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    8-(N,N-diethylamino)octyl 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate (TMB-8) acts as a muscarinic receptor antagonist in the epithelial cell line HT29 (1996)
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 353 (1996), S. 295-301 
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    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Key words TMB-8 ; Fura-2 ; HT29 ; M3-receptor ; ATP ; Carbachol ; Neurotensin
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  8-(N, N-diethylamino)octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate (TMB-8) is a widely used pharmacological tool to investigate the involvement of intracellular Ca2+ stores in cellular responses. In this study we investigate the effect of TMB-8 as a putative inhibitor of “Ca2+ signalling” in single fura-2 loaded HT29 colonic epithelial cells stimulated by ATP, carbachol (CCH) and neurotensin (NT). TMB-8 effectively inhibited the CCH-induced (100 μmol/l intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) transient with an IC50 of 20 μmol/l. However, [Ca2+]i transients induced by other phospholipase C coupled agonists ATP (10 μmol/l, n=4) and NT (10 nmol/l, n=4) remained unaffected by TMB-8 (50 μmol/l). The agonist-induced [Ca2+]i transients remained equally unaffected by 100 μmol/l TMB-8 when the stimulatory concentration was reduced to 0.5 μmol/l for ATP (n=4) or 1 nmol/l for NT (n=4). The competitive nature of the TMB-8-induced inhibition of the CCH-induced [Ca2+]i transient was demonstrated by examining the agonist at various concentrations in absence and presence of the antagonist. High TMB-8 concentrations (100 μmol/l) alone induced a small [Ca2+]i increase (Δ[Ca2+]i: 40±5 nmol/l, n=7). We assume that this increase is a consequence of a TMB-8 induced intracellular alkalinization (ΔpH: 0.1±0.02, n=7) occurring simultaneously with the increase in [Ca2+]i. From these results we draw the following conclusions: (1) In sharp contrast to a large number of other studies, but in agreement with studies in other types of cells, these results substantially challenge the value of the “tool” TMB-8 as an “intracellular Ca2+ antagonist”; (2) TMB-8 acts a muscarinic receptor antagonist at the M3 receptor; (3) TMB-8 does not influence the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores when IP3 signal transduction is activated by ATP or NT; (4) TMB-8 as a weak organic base alkalinizes the cytosol at high concentrations; and (5) TMB-8 induces small [Ca2+]i transients at higher concentrations.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00168631
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    8-(N,N-diethylamino)octyl 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate (TMB-8) acts as a muscarinic receptor antagonist in the epithelial cell line HT29 (1996)
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 353 (1996), S. 295-301 
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    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: TMB-8 ; Fura-2 ; HT29 ; M3-receptor ; ATP ; Carbachol ; Neurotensin
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract 8-(N, N-diethyl amino) octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate (TMB-8) is a widely used pharmacological tool to investigate the involvement of intracellular Ca2+ stores in cellular responses. In this study we investigate the effect of TMB-8 as a putative inhibitor of “Ca2+ signalling” in single fura-2 loaded HT29 coIonic epithelial cells stimulated by ATP, carbachol (CCH) and neurotensin (NT). TMB-8 effectively inhibited the CCH-induced (100 μmol/l intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) transient with an IC50 of 20 μmol/l. However, [Ca2+]i transients induced by other phospholipase C coupled agonists ATP (10 μmol/l, n = 4) and NT (10 nmol/l, n = 4) remained unaffected by TMB-8 (50 μmol/l). The agonist-induced [Ca2+]i transients remained equally unaffected by 100 μmol/l TMB-8 when the stimulatory concentration was reduced to 0.5 μmol/I for ATP (n = 4) or 1 nmol/l for NT (n = 4). The competitive nature of the TMB-8-induced inhibition of the CCH-induced [Ca2+]i transient was demonstrated by examining the agonist at various concentrations in absence and presence of the antagonist. High TMB-8 concentrations (100 μmol/l) alone induced a small [Ca2+]i increase (Δ[Ca2+]i: 40 ± 5 nmol/l, n = 7). We assume that this increase is a consequence of a TMB-8 induced intracellular alkalinization (Δ pH: 0.1 ± 0.02, n = 7) occurring simultaneously with the increase in [Ca +]i. From these results we draw the following conclusions: (1) In sharp contrast to a large number of other studies, but in agreement with studies in other types of cells, these results substantially challenge the value of the “tool” TMB-8 as an “intracellular Ca2+ antagonist”; (2) TMB-8 acts a muscarinic receptor antagonist at the M3 receptor; (3) TMB-8 does not influence the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores when IP3 signal transduction is activated by ATP or NT; (4) TMB-8 as a weak organic base alkalinizes the cytosol at high concentrations; and (5) TMB-8 induces small [Ca2+]i transients at higher concentrations.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00168631
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  • 3
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    Handling of allantoin by the rat kidney (1975)
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    Pflügers Archiv 357 (1975), S. 201-207 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Allantoin ; Uricase ; Kidney ; Clearance ; Micropuncture ; Rat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Renal excretion of allantoin was measured by tracer techniques. After injection of 2-C14 urate and H3 inulin, clearances of allantoin and inulin were measured and both proximal and distal tubules were micropunctured. In confirmation of earlier results 2-C14 urate injected into an intact animal is very rapidly converted to C14 allantoin: after 15 min more than 90% of urinary tracer is present as allantoin. It was further observed that 1) allantoin clearance is essentially identical with inulin clearance over a wide range of urine flows; 2) no net transport of allantoin occurs in either proximal or distal tubules. Clearly allantoin is handled by the rat kidney like inulin. The total excretion of filtered allantoin unlike that of filtered urate provides an easy and effective mechanism for animals possessing the enzyme uricase to dispose of their purine loads.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00585975
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    In vivo studies on uricase activity in the rat (1974)
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    Pflügers Archiv 351 (1974), S. 323-330 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Uricase ; Urate ; Allantoin ; Liver ; Kidney ; Microperfusion ; Rat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary 1. In vivo uricase activity was tested in rats by injection of 2-C14 urate and measurement of the total C14 activity and the fractional activities of allantoin, allantoic acid and urea in samples of blood and urine. In control animals, 5 min after the injection, 70% of the plasma tracer was already present in the form of allantoin. No allantoic acid and urea were produced. Intestinectomy had no measurable influence on uricase activity. On the other hand, hepatectomy or ligation of the hepatic artery combined with subtotal viscerectomy did abolish uricase activity almost completely. 2. Following microinjections into proximal tubules of Ringer solution containing 2-C14 urate, urine samples during early recovery mainly contained labelled urate, whereas in later samples the fraction of labelled allantoin increased. About 12 min after the microinjection the urine of both kidneys contained equal amounts of tracer mainly in the form of allantoin. 3. When segments of proximal tubules were perfused with an equilibrium solution containing tracer amounts of C 14 urate, no urate was metabolized during its passage through the proximal tubule. 4. C 14 urate was offered from the peritubular capillaries and samples of tubular fluid were analyzed, Again, all the tracer in the tubular fluid was in the form of urate, indicating that urate is not oxidized when it is transported across the tubular cell. It is concluded from these results that: 1. The rat kidney has no significant uricase activity. 2. Urate transport in the kidney is not influenced by this enzyme. 3. The degradation of urate to allantoin takes place at extrarenal sites, mainly in the liver.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00593318
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  • 5
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    Attenuation of stimulated Ca2+ influx in colonic epithelial (HT29) cells by cAMP (1996)
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    Pflügers Archiv 432 (1996), S. 735-740 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Key words Ca2+ influx ; Fura-2 ; cAMP ; Forskolin ; Carbachol ; HT29 ; Second messenger ; Patch-clamp technique
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In HT29 colonic epithelial cells agonists such as carbachol (CCH) or ATP increase cytosolic Ca2+ activity ([Ca2+]i) in a biphasic manner. The first phase is caused by inositol 1,4,5-trisphophate-(Ins P 3-) mediated Ca2+ release from their respective stores and the second plateau phase is mainly due to stimulated transmembraneous Ca2+ influx. The present study was undertaken to examine the effect of increased adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophasphate (cAMP) (forskolin 10 μmol/l = FOR) on the Ca2+ transient in the presence of CCH (100 μmol/l). In unpaired experiments it was found that FOR induced a depolarization and reduced cytosolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i, measured as the fura-2 fluorescence ratio 340/380 nm) significantly. Dideoxyforskolin had no such effect. The effect of FOR was abolished when the cells were depolarized by a high-K+ solution. In further paired experiments utilizing video imaging in conjunction with whole-cell patch-clamp, [Ca2+]i was monitored separately for the patch-clamped cell and three to seven neighbouring cells. In the presence of CCH, FOR reduced [Ca2+]i uniformly from a fluorescence ratio (345/380) of 2.9 ± 0.12 to 1.8 ± 0.07 in the patch-clamped cell and its neighbours (n = 48) and depolarized the membrane voltage (V m) of the patch-clamped cells significantly and reversibly from −54 ± 7.4 to −27 ± 5.9 mV (n = 6). In additional experiments V m was depolarized by 15–54 mV by various increments in the bath K+ concentration. This led to corresponding reductions in [Ca2+]i. Irrespective of the cause of depolarization (high K+ or FOR) there was a significant correlation between the change in V m and change in [Ca2+]i. These data indicate that the cAMP-mediated attenuation of Ca2+ influx is caused by the depolarization produced by this second messenger.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004240050192
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  • 6
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    A modified confocal laser scanning microscope allows fast ultraviolet ratio imaging of intracellular Ca2+ activity using Fura-2 (1997)
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    Pflügers Archiv 433 (1997), S. 653-663 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Key words Confocal microscopy ; Acousto-optic tunable filter ; Fura-2 ; Ratio imaging ; HT29 cells
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  A confocal, ultraviolet laser scanning microscope (LSM) for reliable ratio measurements of localized intracellular Ca2+ gradients using the Ca2+-sensitive dye Fura-2 was developed. In a commercial LSM, the filter wheels for the excitation band-pass filters and the grey filters were replaced by acousto-optic tunable filters (AOTF) for rapid switching (≤1.5 μs) of the ultraviolet (351 and 364 nm) and the visible (457, 476, 488, 514 nm) excitation light. This enabled dual wavelength excitation of Fura-2, or 2’7’-biscarboxyethyl-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) for pH measurements. Changing to a transmitted-light detector of high sensitivity allowed for simultaneous recording of differential interference contrast images of the preparation with the excitation light. The AOTF fine control of the intensity of the excitation light and improvements in the emission detector sensitivity enabled the acquisition of up to 120 ratio pairs of high-quality images from a single cell. The optical capabilities and limitations of the instrument were evaluated with fluorescent beads and dye-loaded cultured cells. Agonist-induced intracellular Ca2+ transients in HT29 cells were recorded to test for the instrument’s ability to measure changes in [Ca2+]i. Ratio z-sections from Fura-2-loaded cells showed an inhomogeneity of the Fura-2 loading with an accumulation of the dye mostly in the mitochondria. We show, as an example of the microscope’s achievable resolution, the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of [Ca2+]i signals in mitochondria and the cytosol in response to agonist-evoked stimulation of HT29 cells. In addition, we show that the lipophilic, membrane-bound Fura-2 derivative Fura-C18, for measurements of near-membrane Ca2+ changes, can be used with this confocal microscope. This new LSM is expected to deepen our understanding of localized [Ca2+]i signals; for example, the nuclear Ca2+ signalling or the [Ca2+]i changes that occur during stimulation of ion secretion in polarized epithelial cells.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004240050327
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  • 7
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    Voltage-dependent Ca2+ influx in the epithelial cell line HT29: simultaneous use of intracellular Ca2+ measurements and nystatin perforated patch-clamp technique (1994)
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    Pflügers Archiv 426 (1994), S. 427-432 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Ca2+ influx ; Nystatin perforated patchclamp technique ; Fura-2 ; HT29 ; ATP ; Thapsigargin
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Indirect evidence has accumulated indicating a voltage dependence of the agonist-stimulated Ca2+ influx into epithelial cells. Manoeuvres expected to depolarise the membrane voltage during agonist stimulation resulted in: (1) a decrease of the sustained phase of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP, 10−5 mol/l)-induced intracellular Ca2+ transient, (2) a reduced fura-2 Mn2+-quenching rate, and (3) prevention of the refilling of the agonist-sensitive store. To quantify the change in intracellular Ca2+ as a function of membrane voltage, we measured simultaneously the intracellular Ca2+ activity ([Ca2+]i) with fura-2 and the electrical properties using the nystatin perforated patch-clamp technique in single HT29 cells. Ca2+ influx was either stimulated by ATP (10−5 mol/l) or thapsigargin (TG, 10−8 mol/l). After [Ca2+]i reached the sustained plateau phase we clamped the membrane voltage in steps of 10 mV in either direction. A stepwise depolarisation resulted in a stepwise reduction of [Ca2+]i. Similarly a stepwise hyperpolarisation resulted in a stepwise increase of [Ca2+]i (ATP: 27.5±10 nmol/l per 10 mV, n=6; TG: 19 ±7.9 nmol/l per 10 mV, n=12). The summarised data show a linear relationship between the Δ fluorescence ratio 340/380 nm change and the applied holding voltage. In unstimulated cells the same voltage-clamp protocol did not change [Ca2+]i (n=9). Under extracellular Ca2+-free conditions [Ca2+]i remained unaltered when changing the membrane voltage. These data provide direct evidence that the Ca2+ influx in epithelial cells is membrane voltage dependent. Our data indicate that small changes in membrane voltage lead to substantial changes in [Ca2+]i. This may be due either to a change of driving force for Ca2+ into the cell, or may reflect voltage-dependent regulation of the respective Ca2+ entry mechanism.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00388306
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  • 8
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    Effect of intracellular pH on agonist-induced [Ca2+]i transients in HT29 cells (1997)
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    Pflügers Archiv 434 (1997), S. 466-474 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Key words BCECF ; Fura-2 ; pHi ; [Ca2+]i ; HT29 ; Carbachol ; Neurotensin ; ATP ; InsP3 ; Cell volume ; Calcein
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  In this study we examined the influence of intracellular pH (pHi) on agonist-induced changes of intracellular Ca2+ activity ([Ca2+]i) in HT29 cells. pHi and [Ca2+]i were measured microspectrofluorimetrically using BCECF and fura-2, respectively. Buffers containing trimethylamine (TriMA), NH3/NH4 + and acetate were used to clamp pHi to defined values. The magnitudes of the peak and plateau of [Ca2+]i transients induced by carbachol (CCH, 10–6 mol/l) were greatly enhanced by an acidic pHi and nearly abolished by an alkaline pHi. The relationship between pHi and the [Ca2+]i peak was nearly linear from pHi 7.0 to 7.8. This effect of pHi was also observed at higher CCH concentrations (10–4 and 10–5 mol/l), at which the inhibitory effect of an alkaline pHi was more pronounced than the stimulatory effect of an acidic pHi. An acidic pHi shifted the CCH concentration/response curve to the left, whereas an alkaline pHi led to a rightward shift. The influence of pHi on [Ca2+]i transients induced by neurotensin (10–8 mol/l) or ATP (5 × 10–7 mol/l) was similar to its influence on those induced by CCH, but generally not as pronounced. Measurements of cellular inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP 3) showed no changes in response to acidification with acetate (20 mmol/l) or alkalinization with TriMA (20 mmol/l). The InsP 3 increase induced by CCH was unaltered at an acidic pHi, but was augmented at an alkaline pHi. Confocal measurements of cell volume showed no significant changes induced by TriMA or acetate. Slow-whole-cell patch-clamp experiments showed no additional effect of CCH on the membrane voltage (V m) measured after TriMA or acetate application. We conclude that pHi is a physiological modulator of hormonal effects in HT29 cells, as the [Ca2+]i responses to agonists were significantly changed at already slightly altered pHi. The measurements of InsP 3, cell volume and V m show that pHi must act distally to the InsP 3 production, and not via changes of cell volume or V m.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004240050422
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  • 9
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    Effect of alkalinization of cytosolic pH by amines on intracellular Ca2+ activity in HT29 cells (1996)
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    Pflügers Archiv 432 (1996), S. 126-133 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Key words Trimethylamine ; pHi ; [Ca2+]i ; Membrane voltage ; BCECF ; Fura-2 ; Ca2+ store ; Capacitative Ca2+ influx
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effect of secondary, tertiary and quaternary methyl- and ethylamines on intracellular pH (pHi) and intracellular Ca2+ activity ([Ca2+]i) of HT29 cells was investigated microspectrofluorimetrically using pH- and Ca2+- sensitive fluorescent indicators, [i.e. 2′,7′-biscarboxyethyl-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) and fura-2 respectively]. Membrane voltage (V m) was studied by the patch-clamp technique. Secondary and tertiary amines led to a rapid and stable concentration-dependent alkalinization which was independent of their pK a value. Trimethylamine (20 mmol/l) increased pHi by 0.78 ± 0.03 pH units (n = 9) and pH remained stable for the application time. Removal led to an undershoot of pHi and a slow and incomplete recovery: pHi stayed 0.26 ± 0.06 pH units more acid than the resting value. The quaternary amines, tetramethyl- and tetraethylamine were without influence on pHi. All tested secondary and tertiary amines (dimethyl-, diethyl-, trimethyl-, and triethyl-amine) induced a [Ca2+]i transient which reached a peak value within 10–25 s and then slowly declined to a [Ca2+]i plateau. The initial Δ[Ca2+]i induced by trimethylamine (20 mmol/l) was 160 ± 15 nmol/l (n = 17). The [Ca2+]i peak was independent of the Ca2+ activity in the bath solution, but the [Ca2+]i plateau was significantly lower under Ca2+-free conditions and could be immediately interrupted by application of CO2 (10%; n = 6), a manoeuvre to acidify pHi in HT29 cells. Emptying of the carbachol- or neurotensin-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ stores completely abolished this [Ca2+]i transient. Tetramethylamine led to higher [Ca2+]i changes than the other amines tested and only this transient could be completely blocked by atropine (10−6 mol/l). Trimethylamine (20 mmol/l) hyperpolarized V m by 22.5 ± 3.7 mV (n = 16) and increased the whole-cell conductance by 2.3 ± 0.5 nS (n = 16). We conclude that secondary and tertiary amines induce stable alkaline pHi changes, release Ca2+ from intracellular, inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive Ca2+ stores and increase Ca2+ influx into HT29 cells. The latter may be related to both the store depletion and the hyperpolarization.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004240050114
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  • 10
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    Antidiuretic hormone acts via V1 receptors on intracellular calcium in the isolated perfused rabbit cortical thick ascending limb (1991)
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    Pflügers Archiv 417 (1991), S. 622-632 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: ADH ; V1 receptor ; dDAVP ; Intracellular Ca2+ ; Fura-2 ; In vitro microperfusion ; Rabbit kidney ; Cortical thick ascending limb
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effect of antidiuretic hormone ([Arg]vasopressin, ADH) on intracellular calcium activity [Ca2+]i of isolated perfused rabbit cortical thick ascending limb (cTAL) segments was investigated with the calcium fluorescent dye fura-2. The fluorescence emission ratio at 500–530 nm (R) was monitored as a measure of [Ca2+]i after excitation at 335 nm and 380 nm. In addition the transepithelial potential difference (PD te) and transepithelial resistance (R te) of the tubule were measured simultaneously. After addition of ADH (1–4 nmol/l) to the basolateral side of the cTAL R increased rapidly, but transiently, from 0.84±0.05 to 1.36±0.08 (n = 46). Subsequently, within 7–12 min R fell to control values even in the continued presence of ADH. The increase in R evoked by the ADH application corresponded to a rise of [Ca2+]i from a basal level of 155±23 nmol/l [Ca2+]i up to 429±53 nmol/l [Ca2+]i at the peak of the transient, as estimated by intra- or extracellular calibration procedures. The electrical parameters (PD te and R te) of the tubules were not changed by ADH. The ADH-induced Ca2+ transient was dependent on the presence of Ca2+ on the basolateral side, whereas luminal Ca2+ had no effect. d(CH2)5[Tyr(Me)2]2,Arg8vasopressin, a V1 antagonist (Manning compound, 10 nmol/l), blocked the ADH effect on [Ca2+]i completely (n = 5). The V2 agonist 1-desamino-[d-Arg8]vasopressin (10 nmol/l, n=4), and the cAMP analogues, dibutyryl-cAMP (400 μmol/l, n = 4), 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cAMP (100 μmol/l, n = 1) or 8-bromo-cAMP (200 μmol/1, n = 4) had no influence on [Ca2+]i. The ADH-induced [Ca2+]i increase was not sensitive to the calcium-channel blockers nifedipine and verapamil (100 μmol/l, n = 4). We conclude that ADH acts via V1 receptors to increase cytosolic calcium activity transiently in rabbit cortical thick ascending limb segments, possibly by an initial Ca2+ release from intracellular stores and by further Ca2+ influx through Ca2+ channels in the basolateral membrane. These channels are insensitive to L-type Ca2+ channel blockers, e.g. nifedipine and verapamil.
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