a specific manner. A significant component of neuropeptide release may depend on Ca2+ entry through omega-CgTX- and dihydropyridine-insensitive routes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Physiology C, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: von Spreckelsen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lollike
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Treiman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020916:Conotoxins; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008297:Male; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D020916:Conotoxins; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D014667:Vasopressins; C055407:conotoxin GV; D014700:Verapamil; D004110:Diltiazem; D002118:Calcium