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We investigated the role of calcium and calmodulin as intracellular mediators of kallikrein and tonin release induced by norepinephrine (NE). We studied the secretion rate of kallikrein and tonin from submandibular gland of rat in response to NE in the presence or absence of calcium, two calcium blockers, and four different calmodulin antagonists. Submandibular gland slices were incubated in vitro, and glandular kallikrein and tonin secreted into the incubation medium were determined by direct radioimmunoassays and expressed as nanograms per minute per milligram tissue. NE (10(-5) and 10(-4) M) increased the kallikrein secretion from the control value of 8.2 +/- 2.6 to 134.9 +/- 41.4 (P less than 0.05) and to 191.2 +/- 62.7 (P less than 0.05), and the release of tonin from a basal rate of 3.5 +/- 0.6 to 51.5 +/- 9.1 (P less than 0.05) and to 64.4 +/- 13.7 (P less than 0.05). The deletion of calcium and addition of EGTA into the incubation medium significantly attenuated the secretion of kallikrein and tonin induced by NE. Nifedipine, at concentrations which inhibit voltage-dependent calcium channels, did not affect the release of kallikrein and tonin, and only a high concentration (10(-4) M) reduced the release. TMB-8, a blocker of intracellular calcium, had no effect either. Phenothiazines, triflupromazine (10(-6) M) and trifluoperazine (10(-4) M), decreased significantly the kallikrein release elicited by 10(-5) M NE.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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