title: Quin2 microfluorometry and effects of verapamil and diltiazem on calcium release from rat aorta smooth muscle cells in primary culture.
abstract: We investigated the effects of the Ca2+ antagonists diltiazem and verapamil on release of Ca2+ from intracellular store sites of rat aorta vascular smooth muscle cells in primary culture. Using the microfluorometry of Ca2+-indicator dye quin2, relative changes in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration could be measured. In the presence of 1 mM extracellular Ca2+, both diltiazem (IC50, 0.31 microM) and verapamil (IC50, 0.47 microM) dose-dependently inhibited elevations in the cytosolic Ca2+, as induced by depolarization of the plasma membrane with high extracellular K+. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, caffeine and high extracellular K+ induced transient and dose-dependent elevations of the cytosolic Ca2+, and these elevations were not inhibited by either diltiazem or verapamil. Norepinephrine also induced a transient and dose-dependent elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. However, this elevation was inhibited by verapamil and diltiazem (when the norepinephrine concentration was 10(-5) M, IC50 for verapamil and diltiazem was 4.0 and 24.9 microM, respectively). Thus, while verapamil and diltiazem may have no direct effect on the release of Ca2+ from the depolarization- and the caffeine-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ storage sites, the agents do seem to inhibit the adrenoceptor-mediated Ca2+ release mechanism in vascular smooth muscle cells.
authors: Research Institute of Angiocardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kanaide
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kobayashi
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Nishimura
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hasegawa
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Shogakiuchi
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Matsumoto
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000634:Aminoquinolines; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000634:Aminoquinolines; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D002110:Caffeine; D014700:Verapamil; D004110:Diltiazem; C035739:Quin2; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine