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  • Intracellular Ca2+  (3)
  • Key words Colon  (2)
  • 1
    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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  • 2
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    Pflügers Archiv 423 (1993), S. 274-279 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Hypotonic cell swelling ; Regulatory volume decrease ; HT29 ; Intracellular Ca2+ ; Fura-2 Mn2+
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Cell swelling induced by hypotonic solution led to an osmolality-dependent increase in intracellular Ca2+ activity ([Ca2+]i) in HT29 cells. At moderate reductions in osmolality from 290 to 240 or 225 mosmol/l in most cases only a small monophasic increase of [Ca2+]i to a stable plateau of 10–20 nmol/l above resting [Ca2+]i was observed. Lower osmolalities resulted in a triphasic increase of [Ca2+]i to a peak value. In a first phase after the volume change, lasting 20–40 s, [Ca2+]i increased slowly by about 30 nmol/l. Thereafter [Ca2+]i increased more rapidly within 20–30 s to a peak value. This peak was 189±45 nmol/l (190 mosmol/l, n=9) and 243±41 nmol/l (160 mosmol/l, n=20) above resting [Ca2+]i. The peak was then followed by a decline of [Ca2+]i over the next 2–3 min to a stable plateau value of 28±6 (n=6) and 32±11 nmol/l (n=11) above resting [Ca2+]i at 190 and 160 mosmol/l, respectively. The plateau lasted as long as the hypotonic solution was present. Under Ca2+-free bath conditions the peak value for the cell-swelling-induced [Ca2+]i transient was reached significantly later (60–100 s, compared to 40–60 s under control conditions). The peak values under Ca2+-free conditions were not significantly lower. This indicates that the [Ca2+]i peak was mostly of intracellular origin. No [Ca2+]i plateau phase was observed under Ca2+-free bath conditions. With the use of the fura-2-Mn 2+ quenching technique an increased Ca2+ influx induced by hypotonic cell swelling was shown (160 mosmol/l; n=4). This influx started immediately after or simultaneously with the cell swelling and preceded the [Ca2+]i peak for more than 50 s.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Key words Colon ; Fura-2 ; Rat colonic crypt ; ATP ; P2Y-receptor ; Purinoceptor ; Exocrine secretion
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Under resting conditions the mammalian distal colon is a NaCl-absorptive epithelium. NaCl absorption occurs at surface cells in colonic crypts. Intracellular Ca2+ or cAMP are important second messengers that activate NaCl secretion, a function that is most pronounced in crypt bases. In the present study we examined the effect of extracellular ATP on isolated crypts of rat distal colon using the fura-2 technique. Intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) was measured spectrofluorimetrically either by photon counting or video imaging. ATP reversibly increased [Ca2+]i in crypt base cells with an EC50 of 4.5 μmol/l (n = 11). This [Ca2+]i increase was composed of an initial peak, reflecting intracellular store release, and a secondary plateau phase reflecting transmembrane influx. Digital video imaging revealed that agonist-induced [Ca2+]i elevations were most marked at the crypt base. In the middle part of the crypt ATP induced smaller increases of [Ca2+]i (peak and plateau) as compared to basal cells and in surface cells this [Ca2+]i transient was even further reduced. Attempts to identify the relevant P2-receptor demonstrated the following rank order of potency: 2MeS-ATP 〉 ADP ≥ ATP 〉〉 AMP 〉 UTP 〉 AMP-PCP 〉 adenosine. In Ussing chamber experiments ATP (1 mmol/l) functioned as a secretagogue, increasing transepithelial voltage (V te) and equivalent short-circuit current (I sc): ΔI sc = –36.4 ± 5.4 μA/cm2, n = 17. Adenosine itself (1 mmol/l) induced an increase of I sc of similar magnitude to that induced by ATP: ΔI sc = –55.1 ± 8.4 μA/cm2, n = 9. The effect of adenosine, but not that of ATP, was fully inhibited by the A1/A2-receptor antagonist 8-(p-sulphophenyl)theophylline, 0.5 mmol/l, n = 4. Together these data indicate that: (1) basolateral ATP induces [Ca2+]i in isolated rat colonic crypts and acts as a secretagogue in the distal rat colon; (2) a basolateral P2Y-receptor is responsible for this ATP-induced NaCl secretion; (3) the ability of ATP to increase I sc in Ussing chamber experiments is not mediated via adenosine; and (4) the agonist-induced [Ca2+]i signals are mostly located in the crypt base, which is the secretory part of the colonic crypt.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Key words Colon ; Cell-to-cell coupling ; Lucifer Yellow ; Rat colonic crypt ; Gap junction ; Exocrine secretion ; Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Epithelial cells of exocrine glands (pancreas, lacrimal glands, salivary glands, sweat glands and gastric glands) are intimately linked together by gap junctions. Due to this close junctional coupling exocrine secretion occurs as the well concerted effort of a cell population. Colonic crypts have, on the one hand, anatomical and functional properties resembling those of exocrine glands (mostly crypt base cells) and, on the other hand, properties of absorbing cells (mostly surface cells). In the mid-crypt, depending on the functional status, absorption and secretion can occur. The present study was aimed at examining whether rat distal colonic crypt cells co-ordinate their functional status by cell-to-cell coupling. Two types of measurements were performed: as an independent assessment of cell viability the membrane voltage (V m) was measured with the fast whole-cell patch-clamp technique; to investigate cellular coupling simultaneously Lucifer Yellow (LY) (mol. wt. 443) distribution was visualized using digital video imaging. LY (500 μmol/l) was included into the patch pipette filling solution. The recorded V m was –73.4±2.3 mV in crypt base cells (n=15), –63.7±2.1 mV in mid-crypt cells (n=17) and –52.3±2.9 mV in crypt surface cells. All cells tested reversibly responded to carbachol (100 μmol/l) with a persistent hyperpolarization, as previously shown. Activation of Cl- secretion by elevation of the cAMP concentration with forskolin (5 μmol/l) led to a reversible depolarization. Throughout the duration of each individual experiment [mean experimental time in basal cells: 18.3±2.5 min (n=15), in mid-crypt cells: 19.6±3.4 min (n=17) and in crypt surface cells: 11.7±3.4 min (n=13)] LY dye distribution was solely confined to the patched cell. In addition bleaching of calcein fluorescence in laser scan microscopy was not followed by dye back diffusion, whereas this was clearly the case in pancreatic acini (n=5). These data indicate that colonic crypt cells are not coupled by gap junctions under resting conditions or in the presence of secretagogues.
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  • 5
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    Pflügers Archiv 423 (1993), S. 519-526 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Carbachol ; Adenosine triphosphate ; Neurotensin ; Fura-2 ; Intracellular Ca2+ ; Ca2+ influx ; Mn2+ ; Verapamil ; Ni2+
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In the present study we have investigated the mechanism of intracellular Ca2+ activity ([Ca2+]i) changes in HT29 cells induced by adenosine triphosphate (ATP), carbachol (CCH), and neurotensin (NT). [Ca2+]i was measured with the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator fura-2 at the single-cell level or in small cell plaques with high time resolution (1–40Hz). ATP and CCH induced not only a dose-dependent [Ca2+]i peak response, but also changes of the plateau phase. The [Ca2+]i plateau was inversely dependent on the ATP concentration, whereas the CCH-induced [Ca2+]i plateau increased at higher CCH concentrations. NT showed (from 10−10 to 10−7 mol/l) in most cases only a [Ca2+]i spike lasting 2–3 min. The [Ca2+]i plateau induced by ATP (10−6 mol/l) and CCH (10−5 mol/l) was abolished by reducing the Ca2+ activity in the bath from 10−3 to 10−4 mol/l (n=7). In Ca2+-free bathing solution the [Ca2+]i peak value for all three agonists was not altered. Using fura-2 quenching by Mn2+ as an indicator of Ca2+ influx the [Ca2+]i peak was always reached before Mn2+ influx started. Every agonist showed this delayed stimulation of the Ca2+ influx with a lag time of 23±1.5 s (n=15) indicating a similar mechanism in each case. Verapamil (10−6–10−4 mol/l) blocked dose dependently both phases (peak and plateau) of the CCH-induced [Ca2+]i increase. Short pre-incubation with verapamil augmented the effect on the [Ca2+]i peak, whereas no further influence on the plateau was observed. Ni2+ (10−3 mol/l) reduced the plateau value by 70%.
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