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  • Title: The relationship between intracellular Ca2+ and the mitochondrial membrane potential in isolated proximal tubular cells from rat kidney exposed to the nephrotoxin 1,2-dichlorovinyl-cysteine.
    Author: van de Water B, Zoetewey JP, de Bont HJ, Mulder GJ, Nagelkerke JF.
    Journal: Biochem Pharmacol; 1993 Jun 09; 45(11):2259-67. PubMed ID: 8517866.
    Abstract:
    The effects of 1,2-dichlorovinyl-cysteine (DCVC) on the intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) and the mitochondrial membrane potential (delta phi) were investigated in freshly isolated rat kidney proximal tubular cells (PTC). Prior to cell death, DCVC induced a rise in [Ca2+]i and a decrease in the delta phi. Omission of extracellular calcium still resulted in a DCVC-induced increase of [Ca2+]i, indicating that calcium was released from intracellular stores. The beta-lyase inhibitor amino-oxyacetic acid completely protected against mitochondrial damage and cell death, indicating that the DCVC effects are dependent on beta-lyase metabolism. Incubation of the PTC with DCVC together with the intracellular-calcium complexing agents EDTA/acetoxy-methyl (AM), EGTA/AM or Quin-2/AM delayed (but did not prevent) the decrease of the delta phi and cell death, which indicates a relationship between [Ca2+]i and the decrease of delta phi. In individual cells four different responses induced by DCVC were observed; an increase of [Ca2+]i without an effect on delta phi, a decrease of delta phi and an increase of [Ca2+]i occurring simultaneously; an increase of [Ca2+]i preceded by a decrease of delta phi and a decrease of delta phi without any increase of [Ca2+]i. This indicates that DCVC-induced effects on [Ca2+]i and delta phi can appear independently. The data show that mitochondrial damage is potentiated by an elevation of [Ca2+]i, thereby creating a situation which rapidly leads to cell death.
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