title: [Effect of caffeine on azide-sensitive Mg2+, ATP-dependent increase of tetracycline fluorescent response in modeling of Ca ions accumulation in mitochondria].
abstract: The influence of caffeine on the Mg2+, ATP-dependent Ca(2+)-uptake was investigated in the experiments, conducted on mitochondria isolated from myometrium of nonpregnant estrogenized rats. NaN3-sensitive CTC fluorescence increasing (lambda f = = 520 nm) was used as a test for active Ca2+ transport. Kinetics of NaN3-sensitive Mg2+, ATP-dependent component of CTC fluorescence change fits to the pattern of the first-order reaction either in the absence or in the presence of caffeine (20 mM). Caffeine (0-20 mM) inhibited both the stationary level (settled on the 2-3d min. of incubation) and the initial rate V0, and rate constant k of CTC fluorescence change. Magnitude of the apparent inhibition constant I0.5 for caffeine is 10.41 +/- 1.81 mM, inhibition process has weak positive cooperativity--the value of apparent Hill coefficient for caffeine is equal to 1.2 +/- 0.3. Data obtained suggest that caffeine inhibits both stationary Ca2+ capacity of mitochondria and the rate of NaN3-sensitive Mg2+, ATP-dependent Ca(2+)-accumulation in case of myometrium. These data could be useful for further investigation of molecular and membrane mechanisms of caffeine action on the intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis in uterus smooth muscle and its contractive activity.
authors.affiliation: Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. olga_vadzyuk@hotmail.com
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Vadziuk
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Kosterin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017136:Ion Transport; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009215:Myometrium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D019810:Sodium Azide; D013752:Tetracycline
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D002110:Caffeine; D019810:Sodium Azide; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D013752:Tetracycline; D002118:Calcium