title: The influence of blood pressure on intracellular Ca2+ content in erythrocytes: effects of cadmium chloride and nifedipine.
abstract: Cellular abnormalities associated with elevated Ca2+ concentrations have been postulated to be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of blood pressure changes on cytosolic Ca2+ levels in erythrocytes. Cadmium, which has been implicated in the etiology of hypertension was used as the hypertensive agent and the classical blocker of voltage-operated calcium channels nifedipine was used to treat hypertension. 10 weeks old male rats were divided into four groups; control, CdCl2, CdCl2 and nifedipine, nifedipine groups. CdCl2 caused elevations in blood pressure and in the cytosolic erythrocyte Ca2+ levels both of which were reduced after nifedipine administration. After nifedipine alone, cytosolic Ca2+ levels were increased. These findings suggest that cytosolic Ca2+ content decreasing action of nifedipine in the CdCl2 and nifedipine applied group could be secondary to the antihypertensive action.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department, Medical Faculty of Akdeniz University, Turkey.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Erkiliç
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isbir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozdem
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oğütman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019256:Cadmium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D009543:Nifedipine; D019256:Cadmium Chloride; D002118:Calcium