title: Lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane) induces internal Ca2+ release and capacitative Ca2+ entry in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.
abstract: The effect of lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane), an organochlorine pesticide, on Ca2+ mobilization in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells was examined by fluorimetry using fura-2 as a Ca2+ indicator. Lindane (5-200 microM) increased [Ca2+]i concentration-dependently. The [Ca2+]i signal comprised an immediate initial rise followed by a persistent phase. Ca2+ removal inhibited the [Ca2+]i signal by reducing both the initial rise and the sustained phase. This implies lindane-triggered Ca2+ influx and Ca2+ release. In Ca2+ -free medium, 0.15 mM lindane increased [Ca2+]i after pretreatment with carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP, 2 microM), a mitochondrial uncoupler, and two endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump inhibitors, thapsigargin and cyclopiazonic acid. Conversely, pretreatment with lindane abolished CCCP- and thapsigargin-induced Ca2+ release. This suggests that 0.15 mM lindane released Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria and other stores. La3+ (1 mM) partly inhibited 0.1 mM lindane-induced [Ca2+]i increase, confirming that lindane induced Ca2+ influx. Addition of 3 mM Ca2+ increased [Ca2+]i after pretreatment with 0.15 mM lindane for 750 sec. in Ca2+ -free medium, which indicates lindane-induced capacitative Ca2+ entry. Lindane (0.15 mM)-induced Ca2+ release was not reduced by inhibiting phospholipase C with 2 microM U73122, but was inhibited by 70% by the phospholipase A2 inhibitor aristolochic acid (40 microM).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004285:Dogs; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014475:Uncoupling Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D014475:Uncoupling Agents; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; D019284:Thapsigargin; D010740:Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium; C000543:cyclopiazonic acid