title: A possible action of nicardipine on the cardiac sarcolemmal Na+-Ca2+ exchange.
abstract: The effects of nicardipine on sodium-calcium exchange activity of cardiac sarcolemma-enriched vesicles isolated from the rat heart were examined. Sodium-loaded, sarcolemma-enriched vesicles, when exposed to a medium containing 40 microM CaCl2, exhibited about 5 nmoles Ca2+/mg protein of the maximal calcium uptake; the initial rate was 21 nmoles Ca2+/mg protein/min. The calcium uptake was dependent on the extravesicular concentration of calcium ion. Nicardipine at concentrations of 0.1 to 10 microM depressed the rate of calcium uptake activity by 60-90%. The isolated membrane vesicles preloaded with Ca2+ showed a calcium efflux activity, when exposed to a medium containing sodium ion. The rate of calcium efflux was 2.5 nmoles Ca2+/mg protein/min, when measured in a medium containing 6.5 mM NaCl. The efflux rate was facilitated with increased concentrations of sodium ion in the medium. About 75% of the preloaded calcium in the vesicles was released within 3 min of incubation. The rate of calcium efflux was stimulated in the presence of 0.1 to 10 microM nicardipine (2.5- to 4-fold increase). The present results suggest a possible action of nicardipine on the sodium-calcium exchange mechanism at cardiac sarcolemmal sites.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakanashi
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009529:Nicardipine; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012508:Sarcolemma / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D012964:Sodium; D009529:Nicardipine; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium