title: Effects of adrenochrome on calcium accumulating and adenosine triphosphatase activities of the rat heart microsomes.
abstract: The influence of adrenochrome (1-100 microgram/ml or 5.6 x 10(-6)-5.4 x 10(-4) M) on microsomal calcium binding, calcium uptake and Ca++-stimulated Mg++-dependent adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activities was studied in vitro. Adrenochrome decreased microsomal calcium binding, calcium uptake and Ca++-stimulated Mg++-dependent ATPase activities. The inhibitory effect of adrenochrome on microsomal calcium uptake activity of the isolated membrane was independent of pH (6.0-8.0), calcium concentrations (10-200 muM), protein concentration (0.02-0.10 mg/ml), temperature (25-37 degrees C) and incubation time (2-30 min). Kinetic study of calcium uptake activity in different concentrations of ATP showed that the inhibition was of a mixed type. Perfusion  of hearts with adrenochrome resulted in marked depression in contractile force and the microsomal fraction obtained from these hearts showed depressed calcium binding, calcium uptake and Ca++-stimulated Mg++-dependent ATPase activities. The depression in microsomal The influence of adrenochrome (1-100 microgram/ml or 5.6 x 10(-6)-an irreversible nature. It is proposed that cardiodepressant action of adrenochrome may partly be explained on the basis of its inhibitory effect on the calcium transporting ability of the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
mesh_terms: D000323:Adrenochrome / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000323:Adrenochrome; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium