Effect of p-chloroamphetamine on calcium movement and viability in renal tubular cells |
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Authors: | Jan Chung-Ren |
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Institution: | Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 813. crjan@isca.vghks.gov.tw |
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Abstract: | In Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, the effect of p-chloroamphetamine, a neurotoxin that depletes intracellular serotonin, on intracellular Ca2+ concentration (Ca2+]i) and viability was measured by using the Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent dye fura-2 and the viability detecting fluorescent dye tetrazolium. p-Chloroamphetamine (> or = 10 microM) caused a rapid rise of Ca2+]i in a concentration-dependent manner. p-Chloroamphetamine-induced Ca2+]i rise was partly reduced by removal of extracellular Ca2+. p-Chloroamphetamine-induced extracellular Ca2+ influx was also suggested by Mn2+ influx-induced fura-2 fluorescence quench. In Ca2+-free medium, thapsigargin, an inhibitor of the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase, caused a monophasic Ca2+]i rise, after which p-chloroamphetamine failed to increase Ca2+]i; also, pretreatment with p-chloroamphetamine reduced 50% of thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ stores. U73122, an inhibitor of phospholipase C, abolished ATP (but not p-chloroamphetamine)-induced Ca2+]i rise. Overnight incubation with 1-500 microM p-chloroamphetamine decreased cell viability. These findings suggest that p-chloroamphetamine evokes a rapid increase in Ca2+]i in renal tubular cells by stimulating both extracellular Ca2+ influx and intracellular Ca2+ release, and is cytotoxic. |
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