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Smooth muscle cells were dissociated from conducting cerebral arteries of adult rats and maintained in culture for 2-4 days. The calcium-sensitive fluorescent probe, fura-2, was used to study the effect of the vasoconstrictor serotonin (5-HT) on the level of free intracellular Ca2+ in these cells. The baseline level of free intracellular calcium was 39 +/- 3.6 nM. In 74 out of 110 cells, 5-HT application transiently increased the free Ca2+ content. This effect was dose-dependent and was suppressed by nanomolar concentrations of the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, ketanserin. The 5-HT induced rise in free intracellular calcium was not prevented by the presence of Co2+, La3+, or nifedipine, blockers of voltage-sensitive calcium channels. These results indicate that 5-HT mobilizes intracellular Ca2+ in cultured smooth muscle cells derived from the rat cerebrovasculature. The mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ appears to be triggered by a 5-HT2 type receptor, although further pharmacological experiments are required to verify this hypothesis.
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