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IT was reported by Mela1,2 that local anaesthetics stimulate Ca2+ uptake by rat liver mitochondria. This has been attributed to the protective action of these compounds on mitochondrial structure3,4, particularly with regard to inhibition of phospholipase A (refs 5, 6). However, another possibility is that local anaesthetics affect differentially, and more directly, the uptake and efflux of Ca2+. Recent evidence suggests that mammalian mitochondria, in addition to the well documented route for Ca2+ accumulation, have a different mechanism for Ca2+ release7–9. In the case of rat liver mitochondria, inhibition of Ca2+ uptake by the addition of ruthenium red causes a slow release of Ca2+ from the mitochondrial matrix7,8 which is enhanced by substrates such as acetoacetate, which cause oxidation of intra-mitochondrial NADH (ref. 10). In mitochondria from other tissues, such as heart and brain8,9, the ruthenium red-insensitive release is dependent on Na+ ions. We report here, using mitochondria from both rat liver and brain, that nupercaine and tetracaine, at concentrations which do not inhibit Ca2+ uptake, cause considerable inhibition of the ruthenium red-insensitive Ca2+ efflux observed in energised conditions.
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DAWSON, A., SELWYN, M. & FULTON, D. Inhibition of Ca2+ efflux from mitochondria by nupercaine and tetracaine. Nature 277, 484–486 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277484a0
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