title: [Comparative study of the effect of aliphatic alcohols on energy-dependent accumulation of Ca2+ in intracellular membranes of smooth muscle cells].
abstract: The effects of ethanol and other aliphatic alcohols on energy-dependent Ca2+ transport in endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria were studied in digitonin-treated myometrium cells. The Ca2+ uptake in mitochondria increased (on 15-20%) with increasing methanol, ethanol and propanol concentrations in medium, whereas further rise of concentration inhibited this process. Treatments of myometrial cells with short-chain alcohols caused an inhibition of calcium uptake in endoplasmic reticulum. Butanol inhibited both calcium uptake in mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum. Ca2+ accumulation in intracellular pools is inhibited by aliphatic alcohols in the following order of potency: butanol > propanol > ethanol > methanol. It is concluded that modifying effect of aliphatic alcohols on energy dependent calcium accumulation in intracellular membrane structures is defined as on origin of Ca(2+)-transporting system and (or) properties of these membrane structures so on properties of alcohols.
authors.affiliation: A. V. Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Borksova
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Babich
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Shlykov
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kosterin
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009215:Myometrium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D002118:Calcium