title: Calcium uptake studies of 1,4-dihydropyridine agonists into rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells in culture.
abstract: The effects of the three dihydropyridine calcium channel agonists (+/-)BAY K 8644, (+)202-791 and (+/-)CGP 28392 on 45Ca++ uptake were studied in cultures of rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells. At 10(-7) M each agonist enhanced 45Ca++ uptake in 15-50 mM K+ but had no effect on the basal 45Ca++ uptake at 5 mM K+. At the uptake threshold of 15 mM K+ each agonist potentiated 45Ca++ uptake in a dose-dependent manner with half maximal effects at 2.4 nM for (+/-)BAY K 8644, 22 nM for (+)202-791 and 18 nM for (+/-)CGP 28392. The agonists showed no significant antagonistic activity. Responses were antagonized competitively by nifedipine and non-competitively by (+/-)D-600. The 45Ca++ uptake dose-response curves and the half maximal effects of the three agonists were over the same range of concentrations as their inhibition of [3H]nitrendipine binding to rat ventricular receptor membrane preparations. The data suggest that these cells mimic the calcium uptake by the intact aorta better than commercial vascular smooth muscle lines or cardiac cells.
authors: Cardiovascular Diseases Research, G.D. Searle & Co., Skokie, IL 60077.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Papaioannou
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Panzer-Knodle
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004095:Dihydropyridines; D011725:Pyridines; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; C040525:CGP 28392; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium