Abstract
To test the hypothesis that protamine influences calcium movement in endothelial cells, we measured the concentration of intracellular free calcium ([Ca2+]i) in cultured porcine aortic endothelial (PAE) cells in Krebs solution (2.5mM Ca2+, pH 7.4) at 37 degrees C, by fura-2 fluorimetry. The basal [Ca2+]i of PAE cells was 113+/-18 nM (n=6). Protamine increased [Ca2+]i in a concentration-dependent manner (EC50, the concentration having 50% of the maximum effect, 1.4+/-0.3 microg mL(-1), n=6). The response of PAE cells to 100 microg mL(-1) protamine (330+/-80 nM, n=6) was blocked by a Ca2+ chelator, 5 mM glycoletherdiaminetetraacetic acid (EGTA; 131+/-16 nM, n=6), and by a non-selective Ca2+ channel blocker, 3 mM Co2+ (134+/-14 nM, n=6). These results suggest that Ca2+ influx through cell-membrane Ca2+ channels is mainly responsible for the protamine-induced Ca2+ elevation.
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