title: [The effect of oxidized glutathione and its pharmacological analogue, glutoxim, on intracellular Ca2+ concentration in macrophages].
abstract: The effect of oxidized glutathione (GSSG) and its pharmacological analogue, glutoxim, on intracellular Ca2+ concentration in rat peritoneal macrophages was investigated using Fura-2AM microfluorimetry. It was shown that both GSSG and glutoxim increased intracellular Ca2+ concentration inducing Ca(2+)-mobilization from thapsigargin-sensitive Ca(2+)-stores and subsequent Ca2+ entry into macrophages from external medium. Dithiothreitol, which reduces S-S-bonds in proteins, completely prevented or reversed the increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration induced by GSSG or glutoxim. It suggests that the increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration induced by GSSG or glutoxim can be mediated by their interactions with functionally important SH-groups of proteins involved in Ca(2+)-signaling. Two structurally different tyrosine kinase inhibitors, genistein and methyl-2,5-dihydroxycinnamate, prevented or completely reversed the increase in the intracellular Ca(2+)-concentration induced by GSSG or glutoxim. On the contrary, tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, Na orthovanadate, enhanced the increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration evoked by oxidizing agents. The data suggest that tyrosine kinases and tyrosine phosphatases are involved in regulatory effects of GSSG and glutoxim on the intracellular Ca2+ concentration in macrophages.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kurilova
authors.forename: Z I
authors.initials: ZI
authors.lastname: Krutestkaia
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Lebedev
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Antonov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000502:physiology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; C462699:glutoxim; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D002118:Calcium; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide