title: Effects of nitrendipine on capacity of calcium binding of erythrocyte membrane and total intraerythrocyte calcium content in SHR rats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of nitrendipine (Nit) on the capacity of calcium binding of erythrocyte membrane and total intraerythrocyte calcium content in spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR).
  
  
  METHODS
  Systolic blood pressure (SBP) of the conscious rats was monitored by tailcuff method with a BP and HR recorder for MRS-III rat. Erythrocyte membrane was prepared according to modified Bing's method. Calcium binding of membrane and total intraerythrocyte calcium content was determined by an automatic absorption spectrophotometer. The membrane protein was determined with a colorimetric method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nit (ig 10 mg.kg-1 qd x 20 d) induced a significant reduction in total intraerythrocyte calcium content (169 +/- 18 vs 87 +/- 14 mumol/L cell, P < 0.01) accompanied by a marked fall of SBP (27.1 +/- 2.5 vs 16.7 +/- 1.0 kPa, P < 0.01) but exerted no influence on the capacity of calcium binding of erythrocyte membrane under incubation in CaCl2(0) (basal calcium binding) or 40 mmol.L-1 (maximal calcium binding) (21.9 +/- 2.3 vs 22.7 +/- 2.1 and 55 +/- 14 vs 53 +/- 23 mumol/g protein, respectively, P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The antihypertensive effect of Nit is related to the reduction of intracellular calcium and possibly have no direct relation to the capacity of calcium binding of cell membrane.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, China.
authors: Y L
authors: YL
authors: Wang
authors: G Z
authors: GZ
authors: Tang
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Ding
authors: D X
authors: DX
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D009568:Nitrendipine; D002118:Calcium