title: Effects of Ca++ on [3H]diltiazem binding and its allosteric interaction with dihydropyridine calcium channel binding sites in the rat cortex.
abstract: In membranes from the rat cerebral cortex, the benzothiazepine [3H]diltiazem and the dihydropyridine [3H]nitrendipine label distinct but allosterically interacting calcium channel antagonist recognition sites. In the present study we evaluated the relationship between Ca++ and calcium channel antagonists binding sites within the voltage-dependent Ca++ channel. [3H]Nitrendipine binding to the rat cerebral cortex at 37 degrees C is not inhibited by Ca++, studied as CaCl2, in concentrations up to 10 mM. In contrast, [3H]diltiazem binding under these conditions is inhibited by Ca++ with an IC50 of 0.31 mM. The inhibition of diltiazem binding by Ca++ is reflected in an increase in the EC50 of diltiazem for enhancement of [3H]nitrendipine binding at 37 degrees C but not in the magnitude of its maximal heterotropic positive cooperative effect. Similarly, Ca++ increases the IC50 of verapamil for inhibition of [3H]nitrendipine binding at 37 degrees C without affecting the magnitude of its heterotropic negative cooperative effect. Schild analyses of these data indicate that Ca++ is an essentially competitive antagonist of the allosteric effects of diltiazem (KB = 0.32 mM) and verapamil (KB = 0.33 mM). At 0 degrees C, Ca++ is a negative allosteric inhibitor of the [3H]nitrendipine binding site (IC50 = 0.1 mM) and selectively increases the IC50 of diltiazem and verapamil for the inhibition of [3H]nitrendipine binding to membranes from the rat cerebral cortex. It may thus be suggested that the diltiazem and verapamil recognition sites are closely linked or identical with Ca++ binding site within the slow voltage-dependent Ca++ channel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Laboratoires d'Etudes et de Recherches Synthélabo, Paris, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schoemaker
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Langer
mesh_terms: D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013696:Temperature; D014700:Verapamil / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D009568:Nitrendipine; D014700:Verapamil; D004110:Diltiazem; D002118:Calcium