The regulation of the cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration in aortic smooth muscle cells (A7r5 line) after stimulation by vasopressin and bombesin
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 176 (1), 47-52
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb14249.x
Abstract
The characteristics of intracellular Ca2+ transient induced by vasopressin and bombesin in aortic smooth muscle cells were studied using flow cytometric analysis of indo-1 loaded cells. The two hormones induced a rapid and transient rise in [Ca2+]i. This Ca2+ transient was independent of the presence of extracellular Ca2+. Addition of bombesin to cells that have already been stimulated by vasopressin (or conversely the addition of vasopressin to bombesin-stimulated cells) results in a second Ca2+ transient that has a smaller amplitude. This transient is the same when the external Ca2+ concentration is lowered from 1.8 mM to 50 nM, suggesting that the agonist-sensitive pool reloaded using the Ca2+ that has been previously released into the cytoplasm. Intracellular Ca2+ pools that have been depleted by a prolonged incubation of the cells in a low Ca2+ medium can be refilled by shifting cells to a high Ca2+ medium. The reloading was analyzed in detail and found to be a slow process. It is hardly affected by Ni2+ or by(-)D888, a potent inhibitor of the voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. It is accelerated when Ca2+ uptake by the Na+/Ca2+ exchange system is stimulated. The results suggest that Ca2+ homeostasis in aortic smooth muscle cells is achieved using mechanisms that are distinct from those operating in various acini and in striated muscles.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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