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  • Title: Dihydropyridine antagonists and agonists of calcium channels inhibit the induction of nitric oxide synthase by endotoxin in cultured macrophages.
    Author: Szabó C, Thiemermann C, Vane JR.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1993 Oct 29; 196(2):825-30. PubMed ID: 7694580.
    Abstract:
    Here we investigate the effects of the dihydropyridine-type antagonists of calcium channels nitrendipine, nimodipine, nisoldipine and the calcium channel agonist BAY K 8644 on the induction of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide; LPS) in J774.2 macrophages cultured in vitro. Pretreatment of J774.2 cells with these dihydropyridines (10(-8) -3 x 10(-6) M for 30 min) dose-dependently inhibited the LPS-stimulated (1 microgram/ml, 24 h) nitrite formation. For instance, at 10(-6) M, the inhibition was 59 +/- 3% for nitrendipine; 47 +/- 5% for nimodipine and 42 +/- 3% for nisoldipine (n = 9; p < 0.05). BAY K 8644 caused a moderate, but significant inhibition of nitrite accumulation (by 16 +/- 3% at 10(-7) M, n = 9; p < 0.05). The inhibition of LPS-stimulated nitrite accumulation produced by nitrendipine, nimodipine, and BAY K 8644 was significantly smaller when they were applied 2 or 4 h after LPS, indicating that these agents inhibit the induction, but not the activity of the induced NOS. At concentrations which caused a significant inhibition of the LPS-stimulated nitrite accumulation, the dihydropyridine calcium channel modulators did not inhibit mitochondrial respiration. Thus, dihydropyridine calcium channel modulators (antagonists and an agonist) inhibit the induction of the calcium-independent isoform of NOS produced by LPS in J774.2 macrophages. This effect is not related to the modulation of intracellular calcium levels.
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