title: Studies of [3H]nitrendipine binding and KCl-induced calcium uptake in rat cortical synaptosomes.
abstract: Rat cortical synaptosomal fraction was used to study whether there is a direct link between [3H]nitrendipine binding and KCl-induced calcium uptake. [3H]Nitrendipine exhibited reversible and saturable binding to this preparation. The equilibrium dissociation constant Kd was 0.6 nM and the maximal binding capacity, Bmax, was 120 fmol/mg of protein. The binding could be displaced by certain calcium channel antagonists, the potency of which was in the order: nitrendipine greater than nifedipine greater than D600 greater than verapamil greater than flunarizine. Voltage-dependent 45Ca2+-uptake into this fraction was measured after 20 sec KCl-induced depolarization. Nitrendipine at high concentration (10 microM) had little effect on 45Ca2+-uptake into brain synaptosomes. The order of the above-mentioned calcium antagonists affecting 45Ca2+-uptake was flunarizine greater than D600 greater than verapamil greater than nifedipine greater than nitrendipine. Our results suggest that high-affinity binding of [3H]nitrendipine is not directly linked to voltage-dependent calcium uptake in brain.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Chiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D002936:Cinnarizine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D005444:Flunarizine; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D009568:Nitrendipine; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D002936:Cinnarizine; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D009568:Nitrendipine; D009543:Nifedipine; D005444:Flunarizine; D002118:Calcium