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  • Title: Oscillations in ciliary beat frequency and intracellular calcium concentration in rabbit tracheal epithelial cells induced by ATP.
    Author: Zhang L, Sanderson MJ.
    Journal: J Physiol; 2003 Feb 01; 546(Pt 3):733-49. PubMed ID: 12563000.
    Abstract:
    To investigate how Ca(2+) regulates airway ciliary activity, changes in ciliary beat frequency (CBF) and intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) of rabbit tracheal ciliated cells, in response to ATP, were simultaneously quantified with high-speed phase-contrast and fast fluorescence imaging. [ATP]<or= 1 microM induced an increase in [Ca(2+)](i) and CBF that declined to the initial basal levels and was followed by irregular brief increases in [Ca(2+)](i) and CBF. [ATP] > 1 but < 16 microM induced a similar increase in [Ca(2+)](i) and CBF but this was followed by oscillations in CBF and [Ca(2+)](i). The minimum CBF of the oscillations in CBF remained elevated above the basal rate while the minimum concentration of the [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations returned to the basal level. The minimum and maximum CBF of the oscillations in CBF were independent of the [ATP], whereas the frequency of the oscillations in CBF was dependent on the [ATP]. Similar oscillations in CBF and [Ca(2+)](i) were induced by ATP- gamma -S. Although ADP, AMP and adenosine induced a Ca(2+)-independent increase in CBF, neither ATP nor ATP- gamma -S induced an increase in CBF when the Ca(2+) increases were abolished by 20 microM BAPTA AM, a result suggesting that ATP hydrolysis was minimal. [ATP] >or=16 microM induced a sustained elevation in CBF and only a temporary, non-oscillating increase in [Ca(2+)](i). A similar response was induced by thapsigargin (2 microM). Flash photolysis of caged Ca(2+) (NP-EGTA) produced both transient and prolonged increases in [Ca(2+)](i) which were accompanied by transient and sustained increases in CBF, respectively. From these results, we propose that CBF can be increased by a direct Ca(2+) -dependent mechanism that generates the rapid increases in CBF associated with the oscillations or by an indirect Ca(2+)-dependent mechanism that is responsible for the sustained minimum increase in CBF.
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