title: Fendiline-Induced Ca2+ movement in A10 smooth muscle cells.
abstract: The effect of fendiline, an anti-anginal drug, on cytosolic free Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i) in A10 smooth muscle cells was explored by using fura-2 as a Ca2+ indicator. Fendiline at concentrations between 10-50 microM increased [Ca2+]i in a concentration-dependent manner with an EC50 of 20 microM. External Ca2+ removal reduced the Ca2+ signal by 75%. Addition of 3 mM Ca2+ increased [Ca2+]i in cells pretreated with fendiline in Ca2+-free medium. The 50 microM fendiline-induced [Ca2+]i increase in Ca2+-containing medium was inhibited by 10 microM of La3+, nifedipine, or verapamil. In Ca2+-free medium, pretreatment with 1 microM thapsigargin (an endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump inhibitor) to deplete the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ store partly inhibited 50 microM fendiline-induced Ca2+ release; whereas pretreatment with 50 microM fendiline abolished 1 microM thapsigargin-induced Ca2+ release. Inhibition of phospholipase C activity with 2 microM U73122 did not alter 50 microM fendiline-induced Ca2+ release. Incubation with 50 microM fendiline for 10-30 min decreased cell viability by 10-20%. Together, the findings indicate that in smooth muscle cells fendiline induced [Ca2+]i increases. Fendiline acted by activating Ca2+ influx via L-type Ca2+ channels, and by releasing internal Ca2+ in a phospholipase C-independent manner. Prolonged exposure of cells to fendiline induced cell death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005275:Fendiline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism; D016257:Fura-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000494:pharmacology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D019284:Thapsigargin; D007811:Lanthanum; D014700:Verapamil; D009543:Nifedipine; D005275:Fendiline; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2