title: CPA induces a sustained increase in [Ca2+]i of endothelial cells in situ and relaxes porcine coronary artery.
abstract: Using fura 2 fluorometry, we investigated the effect of cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), an inhibitor of Ca2+ pump adenosinetriphosphatase of the endoplasmic reticulum, on cystosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and tension in porcine aortic valvular endothelial cells and coronary arterial strips with endothelium. In normal physiological salt solution, CPA induced a sustained increase in [Ca2+]i in the valvular strips, whereas in Ca(2+)-free physiological salt solution, CPA elicited a transient elevation of [Ca2+]i. CPA(30 microM) relaxed coronary strips with endothelium precontracted by 100 nM U-46619; this relaxation was partially inhibited by N omega-nitro-L-arginine (100 microM). These results indicate that the CPA-induced increase in [Ca2+]i depends on the Ca2+ release and the Ca2+ influx in the endothelial cells in situ and that the CPA-induced endothelium-dependent decreases in [Ca2+]i and tension in the smooth muscle are due to the combined effect of N omega-nitro-L-arginine-sensitive and -resistant factors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanaide
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D013552:Swine; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D002118:Calcium; C000543:cyclopiazonic acid