title: Ca2+ ionophoretic activity of oligomers of prostaglandin B1 with isolated hepatocytes.
abstract: Chemically synthesized oligomers (dimers, trimers and tetramers) of 15-dehydroprostaglandin B1 and 16,16'dimethyl-15-dehydroprostaglandin B1 (16,16'diMePGB1) are effective Ca2+ ionophores with isolated mitochondria and in artificial systems. The trimer of 16, 16'diMePGB1 mediated a dose dependent Ca2+ efflux from intact rat hepatocytes; at 9.2 microM oligomer, Ca2+ was released primarily from the mitochondrial pool but at higher concentrations from other cellular pools. The 16, 16'diMePGB1 trimer did not alter Ca2+ release mediated by epinephrine suggesting that the PGB1 oligomer interacts at a different site. The oligomer also caused an activation of phosphorylase similar to that mediated by epinephrine.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007476:Ionophores; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011456:Prostaglandins B / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011465:Prostaglandins, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: C052137:16,16-dimethyl-15-dehydroprostaglandin B1 trimer; D007476:Ionophores; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011456:Prostaglandins B; D011465:Prostaglandins, Synthetic; C034467:prostaglandin B1; D002118:Calcium; D004837:Epinephrine