title: The effects of calcium and calcium channel blockers on sodium pump.
abstract: The effects of 10 mM Ca2+ and Ca2+ channel blockers verapamil, diltiazem and flunarizine on the ouabain-sensitive electrogenic Na+, K+ pump activity of mouse diaphragm muscle fibres enriched with Na+ were compared with the changes in cytosolic [Ca2+]. The electrogenic Na+ pump activity produced by adding K+ to muscles previously bathed for 4 h in a K(+)-free, 2-mM [Ca2+] solution increased the resting membrane potential by about 18 mV. This hyperpolarization was completely inhibited after 10 min incubation in 10 mM Ca2+. Verapamil 10(-5) M, 10(-5) M diltiazem and 10(-7) M flunarizine effectively prevented the effect of elevated [Ca2+]. At these concentrations, these drugs did not affect the K(+)-induced hyperpolarization. In mouse diaphragm, the basal cytosolic [Ca2+] measured by the fluorescent indicator 1-[2-(5-carboxyoxazol-2-yl)-6- aminobenzofuran-5-oxy]2-(2'-amino-5'-methylphenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N '- tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester (fura-2/AM) was 261 +/- 6 nM. After 4 h in a Liley K(+)-free, 2 mM [Ca2+] solution, the cytosolic [Ca2+] increased to 314 +/- 28 nM. Increase in [Ca2+] from 2 to 10 mM caused a twofold increase of cytosolic [Ca2+] to 637 +/- 26 nM. This rise was, like the Ca(2+)-induced inhibition of electrogenic pump, prevented by 10(-5) M verapamil, 10(-5) M diltiazem and 10(-7) M flunarizine. The results suggest that substances which block Ca2+ entry into the cell prevent the Ca(2+)-induced inhibition of the Na+ pump.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stankovicová
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zemková
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Breier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burkhard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vyskocil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008839:Microelectrodes; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D002118:Calcium