Abstract
Variations of Ca2+ influx (evaluated by the initial rate of 45Ca2+ uptake) and cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i, measured with fura-2) were investigated in human erythrocytes. When external Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o) rose from 1 to 2 mM, the initial rate of Ca2+ influx nearly doubled whereas [Ca2+]i increased only by 15%. Nicardipine dose-dependently decreased both initial rate of Ca2+ influx and [Ca2+]i (up to 53 and 18%. respectively at 10(-6) M). The less marked changes in [Ca2+]i than in Ca2+ influx indicate a partial adjustment of the Ca2+ extruding-pump activity to of Ca2+ influx. In vivo administration of nicardipine reduced [Ca2+]i only when its initial value exceeded 80 nM and prevented the rise in [Ca2+]i induced by the increase in [Ca2+]o. Our results indicate that nicardipine may reduce Ca2+ influx in human erythrocytes and participate in the control of [Ca2+]i when elevated.
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