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  • Title: RH-3421, a potent dihydropyrazole insecticide, inhibits depolarization-stimulated rises in free [Ca2+] and 45Ca2+ uptake in mammalian synaptosomes.
    Author: Zhang A, Nicholson RA.
    Journal: Comp Biochem Physiol C Pharmacol Toxicol Endocrinol; 1994 Jul; 108(3):307-10. PubMed ID: 7881802.
    Abstract:
    The dihydropyrazole RH-3421 inhibits veratridine- and K(+)-induced rises in synaptosomal free Ca2+ with IC50s of 0.2 and 1 microM, respectively. The K(+)-induced rise in free synaptosomal Ca2+, which requires external Ca2+, is also blocked by RH-3421 in the presence of tetrodotoxin. The K(+)-stimulated 45Ca2+ uptake by synaptosomes is unaffected by tetrodotoxin, blocked by cobalt ions and inhibited by RH-3421 both alone (IC50 = 11 microM) and in the presence of tetrodotoxin. RH-3421 does not influence the level of free Ca2+ or basal 45Ca2+ uptake in non-depolarized synaptosomes. The results suggest RH-3421 inhibits voltage-sensitive calcium channels in nerve endings.
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