Ja. Ariasmontano et al., SK-AND-F96365 ]-4-METHOXYPHENYLETHYL)-1H-IMIDAZOLEHYDROCHLORIDE) STIMULATES PHOSPHOINOSITIDE HYDROLYSIS IN HUMAN U373 MG ASTROCYTOMA-CELLS, Biochemical pharmacology, 56(8), 1998, pp. 1023-1027
SK&F 96365 phenyl)propoxy]-4-methoxyphenylethyl}-1H-imidazole hydrochl
oride) stimulated the accumulation of [H-3]inositol monophosphates ([(
3H)]IP1) in human U373 MG astrocytoma cells prelabelled with [H-3]inos
itol (EC50 15 +/-1 mu M, Hill coefficient 3.8 +/- 0.4). SK&F 96365-ind
uced accumulation of [H-3]IP1 increased linearly with time, but there
was no initial rapid formation of [H-3]IP1. SK&F 96365 also stimulated
[H-3]IP1 accumulation in human HeLa cells, but only to a small extent
in slices of rat cerebral cortex and guinea-pig cerebellum. SK&F 9636
5-induced accumulation of [H-3]IP1 in U373 MG cells increased as extra
cellular Ca2+ was increased from nominally zero to 4 mM, but there was
no evidence that SK&F 96365 induced any marked entry of Ca2+ into cel
ls; only an inhibition of store-refilling-induced Ca2+ entry was appar
ent. Further, the response to SK&F 96365 was additive with that to the
Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin. Depolarization of the cells with raised Kproduced only a small stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis. SK&F
96365 caused the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores in U373 MG
cells (EC50 26 +/- 14 mu M), but thapsigargin induced only a small ac
cumulation of [H-3]IP1. Miconazole, another N-substituted imidazole, a
lso stimulated [H-3]IP1 accumulation in U373 cells. (C) 1998 Elsevier
Science Inc.