Thapsigargin inhibits contraction and Ca2+ transient in cardiac cells by specific inhibition of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump.

Regulation of the level of ionized calcium, [Ca2+]i, is critical for its use as an important intracellular signal. In cardiac and skeletal muscle the control of fluctuations of [Ca2+]i depend on sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic reticulum ion channels and transporters. We have investigated the sesquiterpine lactone, thapsigargin (TG), because of its reported action to alter cellular calcium regulation in diverse cell types, including striated muscle cells. We have combined biochemical and physiological methods at the cellular level to determine the site of action of this agent, its specificity, and its cellular effects. Using a patch-clamp method in whole cell configuration while measuring [Ca2+]i with Indo-1 salt, we find that TG (100 nM) largely blocks the contraction and the [Ca2+]i transient in rat ventricular myocytes. Analysis of these data indicate that no sarcolemmal current or transport system is directly altered by TG, although indirect [Ca2+]i-dependent processes are affected. In permeabilized myocytes, TG blocked oxalate-stimulated calcium uptake (half-maximal effect at 10 nM) into the SR. However, TG (100 microM) had no effect on Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+)-release in purified muscle (ryanodine-receptor enriched) vesicles while clearly blocking Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in purified (longitudinal SR) vesicles. We conclude that in striated muscle TG markedly alters calcium metabolism and thus alters contractile function only by its direct action on the Ca(2+)-ATPase.

• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• Publication date

  1992-06-25

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42311-3PMID 1320000
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