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  • Title: Endothelin mobilizes Ca2+ from a caffeine- and ryanodine-insensitive intracellular pool in rat atrial cells.
    Author: Vigne P, Breittmayer JP, Marsault R, Frelin C.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1990 Apr 25; 265(12):6782-7. PubMed ID: 2157711.
    Abstract:
    Endothelin-1 is a powerful inotropic peptide for the rat atrium. Its action can develop in the absence of L-type Ca2+ channel activity provided that the external Ca2(+)-concentration has been raised to supraphysiological concentrations. Endothelin stimulates phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis in new born rat atrial cells via a mechanism that is insensitive to pertussis toxin. The diacylglycerol/protein kinase C signaling pathway cannot account for the contractile action of endothelin but its activation by phorbol esters induces a partial desensitization of phospholipase C activity. Endothelin-1 and the related peptides, endothelin-2, endothelin-3, and sarafotoxin S6b, raise intracellular Ca2+ levels in rat atrial cells. The actions of endothelin-1, endothelin-2, and sarafotoxin on [Ca2+]i are mutually exclusive, suggesting that they act at the same receptor site. The rise in [Ca2+]i induced by endothelins results both from the mobilization of intracellular stores and from Ca2+ entry through the sarcolemma via a pathway that is not voltage-dependent L-type Ca2+ channels. The Ca2+ store that is mobilized in response to endothelin retains its Ca2+ content when cells were incubated for long periods of time in a 50 nM Ca2+ solution. It is insensitive to caffeine and ryanodine. These two properties distinguish it from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Contraction experiments in which the pacing rate has been altered to favor Ca2+ accumulation into terminal cisternae of the sarcoplasmic reticulum also suggest that the Ca2+ load of the sarcoplasmic reticulum is increased in endothelin treated rat atria.
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