title: Ca2+ control of electrolyte permeability in plasma membrane vesicles from cat pancreas.
abstract: The influence of Ca2+ and other cations on electrolyte permeability has been studied in isolated membrane vesicles from cat pancreas. Ca2+ in the micromolar to millimolar concentration range, as well as Mg2+, Sr2+, Mn2+ and La3+ at a tested concentration 10(-4) M, increased Na+ permeability when applied at the vesicle inside. When added to the vesicle outside, however, they decreased Na+ permeability. Ba2+ was effective from the outside but not from the vesicle inside. When Ca2+ was present at both sides of the membrane, Na+ efflux was not affected as compared to that in the absence of Ca2+. Monovalent cations such as Rb+, Cs+, K+, Tris+ and choline+ decreased Na+ permeability when present at the vesicle outside at a concentration range of 10 to 100 mM. Increasing Na+ concentrations from 10 to 100 mM at the vesicle inside increased Na+ permeability. The temperature dependence of Na+ efflux revealed that the activation energy increased in the lower temperature range (0 to 10 degrees C) when Ca2+ was present at the outside or at both sides, but not when present at the vesicle inside only or in the absence of Ca2+. The results suggest that the Ca2+ outside effect is due to binding of calcium to negatively charged phospholipids with a consequent reduction of both fluidity and Na+ permeability of the membrane. The Ca2+-inside effect most likely involves interaction with proteins with consequent increase in Na+ permeability. The data are consistent with current hypotheses on secretagogue-induced fluid secretion in acinar cells of the pancreas according to which secretagogues elicit NaCl and fluid secretion by liberating Ca2+ from cellular membranes and by stimulating Ca2+ influx into the cell. The increased intracellular Ca2+ concentration in turn increases the contraluminal Na+ permeability which leads to NaCl influx. The luminal sodium pump finally transports Na+ ions into the lumen.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002413:Cations, Divalent / Q000494:pharmacology; D002415:Cats; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects*; D002586:Cesium / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012413:Rubidium / Q000378:metabolism; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D002586:Cesium; D012964:Sodium; D012413:Rubidium; D002118:Calcium