title: Effects of ethanol exposure on neuropeptide-stimulated calcium mobilization in N1E-115 neuroblastoma.
abstract: The effects of acute and chronic (100 mM for 7 days) ethanol exposures on resting intracellular free calcium, [Ca2+]i as well as bradykinin and neurotensin mediated [Ca2+]i mobilization were determined in intact N1E-115 neuroblastoma. [Ca2+]i was monitored fluorometrically with the calcium indicator, fluo-3/AM. Acute exposure to ethanol resulted in an inhibition of bradykinin mediated [Ca2+]i mobilization with significant effects observed only at 400 mM ethanol. Neurotensin mediated [Ca2+]i mobilization was not significantly affected by any of the ethanol concentrations tested. Similarly, resting [Ca2+]i (64 +/- 2 nM) was unaffected by either chronic or acute ethanol as high as 400 mM. However, chronic exposure to ethanol significantly reduced the magnitude of bradykinin mediated [Ca2+]i mobilization both in the absence and presence of extracellular [Ca2+]. In contrast, [Ca2+]i mobilization in the presence of various concentrations of neurotensin was not significantly affected by chronic ethanol exposure. The results suggest that neuropeptide mediated [Ca2+]i mobilization is relatively insensitive to the acute presence of ethanol. In addition, chronic ethanol exposure appears to have selective effects on receptor mediated [Ca2+]i mobilization because this response to bradykinin, but not neurotensin, was significantly reduced in cells exposed to ethanol. The results also suggest that the reduction in bradykinin stimulated [Ca2+]i mobilization in chronically exposed cells is due in part to an inhibition of the release of intracellularly bound [Ca2+].
authors.affiliation: Research Service (151), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Tucson, Arizona 85723.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000378:metabolism; D009496:Neurotensin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009496:Neurotensin; D000431:Ethanol; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium