title: Pharmacological actions of the calcium antagonist propyl-methylenedioxyindene in skinned vascular smooth muscle.
abstract: Previous studies provided strong evidence that propyl-methylenedioxyindene (pr-MDI) interfered with calcium at an intracellular site. To further characterize the mechanism of action of pr-MDI, its pharmacological actions on chemically skinned vascular smooth muscle were examined. Rat caudal artery strips were chemically skinned with saponin (0.15 mg/mL for 1 h). The efficiency of the skinning was evidenced by a loss of contractile response to 74 mM K+. The intactness of the regulatory and contractile proteins was ascertained by the ability of the skinned tissue to contract in response to Ca2+ (free Ca2+ concentration of 10(-4) or 10(-6)M). Caffeine (25 mM) induced contraction was used as an index of the functional integrity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the skinned preparations. Contraction of the skinned artery with a free Ca2+ concentration of 10(-6)M was significantly obtunded by 1 X 10(-4)M trifluoperazine (a calmodulin antagonist) but not by 1 X 10(-4)M pr-MDI. Contraction of the skinned artery evoked by 25 mM caffeine in the absence of extracellular calcium was significantly obtunded by 1 X 10(-4)M pr-MDI but not by 1 X 10(-6)M nifedipine (a calcium channel blocker). The results indicate that pr-MDI acts intracellular to block calcium mobilization from the sarcoplasmic reticulum without directly interfering with the regulatory and contractile proteins.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Rahwan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007192:Indenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012503:Saponins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D007192:Indenes; D012503:Saponins; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D002110:Caffeine; C027983:2-n-propyl-3-dimethylamino-5,6-methylenedioxyindene; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium