title: Photodynamic triggering of calcium oscillation in the isolated rat pancreatic acini.
abstract: 1. Photodynamic agents, due to their photon-dependent selective activation, can selectively activate a number of physiological processes and may directly modulate signal transduction in a number of cells including pancreatic acinar cells. 2. Activation of the photodynamic agent sulphonated aluminium phthalocyanine (SALPC) triggered recurrent cytosolic calcium ([Ca2+]i) spiking in pancreatic acinar cells. 3. The photodynamically triggered calcium spiking could be blocked by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) inhibitor U73122, but not by phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C inhibitor D609. 4. Removal of extracellular Ca2+ abolished spiking, as did 2-aminoethoxydiphenylborate (2-APB), an inhibitory modulator of IP3-mediated Ca2+ release from intracellular stores. 5. These data suggest that SALPC photodynamic action may permanently fix PI-PLC in an active conformation, and this produced recurrent [Ca2+]i spiking.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Agricultural University Faculty of Biological Sciences, People's Republic of China. bauic@public.bta.net.cn
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004963:Estrenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009636:Norbornanes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013859:Thiocarbamates; D013871:Thiones / Q000494:pharmacology; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004963:Estrenes; D007211:Indoles; D009636:Norbornanes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D013859:Thiocarbamates; D013871:Thiones; C060229:1-(6-((3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione; C048577:aluminum tetrasulfophthalocyanine; C046498:tricyclodecane-9-yl-xanthogenate; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium