title: [Effect of ET-1 on intracellular free calcium in cultured neonatal myocardial cells].
abstract: In this present study, the effects of ET-1 on intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) and the underlying mechanisms were investigated in cultured neonatal rat myocardial cells loaded with fura-2/AM. The results are as follows. ET-1 induced an increase of [Ca2+]i in a dose-dependent manner, which consisted of a transient and sustained phase. BQ123, a selective ETA receptor antagonist, blocked the ET-1 induced [Ca2+]i responses, suggesting that these responses were mediated by ETA receptors. After removal of extracellular Ca2+, ET-1 induced the transient increase of [Ca2+]i without the sustained change. Protein kinase C (PKC) agonist PMA attenuated the ET-1 induced transient [Ca2+]i increase. Amiloride and nifedipine did not block the [Ca2+]i change induced by ET-1. After pretreatment of myocardial cells with pertussis toxin, ET-1 also induced the transient increase of [Ca2+]i but did not affect the sustained increase. These results suggest that the transient [Ca2+]i increase may involve pertussis toxin-insensitive G protein and the sustained one may be caused by extracellular calcium influx, in which pertussis toxin sensitive G protein is involved. Furthermore, PKC, but not Na+/H+ exchange, plays an important role in these effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510089.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: X N
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D002118:Calcium