title: Cyclopiazonic acid and thapsigargin induce platelet aggregation resulting from Ca2+ influx through Ca2+ store-activated Ca2+-channels.
abstract: The effects of cyclopiazonic acid and thapsigargin, selective inhibitors of the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase pump, on the platelet aggregation were investigated using washed rat platelets prepared by chromatography on Sepharose 2B columns. In Ca2+-free medium, cyclopiazonic acid and thapsigargin did not induce aggregation, but in the presence of 1 mM Ca2+, platelet aggregation was induced in a concentration-dependent manner. Cyclopiazonic acid- and thapsigargin-induced platelet aggregation was blocked by 1 mM Ni2+ but not by 100 microM indomethacin or 1 microM nifedipine. In aequorin-loaded platelets, cyclopiazonic acid and thapsigargin caused sustained elevation of the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, an effect which was blocked by Ni2+, a non-selective Ca2+ channel blocker and SK&F 96365 (1-[beta-[3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propoxy]-4-methoxyphenyl]-1H-imidazole hydrochloride), a putative receptor-operated Ca2+ channel antagonist. The above results indicated that both cyclopiazonic acid and thapsigargin induced platelet aggregation and elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, that extracellular Ca2+ was essential for cyclopiazonic acid- and thapsigargin-induced platelet aggregation, and that platelet aggregation may be associated with Ca2+ influx through Ca2+ store-activated Ca2+ channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kwan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D019284:Thapsigargin; D002118:Calcium; C000543:cyclopiazonic acid