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Human small cell lung cancer (SCLC) produces and secretes BN/GRP (bombesin/gastrin releasing peptide). Because BN stimulates the growth of SCLC cells and these cells have receptors for BN-like peptides, it is important to define agents which disrupt this self-promoting autocrine growth cycle. Here, substance P analogues were evaluated as BN receptor antagonists using SCLC cell lines. (D-Arg 1, D-Pro 2, D-Trp 7,9, Leu 11) substance P [(APTTL)SP] was one of the more potent analogues tested in inhibiting BN-like peptide receptor binding with an IC 50 value of 1 μM. Micromolar concentrations of (APTTL)SP antagonized BN receptor mediated elevation of cytosolic Ca 2+ levels and decreased the colony formation in soft agarose. These data suggest that SP analogues function as SCLC BN receptor antagonists and may be useful in disrupting the autocrine growth function of BN-like peptides. 相似文献
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The interaction of the novel CCK analogs JMV-180, JMV-320, and JMV-332 with CCK-B/gastrin receptors on small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cells was investigated. JMV-180, JMV-320, and JMV-332 potently inhibited specific binding of 125I-CCK-8 to CCK-B/gastrin receptors expressed on the SCLC cell line NCI-H345 (H345) with IC 50 values of 4.9, 1.8, and 7.0 n M, respectively. JMV-320 and JMV-332 stimulated intracellular calcium ([Ca 2+] i) release in a dose-dependent manner in cells preloaded with indo-1. JMV-180 did not stimulate [Ca 2+] i but inhibited the [Ca 2+] i release elicited by 10 n M CCK-8 in a dose-dependent manner. These data indicate that JMV-320 and JMV-332 function as CCK-B/gastrin receptor agonists while JMV-180 functions as a CCK-B/gastrin receptor antagonist in H345 cells. 相似文献
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Ca 2+ mobilization elicited by simulation with brief pulses of high K + were monitored with confocal laser scanned microscopy in intact, guinea pig cardiac myocytes loaded with the calcium indicator fluo-3. Single wavelength ratioing of fluorescence images obtained after prolonged integration times revealed non-uniformities of intracellular Ca 2+ changes across the cell, suggesting the presence of significant spatial Ca 2+ gradients. Treatment with 20 μM ryanodine, an inhibitor of Ca 2+ release from the SR, and 10 μM verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, reduced by 42% and 76% respectively the changes in [Ca 2+] i elicited by membrane depolarization. The overall spatial distribution of [Ca 2+] i changes appeared unchanged. Ca 2+ transients recorded in the presence of verapamil and ryanodine (about 20% of the size of control responses), diminished in the presence of 50 μM 2-4 Dichlorbenzamil (DCB) or 5 mM nickel, two relatively specific inhibitors of the
exchange mechanism. Conversely, when the reversal potential of the
exchange was shifted to negative potentials by lowering [Na +] 0 or by increasing [Na +] i by treatment with 20 μM monensin, the amplitude of these Ca 2+ transients increased. Ca 2+ transients elicited by membrane depolarization and largely mediated by reverse operation of Na +-Ca 2+ exchange could be recorded in the presence of ryanodine, verapamil and monensin. These findings suggest that in intact guinea pig cardiac cells, Ca 2+ influx through the
exchange mechanism activated by a membrane depolarization in the physiological range can be sufficient to play a significant role in excitation-contraction coupling. 相似文献
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The ability of vasopressin to elevate cytosolic Ca 2+ in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cells was investigated. Ten nanomolar vasopressin elevated the cytosolic Ca 2+ in 6 of 8 SCLC cell lines that were loaded with Fura-2 AM. Using SCLC cell line NCI-H345, the effect of vasopressin was dose dependent, being maximal at 100 nM, where the cytosolic Ca 2+ was elevated from 150 to 210 nM. Because addition of 1 mM EGTA had no effect on the vasopressin response, vasopressin released Ca 2+ from intracellular pools. Also, oxytocin weakly elevated the cytosolic Ca 2+. The response to vasopressin was strongly blocked by [(β-mercapto-β,β-cyclopentamethylene propionic acid) 1,O-MeTyr 2,Arg 8]vasopressin and weakly blocked by [(β-mercapto-β,β-cyclopentamethylene propionic acid) 1,O-MeTyr 2,Orn 8]vasotocin. These data suggest that V 1 vasopressin receptors are present on SCLC cells. 相似文献
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The ability of neurotensin (NT) to elevate cytosolic Ca 2+ in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cells was investigated using the fluorescent Ca 2+ indicator Fura 2-AM. Using SCLC cell line NCI-H345, NT elevated cytosolic Ca 2+ levels in a concentration-dependent manner. Using a 10 nM dose, NT and C-terminal fragments such as NT(8–13) but not N-terminal fragments such as NT(1–8) elevated the cytosolic Ca 2+ levels. Because EGTA (5 mM) did not affect the NT response, NT may cause release of Ca 2+ from intracellular stores. These data indicate that SCLC NT receptors may use Ca 2+ as a second messenger. 相似文献
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The effects of PACAPs on [Ca 2+] i were compared to those of carbachol in human neuroblastoma NB-OK-1 cells. PACAP(1–27) and PACAP(1–38) increased [Ca 2+] i in a biphasic manner: a transient rise and a secondary plateau. The transient phase reflected the mobilization of [Ca 2+] i pool(s) via the inositol phosphate pathway. The modest sustained plateau required extracellular Ca 2+. Carbachol also increased [Ca 2+] i in a biphasic manner, but it mobilized intracellular Ca 2+ pool(s) with a higher efficacy than PACAPs, then greatly increased Ca 2+ entry, this being accompanied by a more marked and prolonged elevation of IP 3 and IP 4 than with PACAPs. It is likely that cAMP-mediated phosphorylations due to PACAPs facilitated desensitization at the PACAP receptor-phospholipase C level, so that there was less Ca 2+ handling through PACAP receptors than with muscarinic M 1 receptors. 相似文献
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We have studied the effects of cholinegic agonists on the rates of insulin release and the concentrations of diacylglycerol (DAG) and intracellular free Ca 2+ ([Ca 2+] i) in the β-cell line MIN6. Insulin secretion was stimulated by glucose, by glibenclamide and by bombesin. In the presence of glucose, both acetylcholine (ACh) and carbachol (CCh) produced a sustained increase in the rate of insulin release which was blocked by EGTA or verapamil. The DAG content of MIN6 β-cells was not affected by glucose. Both CCh and ACh evoked an increase in DAG which was maximal after 5 min and returned to basal after 30 min; EGTA abolished the cholinergic-induced increased in DAG. ACh caused a transient rise in [Ca 2+] i which was abolished by omission of Ca 2+ or by addition of devapamil. Thus, cholinergic stimulation of β-cell insulin release is associated with changes in both [Ca 2+] i and DAG. The latter change persists longer than the former and activation of protein kinase C and sensitization of the secretory process to Ca 2+ may underlie the prolonged effects of cholinergic agonists on insulin release. However, a secretory response to CCh was still evident after both [Ca 2+] i and DAG had returned to control values suggesting that additional mechanisms may be involved. 相似文献
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Activation of muscarinic receptors of heart cells elevates the intracellular Ca 2+ concentration. The increase is considered to be due to influx of extracellular Ca 2+. We show that intracellular Ca 2+ mobilization is involved. Cell suspensions prepared from hearts of 6-day-old chick embryos were loaded with the fluorescent Ca 2+ chelator chlortetracycline. Muscarinic stimulation induces a dose-dependent fluorescence decrease (ED 50=2.6 × 10 −6 M) indicating intracellular Ca 2+ mobilization. 相似文献
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Isolated hepatocytes and the isolated perfused rat liver have been used to study the alterations of cytosolic free Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) produced by 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-l.4-benzohydroquinone (tBuBHQ), a potent inhibitor of hepatic microsomal Ca 2+ sequestration (Moore. G.A., McConkey. D.J., Kass, G.E.N., OBrien, P.J. and Orrenius, S. FEBS Lett., 224, 331-336). (1987). Addition of tBuBHQ to isolated hepatocytes caused a rapid increase in [Ca 2+] i which was similar in magnitude to the [Ca 2+] i elevation induced by the Ca 2+ mobilizing hormone, vasopressin. In contrast with vasopressin which caused a Ca 2+ transient, tBuBHQ elevated [Ca 2+] i to a new steady state that was maintained for up to 15-20min. When vasopressin was administered during the tBuBHQ-induced period of elevated [Ca 2+] i. [Ca 2+] i, rapidly returned to basal levels. Similarly, if vasopressin was administered just prior to tBuBHQ, the resultant tBuBHQ-dependent change in [Ca 2+] i was transient. and not sustained. The hydroquinone mobilized the same intracellular Ca 2+ pool as inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. but tBuBHQ did not produce any detectable inositol polyphosphate accumulation. IBuBHQ stimulated glucose release from perifused hepatocytes. mimicking the effect of vasopressin. In the perfused liver, tBuBHQ infusion produced a single, slow and prolonged release of Ca 2+ into the perfusate and inhibition of subsequent vasopressin-induced Ca 2+ effluxes. Inhibition of the response to vasopressin was reversed over time, and closely correlated with the extent of inhibition of both Ca 2+ sequestration and (Ca 2+-Mg 2+)-ATPase activity in microsomes isolated from the isolated perfused liver. The present results are consistent with tBuBHQ inhibiting ATP-dependent Ca 2+ sequestration by a direct effect on the endoplasmic reticular Ca 2+ pump, which results in net Ca 2+ release and elevation of [Ca 2+] i. Furthermore. vasopressin appears to stimulate active removal of increased [Ca 2+] from the hepatocyte cytosol by a mechanism which does not depend on reuptake of Ca 2+ into the endoplasmic reticulum
2,5-Di( tert-butyl) -l,4-benmhydroquinone. calcium. hepatocytes. perfused liver, endoplasmic reticulum 相似文献
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We have investigated the modulation of the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca 2+] i) in rat C6 glioma cells following their activation by the agonists 5-hydroxytryptamine·HCl (5-HT) and bradykinin, using single cell imaging of [Ca 2+] i with the calcium-sensitive dye Fura-2. The majority of the signals observed involved release of calcium from intracellular stores, and after prolonged application of 5-HT, but not bradykinin, the cells exhibited oscillations in [Ca 2+] i levels. These calcium oscillations were dependent on the presence of extracellular calcium, and were unaffected by the calcium channel antagonists nifedipine and verapamil. Caffeine, which in other cell types is able to release calcium from inositol trisphosphate-insentive stores, had very little effect on [Ca 2+] i levels in C6 cells. On the other hand, bradykinin, although able to elevate [Ca 2+] i probably by acting via the B 2-receptor subtype, was unable to induce any calcium oscillations in these cells. 相似文献
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The effect of five lignans isolated from Hernandia nymphaeifolia on estrogenic compounds (17β-estradiol, tamoxifen and clomiphene)-induced Ca 2+ mobilization in human neutrophils was investigated. The five lignans were epi-yangambin, epi-magnolin, epi-aschantin, deoxypodophyllotoxin and yatein. In Ca 2+–containing medium, the lignans (50–100 μM) inhibited 10 μM 17β-estradiol- and 5 μM tamoxifen-induced increases in intracellular free Ca 2+ levels ([Ca 2+] i) without changing 25 μM clomiphene-induced [Ca 2+] i increase. 17β-estradiol and tamoxifen increased [Ca 2+] i by causing Ca 2+ influx and Ca 2+ release because their responses were partly reduced by removing extracellular Ca 2+. In contrast, clomiphene solely induced Ca 2+ release. The effect of the lignans on these two Ca 2+ movement pathways underlying 17β-estradiol- and tamoxifen-induced [Ca 2+] i increases was explored. All the lignans (50–100 μM) inhibited 10 μM 17β-estradiol-and 5 μM tamoxifen-induced Ca 2+ release, and 17β-estradiol-induced Ca 2+ influx. However, only 100 μM epi-aschantin was able to reduce tamoxifen-induced Ca 2+ influx while the other lignans had no effect. Collectively, this study shows that the lignans altered estrogenic compounds-induced Ca 2+ signaling in human neutrophils in a multiple manner. 相似文献
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Airway myocytes are the primary effectors of airway reactivity which modulates airway resistance and hence ventilation. Stimulation of airway myocytes results in an increase in the cytosolic Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) and the subsequent activation of the contractile apparatus. Many contractile agonists, including acetylcholine, induce [Ca 2+] i increase via Ca 2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum through InsP 3 receptors. Several models have been developed to explain the characteristics of InsP 3-induced [Ca 2+] i responses, in particular Ca 2+ oscillations. The article reviews the modelling of the major structures implicated in intracellular Ca 2+ handling, i.e., InsP 3 receptors, SERCAs, mitochondria and Ca 2+-binding cytosolic proteins. We developed theoretical models specifically dedicated to the airway myocyte which include the major mechanisms responsible for intracellular Ca 2+ handling identified in these cells. These biocomputations pointed out the importance of the relative proportion of InsP 3 receptor isoforms and the respective role of the different mechanisms responsible for cytosolic Ca 2+ clearance in the pattern of [Ca 2+] i variations. We have developed a theoretical model of membrane conductances that predicts the variations in membrane potential and extracellular Ca 2+ influx. Stimulation of this model by simulated increase in [Ca 2+] i predicts membrane depolarisation, but not great enough to trigger a significant opening of voltage-dependant Ca 2+ channels. This may explain why airway contraction induced by cholinergic stimulation does not greatly depend on extracellular calcium. The development of such models of airway myocytes is important for the understanding of the cellular mechanisms of airway reactivity and their possible modulation by pharmacological agents. 相似文献
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A wasp venom, mastoparan, rapidly increased the cytosolic free Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) and activated phosphorylase in rat hepatocytes in a concentration-dependent manner. Mastoparan could increase [Ca 2+] i even in the absence of extracellular Ca 2+, but a larger increase was observed in the presence of extracellular Ca 2+. Thus, mastoparan mobilized Ca 2+ from intracellular and extracellular Ca 2+ stores. It also activated inositol triphosphate (IP 3) accumulation, but did not stimulate cAMP production. From these results, we conclude that mastoparan activates rat hepatic glycogenolysis mediated by the accumulation of IP 3, which causes an increase of [Ca 2+] i but not that mediated by cAMP. 相似文献
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In cultured pituatary gonadotrophs, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) caused dose-dependent and biphasic increases in cytoplasmic calcium concentration ([Ca 2+] i) and LH release. Both extra- and intracellular calcium pools participate in GnRH-induced elevation of [Ca 2+] i and LH secretion. The spike phase of the [Ca 2+] i response represents the primary signal derived predominantly from the rapid mobilization of intracellular Ca 2+. In contrast, the prolonged phase of the Ca 2+ signal depends exclusively on Ca 2+ entry from the extracellular pool. The influx of Ca 2+ occurs partially through dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels. Both [Ca 2+] i and LH responses to increasing concentrations of GnRH occur over very similar time scales, suggesting that increasing degrees of receptor occupancy are transduced into amplitude-modulated Ca 2+ responses, which in turn activate exocytosis in a linear manner. However, several lines of evidence indicated the complexity over the relationship between Ca 2+ signaling and LH exocytosis. In contrast to [Ca 2+] i measurements in cell suspension, single cell Ca 2+ measurements revealed the existence of a more complicated pattern of Ca 2+ response to GnRH, with a biphasic response to high agonist doses and prominent oscillatory responses to lower GnRH concentrations, with a log-linear correlation between GnRH dose and the frequency of Ca 2+ spiking. In addition, analysis of the magnitudes of the magnitudes of the [Ca 2+] i and LH responses of gonadotrophs to a wide range of GnRH concentrations in the presence and absence of extracellular Ca 2+, and to K + and phorbol ester stimulation, showed non-linearity between these parameters with amplification of [Ca 2+] i-mediated exocytosis. Studies on cell depleted of protein kinase C under conditions that did not change the LH pool suggested the participation of protein kinase C in this amplication, especially during the plateau phase of the secretory response to GnRH. 相似文献
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We previously demonstrated that oxysterols added to the culture medium of NRK 49F cells labelled with [ 14C] arachidonic acid potentiated arachidonic acid (AA) release and prostaglandin (PG) E 2 biosynthesis induced by the activation of these cells with fetal calf serum (FCS). In the absence of FCS, oxysterols had no effect on AA release. As phospholipase (Plase) A 2 activity is Ca 2+-dependent, we investigated whether oxysterol potentiating effect on AA release was related to an effect of these compounds on cell Ca 2+ concentration. In this paper, we show that the intensity of potentiation by oxysterol varies with the external cell Ca 2+ concentration; when external Ca 2+ is chelated by EGTA, the oxysterol effect persists, though it is decreased. The Ca 2+ channel inhibitor nifedipine does not decrease the potentiating effect of 25-OH cholesterol, indicating that, if oxysterol favours Ca 2+ entry into the cell, the nifedipine inhibited channel is not involved. At the usual concentration (5 μm/ml), oxysterols are not able to increase, mimmediately or after a short time of contact (90 min) the concentration of intracellular free Ca 2+ ([Ca 2+]) i measured by fluorescence of Quinn-2; at very high concentration of oxysterol (25 μm/ml), [Ca 2+] i only slightly increases (+30%). The liberation of AA induced by cell activation with the Ca 2+ ionophore ionomycin is also potentiated by 25-OH cholesterol. All these observations are not in favour of a proper effect o oxysterols on cell Ca 2+ level. 相似文献
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To elucidate the relationship between intracellular free Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) and Ca 2+-signalling by the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in Ca 2+-overloaded heart muscle cells, the direct effects of “basal” [Ca 2+] i on calcium waves were investigated by altering the membrane potential. When basal inter-calcium wave (BCW) [Ca 2+] i was maintained at a high level, (i) calcium waves showed more gradual and more rapidly suppressed increase in [Ca 2+]-profile ( P < 0.005), and (ii) calcium waves occurred at a significantly higher frequency and velocity (259% and 137%), than when low BCW [Ca 2+] i was maintained. Similar investigations on inhibition of the Na +-Ca 2+ exchanger, however, showed that membrane potential did not elicit direct effects on calcium waves. These results showed that the elevation of BCW [Ca 2+] i per se directly influences Ca 2+-signalling in heart muscle cells through non-equilibrated release-restoration Ca 2+-handling by the SR. 相似文献
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Measurements of Ca 2+ influx and [Ca 2+] i changes in Fura-2/AM-loaded prothoracic glands (PGs) of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, were used to identify Ca 2+ as the actual second messenger of the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) of this insect. Dose-dependent increases of [Ca 2+] i in PG cells were recorded in the presence of recombinant PTTH (rPTTH) within 5 minutes. The rPTTH-mediated increases of [Ca 2+] i levels were dependent on extracellular Ca 2+. They were not blocked by the dihydropyridine derivative, nitrendipine, an antagonist of high-voltage-activated (HVA) Ca 2+ channels, and by bepridil, an antagonist of low-voltage-activated (LVA) Ca 2+ channels. The trivalent cation La 3+, a non-specific blocker of plasma membrane Ca 2+ channels, eliminated the rPTTH-stimulated increase of [Ca 2+] i levels in PG cells and so did amiloride, an inhibitor of T-type Ca 2+ channels. Incubation of PG cells with thapsigargin resulted in an increase of [Ca 2+] i levels, which was also dependent on extracellular Ca 2+ and was quenched by amiloride, suggesting the existence of store-operated plasma membrane Ca 2+ channels, which can also be inhibited by amiloride. Thapsigargin and rPTTH did not operate independently in stimulating increases of [Ca 2+] i levels and one agent’s mediated increase of [Ca 2+] i was eliminated in the presence of the other. TMB-8, an inhibitor of intracellular Ca 2+ release from inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate (IP 3)-sensitive Ca 2+ stores, blocked the rPTTH-stimulated increases of [Ca 2+] i levels, suggesting an involvement of IP 3 in the initiation of the rPTTH signaling cascade, whereas ryanodine did not influence the rPTTH-stimulated increases of [Ca 2+] i levels. The combined results indicate the presence of a cross-talk mechanism between the [Ca 2+] i levels, filling state of IP 3-sensitive intracellular Ca 2+ stores and the PTTH-receptor’s-mediated Ca 2+ influx. 相似文献
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Infusion of inositol-3,4,5,6-tetrakisphosphate (Ins(3,4,5,6)P 4) from the patch pipette into the cytoplasm, produced a biphasic intracellular free Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) increase in ras-transformed NIH/3T3 (DT) cells. The Ins(3,4,5,6)P 4-induced increase in DT cells depended upon extracellular Ca 2+ and was enhanced by membrane hyperpolarization. Identical [Ca 2+] i increases were observed with intracellular application of inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (Ins(1,3,4,5)P 4) and inositol-1,3,4,6-tetrakisphosphate but not with inositol-1,2,4,5-tetrakisphosphate, inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate or inositol-1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate. Stimulation of DT cells with bradykinin increased the levels of Ins(3,4,5,6)P 4 and Ins(1,3,4,5)P 4. These results suggest that Ins(3,4,5,6)P 4 may serve as a second messenger for continuous Ca 2+ influx along with other tetrakisphosphates downstream from bradykinin receptors in DT cells. 相似文献
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The effect of clomiphene, an ovulation-inducing agent, on cytosolic free Ca 2+ levels ([Ca 2+] i) in populations of PC3 human prostate cancer cells was explored by using fura-2 as a Ca 2+ indicator. Clomiphene at concentrations between 10-50 μM increased [Ca 2+] i in a concentration-dependent manner. The [Ca 2+] i signal was biphasic with an initial rise and a slow decay. Ca 2+ removal inhibited the Ca 2+ signal by 41%. Adding 3 mM Ca 2+ increased [Ca 2+] i in cells pretreated with clomiphene in Ca 2+-free medium, confirming that clomiphene induced Ca 2+ entry. In Ca 2+-free medium, pretreatment with 50 μM brefeldin A (to permeabilize the Golgi complex), 1 μM thapsigargin (to inhibit the endoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ pump), and 2 μM carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (to uncouple mitochondria) inhibited 25% of 50 μM clomiphene-induced store Ca 2+ release. Conversely, pretreatment with 50 μM clomiphene in Ca 2+-free medium abolished the [Ca 2+] i increase induced by brefeldin A, thapsigargin or carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone. The 50 μM clomiphene-induced Ca 2+release was unaltered by inhibiting phospholipase C with 2 μM 1-(6-((17β-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione (U73122). Trypan blue exclusion assay suggested that incubation with clomiphene (50 μM) for 2-15 min induced time-dependent decrease in cell viability by 10-50%. Collectively, the results suggest that clomiphene induced [Ca 2+] i increases in PC3 cells by releasing store Ca 2+ from multiple stores in an phospholipase C-independent manner, and by activating Ca 2+ influx; and clomiphene was of mild cytotoxicity. 相似文献
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Stretch of the myocardium influences the shape and amplitude of the intracellular Ca 2+([Ca 2+] i) transient. Under isometric conditions stretch immediately increases myofilament Ca 2+ sensitivity, increasing force production and abbreviating the time course of the [Ca 2+] i transient (the rapid response). Conversely, muscle shortening can prolong the Ca 2+ transient by decreasing myofilament Ca 2+ sensitivity. During the cardiac cycle, increased ventricular dilation may increase myofilament Ca 2+ sensitivity during diastolic filling and the isovolumic phase of systole, but enhance the decrease in myofilament Ca 2+ sensitivity during the systolic shortening of the ejection phase. If stretch is maintained there is a gradual increase in the amplitude of the Ca 2+ transient and force production, which takes several minutes to develop fully (the slow response). The rapid and slow responses have been reported in whole hearts and single myocytes. Here we review stretch-induced changes in [Ca 2+] i and the underlying mechanisms. Myocardial stretch also modifies electrical activity and the opening of stretch-activated channels (SACs) is often used to explain this effect. However, the myocardium has many ionic currents that are regulated by [Ca2+]i and in this review we discuss how stretch-induced changes in [Ca2+]i can influence electrical activity via the modulation of these Ca2+-dependent currents. Our recent work in single ventricular myocytes has shown that axial stretch prolongs the action potential. This effect is sensitive to either SAC blockade by streptomycin or the buffering of [Ca2+]i with BAPTA, suggesting that both SACs and [Ca2+]i are important for the full effects of axial stretch on electrical activity to develop. 相似文献
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