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  • Title: Rapid secretagogue-induced activation of Na+H+ exchange in rat parotid acinar cells. Possible interrelationship between volume regulation and stimulus-secretion coupling.
    Author: Manganel M, Turner RJ.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1991 Jun 05; 266(16):10182-8. PubMed ID: 1709927.
    Abstract:
    We demonstrate a rapid activation of the Na+/H+ exchanger in intact rat parotid acini in response to muscarinic (carbachol; K1/2 = 0.4 microM) and alpha-adrenergic (epinephrine; K1/2 = 0.1 microM) stimulation. This rapid activation is apparently distinct from the relatively "slow" activation of the exchanger (t1/2 greater than or equal to 5 min) reported previously (Manganel, M., and Turner, R. J. (1989) J. Membr. Biol. 111, 191-198). This rapid activation is not produced by treatment of acini with active diacylglycerol analogues nor prevented by protein kinase inhibitors, arguing against the involvement of protein kinase C-dependent processes. Stimulation of the exchanger is, however, produced by concentrations of ionomycin which yield intracellular calcium levels in the physiologic (secretagogue-induced) range. In addition, chelation of intracellular calcium with 1,2-bis(O-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid blocks the effect of carbachol, but calmodulin antagonists are without effect. The possibility that the rapid activation of the Na+/H+ exchanger may be associated with cell shrinkage arising from carbachol-induced calcium mobilization is explored. In support of this suggestion we present evidence that: (i) the Na+/H+ exchanger is stimulated by shrinkage of these cells, (ii) the carbachol dose dependence of Na+/H+ exchange activation correlates well with that of shrinkage (but not with that of intracellular calcium levels), and (iii) maneuvers which blunt carbachol- or calcium-induced shrinkage also blunt activation of the exchanger. We suggest that this osmoregulatory response may play an important role in maintaining ionic homeostasis during the acinar fluid secretory process.
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