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A detailed analysis of the product ion spectrum generated from the protonated molecule under ESI-MS/MS conditions using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer is reported for the gastrointestinal proton pump inhibitor Omeprazole. Unambiguous molecular composition data of the fragment ions were obtained with the aid of regioselectively 14C-, 34S- and 18O-labeled analogs. Attempts have been made to provide rational pathways for the formation of the fragment ions from four protonated omeprazole species. These results will facilitate the characterization of the complex metabolic fate of Omeprazole in humans, which involves the excretion of at least 50 metabolites. Copyright 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1998 Jan;31(1):146-56.
Contribution of cytosolic ionic and energetic milieu change to ischemia- and reperfusion-induced injury in guinea pig heart: fluorometry and nuclear magnetic resonance studies.

Hotta Y, Fujita M, Nakagawa J, Ando H, Takeya K, Ishikawa N, Sakakibara J.

Department of Pharmacology, Aichi Medical University, Japan.

The contribution of cytosolic ion and energy milieu changes to ischemia/reperfusion injury was investigated in isolated guinea-pig hearts and mitochondria, with fluorometry and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The fura-2 Ca2+ signal during ischemia in the guinea-pig Langendorff heart changed triphasically (phases I, II, and III) and rapidly returned to the control level after the reperfusion. These triphasic changes during ischemia were affected by various agents that affect the cytosolic ion milieu: the combination of asebotoxin-III and dihydroouabain (which increase intracellular Na+) caused an increase in Ca2+ levels in the final stage (phase III) with a manifestation of contracture after the reperfusion of the heart. Inhibitors of the H+-Na+ exchange such as 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)-amiloride (EIPA) produced a significant restorative effect on the contractility of the reperfused heart with increased proton and decreased Na+ and Ca2+ in the cytosol. The mitochondrial matrix Ca2+ ([Ca2+]m) preloaded with abnormally high Ca2+ levels was markedly increased by perfusion with either a physiologic concentration of Ca2+ or an acidified perfusate. These [Ca2+]m increases were reduced by the H+-Na+ and H+-K+ exchange inhibitor (EIPA; omeprazole), respectively. These findings will help to explain the Ca paradox at the mitochondria level (i.e., mitochondria for Ca2+ pumping play an essential role in the cellular homeostasis of Ca2+ for the maintenance of cell functions of the heart, acting like a Ca2+ scavenger in the cytosol). Factors that induce Ca2+ overload on mitochondria via sarcolemmal Ca2+ influx and any exchange mechanisms with Na+, K+, Ca2+, and H+ will lead to a loss of contractility, associated with the extremely reduced level of free energy change predicted from the reduced ATP x PCr/Pi ratio by 31P NMR.

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Divalent cation receptors have recently been identified in a wide variety of tissues and organs, yet their exact function remains controversial. We have previously identified a member of this receptor family in the stomach and have demonstrated that it is localized to the parietal cell, the acid secretory cell of the gastric gland. The activation of acid secretion has been classically defined as being regulated by two pathways: a neuronal pathway (mediated by acetylcholine) and an endocrine pathway (mediated by gastrin and histamine). Here, we identified a novel pathway modulating gastric acid secretion through the stomach calcium-sensing receptor (SCAR) located on the basolateral membrane of gastric parietal cells. Activation of SCAR in the intact rat gastric gland by divalent cations (Ca(2+) or Mg(2+)) or by the potent stimulator gadolinium (Gd(3+)) led to an increase in the rate of acid secretion through the apical H+,K+ -ATPase. Gd(3+) was able to activate acid secretion through the omeprazole-sensitive H+,K+ -ATPase even in the absence of the classical stimulator histamine. In contrast, inhibition of SCAR by reduction of extracellular cations abolished the stimulatory effect of histamine on gastric acid secretion, providing evidence for the regulation of the proton secretory transport protein by the receptor. These studies present the first example of a member of the divalent cation receptors modulating a plasma membrane transport protein and may lead to new insights into the regulation of gastric acid secretion.

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