Chlorpromazine modulates the morphological macro- and microstructure of endothelial cells

1  Cell Biophysics, University of Applied Sciences Aachen/Juelich; 2  Institute of Pathology, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Neues Klinikum, Germany; and 3  Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California Chlorpromazine (CP), an amphipathi...

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Published in:American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology 2000-05, Vol.278 (5), p.C873-C878
Main Authors: Hueck, I. S, Hollweg, H. G, Schmid-Schonbein, G. W, Artmann, G. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Cattle
Cell Size - drug effects
Cells, Cultured
Chlorpromazine - pharmacology
Endothelium, Vascular - drug effects
Endothelium, Vascular - ultrastructure
Erythrocyte Membrane - drug effects
Erythrocyte Membrane - ultrastructure
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Microscopy, Electron
Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
Pseudopodia - drug effects
Pseudopodia - ultrastructure
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Summary:1  Cell Biophysics, University of Applied Sciences Aachen/Juelich; 2  Institute of Pathology, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Neues Klinikum, Germany; and 3  Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California Chlorpromazine (CP), an amphipathic, antipsychotic agent, causes concave membrane bending in red blood cells with formation of stomatocytic shapes by modulation of the phospholipid bilayer. This study was designed to investigate the effects of CP on the shape of bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC) and their membranes in confluent monolayers with phase-contrast and transmission electron microscopy. Exposure of BAECs to nanomolar levels of CP leads to membrane curvature changes. With increasing CP concentrations, the membrane assumed a shape with enhanced numbers of intracellular caveolae and projection of pseudopodia at all junctions. At higher CP concentrations (up to 150 µM), the endothelial cells assumed almost spherical shapes. The evidence suggests that CP may affect lipid bilayer bending of BAECs in analogy with previous observations on erythrocytes, supporting the formation of caveolae and pseudopodia in BAECs due to the induction of concave membrane bending, as well as an effect on endothelial cell membrane adhesion at higher CP concentrations with loss of cellular attachment at junctions. membrane vesiculation; pseudopodia formation; phospholipid bilayer bending; endothelial cell culture; caveolae
ISSN:0363-6143
1522-1563
DOI:10.1152/ajpcell.2000.278.5.c873