title: Effects of strophanthidin on intracellular Ca2+ concentration and cellular morphology of guinea pig myocytes.
abstract: To study the role of cytosolic calcium concentration [( Ca2+]i) in the pathophysiology of Ca2+ overload, we used a digital image of calcium indicator signals (fura-2 fluorescence) from guinea pig myocytes. [Ca2+]i increased from 69(SEM 5) nmol.litre-1 (n = 15) to 204(45) nmol.litre-1 (n = 14) after 10 min perfusion with 100 mumol.litre-1 strophanthidin. The effects of strophanthidin on cellular morphology were associated with variable increases in [Ca2+]i of myocytes. [Ca2+]i was 263(9) nmol.litre-1 in the spontaneous contracting cells with "Ca2+ wave", and 784(103) nmol.litre-1 in rounded cells. There was a significant relationship (r = 0.77, p less than 0.001) between elevation of [Ca2+]i and shortening of longitudinal length of the cells. After 20 min pretreatment with 10 mumol.litre-1 ryanodine, strophanthidin (100 mumol.litre-1) did not cause spontaneous contractile activity, and induced a slower increase in [Ca2+]i than found previously with strophanthidin alone. We suggest that [Ca2+]i played a primary role in mediating irreversible injury in this study, and that the absolute value of [Ca2+]i was correlated with morphological changes. We also suggest that the Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum was related to the increase in [Ca2+]i and the spontaneous contracting activity.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D013327:Strophanthidin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012433:Ryanodine; D013327:Strophanthidin; D002118:Calcium