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  • Title: Regulating transient and sustained changes of cytosolic Ca2+ in rat pancreatic acini.
    Author: Hurley TW, Brinck RW.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1990 Jan; 258(1 Pt 1):C54-61. PubMed ID: 2301566.
    Abstract:
    The regulation of changes in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration (Cai2+) during exposure to carbachol was studied in rat pancreatic acini loaded with fura-2. With an extracellular Ca2+ concentration (Cao2+) of 2.5 mM, resting Cai2+ is 185 +/- 48 (SD) nM (n = 23), which rises to 696 +/- 222 nM, then falls over 2 min to a stable plateau of 401 +/- 106 nM. With Cao2+ less than 10 nM, carbachol produces an immediate threefold increase in Cai2+ that dissipates over 2-3 min, and Cai2+ steadily falls below prestimulation levels. Atropine prevents all responses to carbachol, and when it is added during a response to carbachol, Cai2+ drops to resting values within seconds. Ca2+ influx is required for the prolonged elevation of Cai2+ during carbachol exposure, but Ca2+ entry is not regulated by an increase in Cai2+ itself nor does Ca2+ enter via voltage-gated L-type channels. The muscarinic receptor-operated Ca2+ entry mechanism is sensitive to Cao2+, since sustained elevations in Cai2+ are maximal at 2.5 mM Cao2+ but are much less pronounced at lower external Ca2+ concentrations.
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