title: Inhibition of calcium uptake and catecholamine release by 8-(N,N-diethylamino)-octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride (TMB-8) in cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.
abstract: Effects of intracellular calcium antagonists, 8-(N,N-diethylamino)-octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride (TMB-8) and 1-(5-(p-nitrophenyl)-furfurylidene-amino) hydantoin sodium hydrate (dantrolene sodium), on catecholamine release and 45Ca2+ uptake were studied using cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. TMB-8 inhibited carbamylcholine-evoked catecholamine release and 45Ca2+ uptake in a concentration-dependent manner with a similar potency. On the contrary, dantrolene sodium did not show obvious inhibitory effects of catecholamine release and 45Ca2+ uptake. Although TMB-8 inhibited the high K+-evoked catecholamine release and 45Ca2+ uptake, the potency of the drug was approximately 100-fold less than when used to inhibit the carbamylcholine-evoked catecholamine release and 45Ca2+ uptake. The inhibitory effect of TMB-8 on the carbamylcholine-evoked catecholamine release was not overcome by an increase in an extracellular calcium concentration, and was not due to competitive antagonism at the nicotinic receptor site. Moreover, TMB-8 inhibited the carbamylcholine-stimulated 45Ca2+ efflux, but dantrolene sodium failed to affect it. These results suggest that TMB-8, a well-known intracellular calcium antagonist, prevents the cellular calcium uptake in cultured adrenal chromaffin cells, and thus prevents catecholamine release.
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002837:Chromaffin Granules / Q000378:metabolism*; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000378:metabolism*; D003620:Dantrolene / Q000494:pharmacology; D005707:Gallic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D002395:Catecholamines; C006014:8-(N,N-diethylamino)octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate; D005707:Gallic Acid; D002217:Carbachol; D014700:Verapamil; D003620:Dantrolene; D002118:Calcium