title: Inositol trisphosphate-induced calcium release and contraction in vascular smooth muscle.
abstract: Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) caused Ca release and tension development in rabbit main pulmonary artery smooth muscle permeabilized with saponin or digitonin. Both of these responses to single additions of InsP3 (0.5-30 microM) were repeatable and occurred in the presence of 0.0-1.9 mM free Mg2+. Sustained contractions were induced by InsP3. The amount of Ca released by InsP3, measured with a Ca2+-selective electrode, was also estimated to be sufficient to stimulate contraction in intact smooth muscle. Ca release was not influenced by inhibitors of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. The uptake of Ca2+ from the medium into the InsP3-sensitive pool was ATP-dependent. The present results support the hypothesis that, in smooth muscle, InsP3 is the messenger, or one of the messengers, involved in transmitter-induced (pharmacomechanical) Ca release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, which is the intracellular Ca store identified previously as the source of Ca released by norepinephrine in main pulmonary artery.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Somlyo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Somlyo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scarpa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D002110:Caffeine; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine