title: Staurosporine enhances Ca2+ entry induced by depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores in rat parotid acinar cells.
abstract: The effect of staurosporine on the Ca2+ signalling induced by the muscarinic receptor agonist carbachol (CCh) was studied in Fura-2-loaded rat parotid acinar cells. At concentrations > 1 nM, staurosporine dose-dependently enhanced the sustained increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), but did not affect the peak [Ca2+]i seen just after stimulation. The enhancement of the sustained increase in [Ca2+]i was not attenuated by the protein kinase C activator, 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, and not mimicked by another inhibitor of protein kinase C, K-252a, suggesting that the effect of staurosporine on the CCh-induced Ca2+ signalling may be due to a mechanism independent of the inhibitory action on protein kinase C. Staurosporine also enhanced the increases in [Ca2+]i induced by the microsomal Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin (TG) and the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin (Iono). When the cells were stimulated by CCh, TG, or Iono in the absence of extracellular Ca2+, a transient increase in [Ca2+]i due to Ca2+ release from intracellular stores was observed. This increase in [Ca2+]i was unaffected by preincubation with staurosporine. However, when Ca2+ was added to the extracellular medium after [Ca2+]i had returned to the resting level, the increase in [Ca2+]i was significantly enhanced by staurosporine. In addition, staurosporine accelerated the Mn2+ influx following the addition of CCh, TG, or Iono. These results suggest that staurosporine modulates the Ca2+ entry system activated by depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores in rat parotid acinar cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tojyo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiya
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008345:Manganese / Q000378:metabolism; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D019311:Staurosporine; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007476:Ionophores; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D013729:Terpenes; D008345:Manganese; D015759:Ionomycin; D019284:Thapsigargin; D002217:Carbachol; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D019311:Staurosporine; D002118:Calcium