Calcium channel, Ca++ mobilization, and mechanical reactivity of estrogen- and progesterone-treated rat uterus.

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Properties of [3H]nitrendipine binding, high K+- and Ca++-Induced contractions and the inhibition of high K+-induced contractions by verapamil were investigated in the uterine preparations isolated from rats treated with estrogen or progesterone or both. In [3H]nitrendipine binding experiments using crude membrane fractions, treatment with estrogen alone or estrogen+progesterone significantly lowered the KD; There was very little change in the Bmax. In the Ca++-depleted, high K+-containing medium, only the progesterone-, and estrogen→progesterone-treated uteri produced contractions. The estrogen-, estrogen→progestereone-, and estrogen+progesterone-treated uteri showed decreases in concentrations of Ca++ required for the maximal contractions. In the estrogen- and estrogen+progesterone-treated uteri, the dose-response curves by verapamil were shifted to the left in a parallel manner. These findngs suggest that estrogen appeared to increase the affinity of calcium channels and increase transmembrane influx of Ca++, leading to enhancement of contractions, whereas progesterone might increase the Ca++ storage in the intracellular sites.
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