title: Calmidazolium-induced rises in cytosolic calcium concentrations in Madin Darby canine kidney cells.
abstract: The effect of calmidazolium on Ca(2+) signaling in Madin Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells was investigated using fura-2 as a Ca(2+) probe. Calmidazolium at 2-5 microM increased [Ca(2+)](i) concentration dependently. The [Ca(2+)](i) rise induced by 2-5 microM calmidazolium comprised an immediate rise and a slow decay. External Ca(2+) removal partly inhibited the Ca(2+) signals, suggesting that calmidazolium activated external Ca(2+) influx and internal Ca(2+) release. In Ca(2+)-free medium, pretreatment with 3 microM calmidazolium abolished the Ca(2+) release induced by 1 microM thapsigargin, an endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pump inhibitor, and, vice versa, pretreatment with thapsigargin inhibited calmidazolium-induced Ca(2+) release. This indicates that thapsigargin-sensitive Ca(2+) store was the source of calmidazolium-induced Ca(2+) release. Calmidazolium (3 microM) induced Mn(2+) quench of fura-2 fluorescence at 360 nm excitation wavelength, which was suppressed by 0.1 mM La(3+). Addition of 3 mM Ca(2+) increased [Ca(2+)](i) after pretreatment with 3-5 microM calmidazolium in Ca(2+)-free medium. This implies that calmidazolium activated concentration-dependent capacitative Ca(2+) entry. Calmidazolium (3 microM) augmented the capacitative Ca(2+) entry induced by 1 microM thapsigargin or 0.1 mM ATP by 38%. Calmidazolium (3 microM)-induced Ca(2+) release was blocked by pretreatment with 40 microM aristolochic acid and 2 microM U73122 (2 microM) to inhibit phospholipase A(2) and phospholipase, respectively, but pretreatment with 0.1 mM propranolol to inhibit phospholipase D had no effect. This suggests that calmidazolium induced internal Ca(2+) release in a manner dependent on phospholipases C- and A(2)-coupled events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education and Research, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, 813, Taiwan. crjan@isca.vghks.gov.tw
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007093:Imidazoles; C031938:calmidazolium; D019284:Thapsigargin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D010740:Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2