title: Polymyxin B sulfate-induced pH-dependent increase in calcium influx in cultured fibroblasts.
abstract: Polymyxin B sulfate treatment induced an increase in calcium influx in mouse fibroblasts (3T6) and normal human skin fibroblasts. This increase in calcium influx occurred in a dose- and time-dependent fashion and was dependent on pH but independent of the electrochemical gradient of calcium across the plasma membrane. This effect was prevented when cycloheximide (20 micrograms/ml) was added with polymyxin B sulfate. Addition of actinomycin D (2 micrograms/ml) also remarkably reduced this effect. In view of these findings, it is possible that polymyxin B sulfate therapy-induced side effects, such as neuromuscular blockade and kidney dysfunction, are conditional and may be due to an increase in calcium influx.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D051379:Mice; D011112:Polymyxin B / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011113:Polymyxins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011113:Polymyxins; D003609:Dactinomycin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D011112:Polymyxin B; D002118:Calcium