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Effects of vasoactive intestinal contractor (VIC) and endothelin on intracellular calcium level in neuroblastoma NG108‐15 cells

1989; Wiley; Volume: 257; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0014-5793(89)81569-8

1873-3468

Tao Fu, Wei‐Chiao Chang, Norio Ishida, Kaname Saida, Youji Mitsui, Yukio Okano, Yoshinori Nozawa,

Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

Effects on [Ca 2+ ] i levels of endothelin‐1 (ET) and vasoactive intestinal contractor peptide (VIC), which is a novel member of the endothelin family, were examined in fura 2‐loaded neuroblastoma NG108‐15 cells. VIC was found to be a very effective stimulus for intracellular Ca 2+ mobilization and to be more potent than ET. Intracellular calcium response to sequential addition of two stimulants exhibited the homologous desensitization of either ET or VIC, but no heterologous desensitization between ET and VIC. This indicates evidence suggesting that these two peptides act through distinct receptors.