Histamine Increases Vascular Tone and Intracellular Calcium Level Using Both Intracellular and Extracellular Calcium in Porcine Coronary Arteries

[摘要] References(34)Cited-By(14)Effects of histamine on the tone and intracellular calcium level (Ca2+i) in porcine coronary arteries were simultaneously investigated by use of the fura-2 microscopic fluorometric method. Histamine (10-6-10-4 M) induced concentration-dependent increases in tone and Ca2+i, but these responses were not sustained. Histamine induced a larger contraction than did KCI with a similar increase in Ca2+i. Depletion of the caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ store with ryanodine (3×10-5 M) and repetitive applications of caffeine (2.5×10-2 M) scarcely affected contractile and Ca2+i responses to histamine. In Ca2+-free medium or in the presence of verapamil (10-6 M), histamine produced a briefer increase in Ca2+i and a smaller contraction than in normal medium. When histamine or caffeine was repetitively applied in Ca2+-tree medium, the first application produced an increase in Ca2+i but the second application produced no increase. Although caffeine increased Ca2+i after repetitive histamine applications, histamine failed to increase Ca2+i after repetitive caffeine applications in Ca2+i-free medium. These results indicate that vascular contraction induced by histamine may involve the following mechanisms: an increase in Ca2+ influx through Ca2+ channels, release of Ca2+ from the intracellular Ca2+ store which has an interaction with the caffeinesensitive Ca2+ store, and sensitization of contractile proteins to Ca2+.

[学科分类] 药理学