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Query: EC:1.3.5.1 (succinate dehydrogenase)
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1. The effect of the calcium channel blocker nisoldipine on the myocardial content of lipid peroxidation products (malondialdehyde (MDA), conjugated double bonds (CDB), fluorescent end-products (RF) and mitochondrial adenine nucleotides) was investigated in conscious pigs (n = 14) subjected to 24 h of immobilization stress. Histoenzymatic and electron microscopic studies of the myocardium were also performed. Nisoldipine was given orally in a twice daily dose of 20 mg for 2 days before and on the day of the experiment. Results were compared with those obtained in immobilized untreated pigs (n = 10) and in non-stressed treated controls (n = 8). 2. Pretreatment with nisoldipine significantly attenuated stress-induced increase in myocardial contents of CDB and RF and prevented decline of mitochondrial adenine nucleotides. Stress-induced myocardial histoenzymatic changes (decrease of succinic dehydrogenase, ATPase, acid phosphatase activity) and ultrastructural alterations (mitochondrial damage, lysis of myofibrils, dilatation of sarcoplasmic reticulum and endothelial swelling) were also diminished. 3. It is concluded that treatment with a Ca2(+)-antagonist is beneficial to the heart exposed to environmental stress.
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PMID:Effect of nisoldipine on stress-induced myocardial damage in the conscious pig. 235 Sep

The effects of calcium channel blockers (CCBs) verapamil and diltiazem on the toxicity of rubratoxin B in HL60 cells were investigated. Treatment of rubratoxin B caused a considerable rate of blebbing, fragmentation and condensation of cells. The rate of this morphological change was much lower in the concomitant rubratoxin B and CCBs-treated cells than in the cells treated only with rubratoxin B. Cell viability was determined by measuring mitochondrial succinic dehydrogenase activity and the rate of cell proliferation. The results of these assays were of the same tendency as that of the morphological study. CCBs attenuated rubratoxin B's toxicity on cell viability because of their protective action. Rubratoxin B induced apoptosis in the presence of internucleosomal fragmentation. In contrast, concomitant rubratoxin B and CCBs treatment did not. Taken together, the above results indicated that CCBs impaired the toxicity including morphological change, cell viability and apoptosis caused by rubratoxin B.
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PMID:Calcium channel blockers verapamil and diltiazem impaired rubratoxin B-caused toxicity in HL60 cells. 1113 8

The modulation of calcium channel density and oxidative capacity in skeletal muscle after different training protocols were studied in 3-year-old Atlantic salmon smolts. The effect of endurance exercise on dihydropyridine (DHP) and ryanodine (Ry) receptor densities as well as on muscle metabolism were determined by immunoblot and histochemical analysis from swimming muscles of fish subjected to nine different training protocols varying in duration and water current velocity. In general, exercise training caused a significant increase in the density of both DHP and Ry receptors in both muscle types studied. In red muscle, the most notable increase in DHP and Ry receptor expression was observed in muscle sections from fish swimming against intermediate current velocity for a 2-week period (182.3+/-16.3%, 234.6+/-30.3%, respectively). In white muscle, the expression of DHP and Ry receptors was most upregulated after a 6-week swimming period also at intermediate water current velocity (270.4+/-23.9%, 114.4+/-15.3%, respectively). As with the activity of enzymes involved in muscle energy supply, endurance exercise resulted in a significant increase in succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activity, but a significant decrease in phosphorylase activity. We conclude that the expression of both DHP and Ry receptors was upregulated in the swimming muscles of salmon as a consequence of exercise training. This, along with the increased oxidative enzyme activity, provides benefits to the contraction efficiency of fish muscles while swimming. However, it was also observed that optimal oxidative swimming capacity is achieved only with a proper exercise program, since the most relevant changes in DHP and Ry receptor expression, as well as in oxidative capacity, were seen in the group training with the intermediate swimming velocity.
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PMID:Effects of different training protocols on Ca2+ handling and oxidative capacity in skeletal muscle of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). 1685 81