Abstract
The effects of three calmodulin antagonists on rat parotid amylase release were investigated in vitro using a dispersed acinar cell preparation. The potent calmodulin antagonists, trifluoperazine (TFP) and N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1 -naphthalenesulfonamide (W-7), inhibited both 1 μM isoproterenol (ISO)- and 1 mM dibutyryl cyclic AMP (DBcAMP)-stimulated amylase release in a dose-dependent manner at concentrations of 25–100 μM. The IC50 values for the ISO-stimulated amylase release were 22 μM with TFP and 42 μM with W-7, and the values for the DBcAMP-stimulated release were 25 μM and 48 μM, respectively. The weak calmodulin antagonist, N-(6-aminohexyl)-1 -naphthalenesulfonamide (W-5), caused only slight inhibition at a concentration of 100 μM. These calmodulin antagonists only had a very small effect on the spontaneous release of lactate dehydrogenase. The results suggest that the calcium-calmodulin system may play a role in the exocytotic process of amylase release from the rat parotid gland.
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