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- Clozapine (Clz) and olanzapine (Olz) are atypical antipsychotics used for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but their mechanisms of action remain not fully understood.
- Clz blocked serotonin-induced calcium transients in C6 glioma cells while also increasing intracellular calcium concentrations in both C6 cells and cortical astrocytes at higher doses, which was tied to store-operated calcium channels.
- The findings suggest that Clz has specific effects on calcium signaling in astrocytes that could explain its unique adverse effects and differences compared to Olz in treating psychiatric disorders.
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Clozapine (Clz) and olanzapine (Olz) are second generation (atypical) antipsychotics, used widely for treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These drugs share multiple sites of actions, however their mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here, we analyzed the effects of these drugs on primary cultures of rat cortical astrocytes and C6 glioma cells using fura-2-based Ca imaging. C6 cells, but not cortical astrocytes, express the serotonin 2A receptor subtype, which couples to phospholipase C. Clz (1μM) significantly blocked serotonin-induced Ca transients in C6 cells, consistent with known antagonistic actions of Clz. Interestingly, at higher concentrations (>10μM), Clz but not Olz increased intracellular Ca concentrations in both cortical astrocytes and C6 cells. This Clz-induced Ca increase was concentration-dependent and completely blocked by removal of extracellular Ca using ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA). Furthermore, 2-aminoethyl diphenylborinate or SKF-96365, blockers for store-operated Ca channels, significantly inhibited the Clz-induced Ca increase. Therefore, we analyzed the effects of Clz and Olz during Ca re-entry through store-operated Ca channels, which was maximized following depletion of internal Ca stores by thapsigargin and EGTA. The results demonstrated that Clz decreased Ca re-entry through store-operated Ca channels in cortical astrocytes and C6 cells whereas Olz failed to modulate the Ca re-entry. These results suggest Clz-specific bimodal actions via store-operated Ca channels in astrocytic cells. Since intracellular Ca homeostasis in astrocytes is an important determinant for neighboring synaptic signal transmission, our results may explain Clz-specific adverse effects or differential actions between Clz and Olz reported in the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
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