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  • Title: Regulation of cytosolic free calcium in fura-2-loaded rat parotid acinar cells.
    Author: Merritt JE, Rink TJ.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1987 Dec 25; 262(36):17362-9. PubMed ID: 3693357.
    Abstract:
    In order to analyze the factors regulating agonist-stimulated Ca2+ mobilization, cytosolic free [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) was measured directly in fura-2-loaded rat parotid acinar cells. Stimulation of muscarinic receptors by carbachol produced a dose-dependent rise in [Ca2+]i. In the presence of external Ca2+, the initial transient rise was followed by a maintained elevation. The maintained elevation is dependent on the presence of external Ca2+. Removal of Ca2+ by addition of EGTA caused a rapid decline in [Ca2+]i back to base line. In the absence of external Ca2+, only an initial transient peak in [Ca2+]i was seen which then declined to base line; the maintained elevation in [Ca2+]i could then be evoked by addition of Ca2+ in the continued presence of carbachol. Muscarinic receptor occupation by carbachol is required to maintain the elevated level of [Ca2+]i; addition of the muscarinic antagonist, atropine, caused [Ca2+]i to decline back to the basal level. The maintained elevation in [Ca2+]i, but not the initial transient peak, can also be blocked by Ni2+ but was unaffected by the organic Ca2+ antagonists. Total substitution of external Na+ with the impermeant cation, N-methyl-D-glucamine, had no effect on either the initial or the maintained response to carbachol; however, total substitution of Na+ with K+ attenuated the maintained response while not affecting the initial peak. Refilling of the intracellular Ca2+ store was also studied and found to take place in the absence of agonist and with no substantial elevation in [Ca2+]i. These experiments also showed that not all of the intracellular vesicular Ca2+ stores can be released by agonists. From these results, we propose a model for the regulation of [Ca2+]i.
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