Fluoxetine-induced Ca2+ signals in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells

Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2001 Jan;363(1):16-20. doi: 10.1007/s002100000337.

Abstract

The effect of fluoxetine on Ca2+ signaling in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells was investigated by using fura-2 as a Ca2+ probe. Fluoxetine increased [Ca2+]i concentration-dependently between 5 microM and 200 microM with an EC50 value of 40 microM. The response was reduced by external Ca2+ removal by 30%40%. In Ca2+-free medium pretreatment with 1 microM thapsigargin, an inhibitor of the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump, abolished 100 microM fluoxetine-induced Ca2+ release. Addition of 3 mM Ca2+ to Ca2+-free medium increased [Ca2+]i when cells were pretreated with 100 microM fluoxetine. Suppression of 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) formation by 2 microM U73122 (a phospholipase C inhibitor) did not affect 100 microM fluoxetine-induced Ca2+ release. Fluoxetine (5-100 microM) also increased [Ca2+]i in neutrophils, prostate cancer cells and bladder cancer cells from human and rat glioma cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Dogs
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / enzymology
  • Estrenes / pharmacology
  • Fluoxetine / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / metabolism
  • Kidney / cytology
  • Kidney / drug effects*
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Neutrophils / cytology
  • Neutrophils / drug effects
  • Neutrophils / metabolism
  • Pyrrolidinones / pharmacology
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Thapsigargin / pharmacology
  • Time Factors
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Estrenes
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
  • Fluoxetine
  • 1-(6-((3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione
  • Thapsigargin
  • Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases
  • Calcium