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Inhibition of the cerebellar inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive Ca2+ channel by ethanol and other aliphatic alcohols.


ABSTRACT: The effects of ethanol and other aliphatic alcohols on the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump and the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3)-sensitive Ca2+ channel were studied in pig cerebellar microsomes. Methanol, ethanol and propanol all stimulated ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake, whereas butanol inhibited this process. Ethanol inhibited InsP3-induced Ca2+ release [half-maximal inhibition at 3.5%, v/v (600 mM)]. However, ethanol affected only the amount of InsP3-releasable Ca2+, without affecting the concentration of InsP3 required to induce half-maximal release. Other alcohols of longer chain length were more potent than ethanol at inhibiting InsP3-induced Ca2+ release, but none of the alcohols tested affected [3H]InsP3 binding to its receptor. Using stopped-flow techniques, measurements of the rate of InsP3-induced Ca2+ release in the preparation of pig cerebellar microsomes used in this study showed the kinetics to be monophasic, with a rate constant of 0.93s-1 at 20 microM InsP3. This rate constant was dependent upon InsP3 concentration, decreasing to 0.38s-1 at 0.25 microM InsP3. Ethanol was shown to reduce the fractional amount of InsP3-induced Ca2+ release without significantly affecting the rate constant for this process.

SUBMITTER: Mezna M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1217022 | biostudies-other | 1996 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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