title: Inhibition of alpha-receptor-induced Ca2+ release and Ca2+ influx by Mn2+ and La3+.
abstract: The influence of Mn2+ and La3+ on alpha-receptor-stimulated Ca2+ movements was examined in arterial smooth muscle of the rabbit aorta. Both cations cause an inhibition of phenylephrine (PE) contractile response which exhibits a different pattern at low and high cation concentrations. At 0.1-1.0 mM inhibition by Mn2+ and La3+ was predominately due to a reduction in Ca2+ influx reflected as inhibition of the slow phase of contraction and reduction in PE-stimulated 45Ca uptake. PE log dose-response curves were shifted to the right in a non-parallel manner by 1 mM Mn2+ such that responses to lower PE concentrations were more inhibited. However, in the presence of 10 mM Mn2+ PE responses are equally inhibited at all PE levels. At 10 mM both Mn2+ and La3+ also inhibited PE-stimulated Ca2+ release resulting in a reduction in both the rapid phase of contraction and in the magnitude of PE stimulation of 45Ca efflux. The effects of Nm2+ (1 or 10 mM) on contraction and 45Ca efflux were rapidly reversible, while the effect of La3+ was not. Inhibition of Ca2+ release by 10 mM Mn2+ and La3+ was not caused by displacement of releasable Ca2+, but appeared to reflect their occupation of a superficially located receptor modulating site. The inhibition of Ca2+ influx by lower concentrations of Mn2+ may illustrate the functional consequence of configurational changes in the alpha 2-form of the receptor which have been recently described at lower concentrations of divalent cations.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008345:Manganese / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000187:drug effects*; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D010656:Phenylephrine; D008345:Manganese; D007811:Lanthanum; D002118:Calcium