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  • Title: High calcium and other divalent cations increase inositol trisphosphate in bovine parathyroid cells.
    Author: Shoback DM, Membreno LA, McGhee JG.
    Journal: Endocrinology; 1988 Jul; 123(1):382-9. PubMed ID: 3260174.
    Abstract:
    Calcium and other divalent cations rapidly increase intracellular free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) in bovine parathyroid cells and inhibit PTH release. In other secretory cells, agonist-dependent generation of inositol trisphosphate (InsP3) through polyphosphoinositide turnover initiates the rise in [Ca2+]i by mobilizing Ca2+ from intracellular stores. To determine whether polyphosphoinositide breakdown is involved in mediating the response to Ca2+ and the divalent cations Ba2+, Mn2+, and Sr2+, we measured the production of inositol polyphosphates in parathyroid cells. Within 120 sec of increasing extracellular Ca2+ to 2.0 mM, InsP3, inositol bisphosphate (InsP2), and inositol monophosphate (InsP1) rose 95 +/- 37%, 87 +/- 17%, and 96 +/- 29%, respectively, vs. values in cells at 0.5 mM Ca2+ (n = 5). Raising extracellular Ca2+ from 0.5-3.0 mM produced even greater peak increments of 134 +/- 13%, 179 +/- 35%, and 313 +/- 65% in InsP3, InsP2, and InsP1, respectively, by 120 sec (n = 4). Similarly, within 10 sec of their addition, BaCl2 (2 mM), MnCl2 (2 mM), and SrCl2 (4 mM) stimulated the production of InsP3 56 +/- 2%, 152 +/- 31%, and 160 +/- 25%, respectively, vs. that in untreated cells at 0.5 mM Ca2+. At later time points, InsP2 and InsP1 were increased. The Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin at concentrations up to 500 nM had no effect on inositol phosphates, although it inhibited PTH release in a dose-dependent manner. Since high Ca2+ and other divalent cations depolarize parathyroid cells, we assessed the effect of high extracellular K+ on inositol polyphosphates. The addition of depolarizing concentrations of K+ (40 mM) did not change inositol phosphates. Thus, Ca2+ and other divalent cations increase the production of InsP3, InsP2, and InsP1 in parathyroid cells by a mechanism independent of increases in [Ca2+]i and of membrane depolarization. We conclude that parathyroid cells express membrane receptors or sensors for Ca2+ and other divalent cations linked to polyphosphoinositide turnover.
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