title: Minor role of a Ca2+-depleted sarcoplasmic reticulum in heterologous desensitization of smooth muscle to K+.
abstract: Exposure of porcine carotid artery smooth muscle (PCASM) to histamine was followed by a large reduction in the rate of force generation in response to 40 mM KCl. This was shown to be a manifestation of slow attainment of a steady-state myoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). We hypothesized that if net transsarcolemmal Ca2+ flux into the depolarized PCASM cells is the same before and after a desensitizing histamine treatment, then the transient attenuation of the increase in [Ca2+]i may be due to accelerated uptake of Ca2+ by a partially depleted sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) acting as a Ca2+ sink or superficial buffer barrier. We tested this hypothesis by eliciting responses of "desensitized PCASM" to 40 mM KCl in the presence of cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), an SR Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor. Contractions of CPA-treated tissues were attenuated less than those of tissues not treated with CPA, but they were not abolished. CPA-insensitive mechanism(s) dominated the desensitization. We conclude that histamine pretreatment reduced net transsarcolemmal Ca2+ flux into PCASM in response to 40 mM KCl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906-0011, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Wardle
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D010656:Phenylephrine; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D006632:Histamine; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium; C000543:cyclopiazonic acid