title: Assessment of endothelin receptor subtype-mediated increases of [Ca2+]i in distinct rat cell types using fluorimetric imaging.
abstract: Activation of endothelin (ET) receptor subtypes by various agonists causes an increase in [Ca2+]i in different cell types. This effect can be readily monitored in a 96-well plate format by detecting 1-s fluorescence changes of cell-permeant, Ca(2+)-sensitive dyes (e.g., Calcium Green-1 AM) using a fluorimetric imaging plate reader. This device was used to assess the ET receptor subtypes in primary cultures of rat mixed neocortical neuronal/glial cells and aortic smooth-muscle cells. Pharmacologic experiments with several ET receptor agonists and antagonists indicated that the ETA receptor subtype was functionally responsive in the smooth-muscle cells and that the ETB receptor subtype had a similar role in the mixed neuronal/glial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience Therapeutics, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Co., Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dooley
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Geer
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Haleen
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Probert
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Welch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D015590:Fluorophotometry; D019044:Image Cytometry; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000819:agonists / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D002118:Calcium