Pharmacological evidences for the stimulation of calcium-sensing receptors by nifedipine in gingival fibroblasts.
Pharmacological evidences for the stimulation of calcium-sensing receptors by nifedipine in gingival fibroblasts.
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在牙龈成纤维细胞中,硝苯地平刺激钙感应受体的药理证据。
DOI:
10.4103/0976-500x.77111
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发表时间:
2011-01
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0.2
通讯作者:
Fujinami Y
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作者:
Hattori T;Ara T;Fujinami Y
To investigate pharmacologically whether CaSRs are involved in the Ca2+ antagonist-induced [Ca2+]i elevation in gingival fibroblasts. Gin-1 cells, normal human gingival fibroblasts, were used as the material. The [Ca2+] i was measured with fura-2/AM, a Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent dye. At first, we confirmed the existence of CaSRs in these cells by showing that [Ca2+] i was elevated by high concentrations of extracellular Ca2+ and by prototypic agonists of the CaSR such as gentamicin. The action of gentamicin was antagonized by inhibitors of phospholipase C (PLC), inositol trisphosphate (IP3) receptors, NSCCs, and, importantly, by the CaSR antagonist, NPS2390. Furthermore, the action of gentamicin was potentiated by activators of PLC and protein kinase C (PKC). This confirmed the pathway components mediating Ca2+ responses to a known agonist of the CaSR. We then investigated whether nifedipine (an L-type Ca2+ channel blocker) stimulates CaSRs to elevate [Ca2+] i via a similar mechanism. Nifedipine Ca2+ responses were dose-dependently blocked by NPS2390 and by the same inhibitors of PLC, IP3 receptors, and NSCCs that disrupted the action of gentamicin. Calphostin C (a PKC inhibitor) and TMB-8 (an inhibitor of Ca2+ release from stores) also inhibited the nifedipine-induced [Ca2+] i elevation. These findings suggest that CaSRs are involved in the nifedipine-induced [Ca2+] i elevation in gingival fibroblasts.