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  • Title: Inhibition and activation of Na+-Ca2+ exchange activity by quinacrine.
    Author: de la Peña P, Reeves JP.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1987 Jan; 252(1 Pt 1):C24-9. PubMed ID: 3101507.
    Abstract:
    Quinacrine either inhibited or stimulated Na-Ca exchange in cardiac sarcolemmal vesicles, depending on the experimental conditions. When present in the assay medium for Na-Ca exchange, quinacrine inhibited both Nai-dependent Ca2+ uptake (Ki = 50 microM) and Nao-dependent Ca2+ efflux. Quinacrine's inhibition of Ca2+ efflux was attenuated by high concentrations of Na+. Quinacrine also blocked Na-Na and Ca-Ca exchange activities in the vesicles. The inhibitory effects of quinacrine on Na-Ca exchange activity are qualitatively similar to those reported previously for amiloride derivatives. When Na-loaded vesicles were preincubated with quinacrine and then assayed for Na-Ca exchange in a quinacrine-free medium, stimulation of exchange activity was observed. This stimulation was reversible on the removal of bound quinacrine and involved in a reduction in the apparent Km for extravesicular Ca2+. Stimulation of exchange activity under these conditions was also observed with the lipophilic cation tetraphenylphosphonium. Since Ca2+, quinacrine and tetraphenylphosphonium all bind strongly to sarcolemmal membranes, it is suggested that the observed stimulation of exchange activity involves a local electrostatic effect of the bound cations in accelerating a rate-limiting step in the reaction mechanism for Na-Ca exchange.
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