title: Guanine nucleotide binding proteins may modulate gating of calcium channels in vascular smooth muscle. I. Studies with fluoride.
abstract: Fluoride (F-), a known stimulator of G-proteins, was used to examine the relationship between G-proteins and calcium channels (CaC) in rat vascular smooth muscle (VSM). Treatment of isolated rat tail artery helical strips with F- (2.5-20 microM) produced a Ca++-dependent contraction. In the absence of added AlCl3, subthreshold NaF shifted the KCl, as well as the arginine vasopressin and norepinephrine concentration-related tension curves to the left. Nifedipine and verapamil, known CaC blockers, inhibited the NaF-related contraction. AlCl3 (20 microM), which is required for G-protein stimulation by F-, strikingly potentiated the contractile response to F-. The NaF-induced contraction was relaxed by 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine as well as by forskolin and by dibutyryladenosine-cyclic AMP, and the effect therefore may be independent of cAMP. 45Ca-uptake was elevated by NaF, and partially blocked by nifedipine and verapamil. NaF also inhibited the basal and forskolin-stimulated cAMP production, suggesting that F- stimulated the putative Gi in the intact VSM cells. NaF stimulated accumulation of IP in a concentration-dependent manner, indicating that F- stimulated the putative G-protein Gp which couples various receptors to hydrolysis of phosphoinositides and mobilization of Ca++. These results indicate that NaF-induced vasoconstriction is related to the opening of the CaC in the plasma membrane and perhaps a subsequent entry of the extracellular Ca++ into the cell.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors: Y Y
authors: YY
authors: Zeng
authors: C G
authors: CG
authors: Benishin
authors: P K
authors: PK
authors: Pang
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001158:Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D005576:Colforsin; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D003994:Bucladesine; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D014700:Verapamil; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine