title: Mobilization of a common source of smooth muscle Ca2+ by norepinephrine and methylxanthines.
abstract: The ability of norepinephrine (NE), caffeine (CAF), theophylline (THEO), dinitrophenol (DNP), and potassium (high K) to mobilize cellular Ca2+ in rabbit aorta was examined using 45Ca-efflux techniques. After 10 min of Ca2+ deprivation using either Ca-free EGTA or Ca-free lanthanum (La3+) buffers, NE, CAF, and DNP still caused an increase in 45Ca-efflux rate, indicating a cellular source of 45Ca, while high K did not. Contractile behavior after Ca removal paralleled 45Ca-efflux events. CAF (10 mM) inhibited NE contractile responses, and this inhibition was associated with the depletion of the NE-releasable Ca2+ store. Previous exposure to CAF during 45Ca efflux reduced subsequent stimulation of 45Ca efflux was not additive. THEO caused a stimulation of 45Ca efflux similar to CAF. CAF, THEO, and 3-isobutyl-l-methylxanthine caused a two- to threefold increase in cAMP levels in association with their stimulation of 45Ca efflux. These results suggest that NE and methylxanthines mobilize a common cellular Ca2+ source that is associated with contraction in the case of NE but relaxation in the case of methylxanthines.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000378:metabolism; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D014970:Xanthines / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014970:Xanthines; D002110:Caffeine; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D007811:Lanthanum; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine