title: Intrasynaptosomal free calcium concentration is increased by phorbol esters via a 1,4-dihydropyridine-sensitive (L-type) Ca2+ channel.
abstract: Incubation of non-depolarised fura-2-loaded rat cortical synaptosomes with 12-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-monoacetate (TPA) results in a dose-dependent increase in calcium concentration (to a maximum of 140%). It is dependent on extrasynaptosomal Ca2+, is partially blocked by 1 microM verapamil and effectively blocked by 100 microM verapamil (greater than or equal to 90%). Nifedipine (1 microM), nicardipine (1 microM) and omega-conotoxin fraction GVIA from Conus geographus (50 nM) (omega-CgTx) also cause blockade (greater than or equal to 90%) of the increase. The sensitivity of the TPA-induced increase in calcium concentration to omega-CgTx, nicardipine and nifedipine, but not to low concentrations of verapamil (1 microM), suggests that the TPA-induced rise in calcium concentration is mediated by increased Ca2+ influx through 1,4-dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channels. Incubation of synaptosomes with the inactive phorbol ester phorbol-13-monoacetate (TMA) does not result in any significant dose-dependent increase in calcium concentration. The data which are presented are consistent with (i) the proposal that phorbol ester-induced increases in calcium concentration are the result of Ca2+ influx through an L-type Ca2+ channel and (ii) the existence of functioning L-type Ca2+ channels on rat brain synaptosomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, U.K.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adamson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hajimohamadreza
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Brammer
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009529:Nicardipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004095:Dihydropyridines; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D009529:Nicardipine; D009543:Nifedipine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium