title: Calcium ion uptake induced by cholinergic and alpha-adrenergic stimulation in isolated cells of rat salivary glands.
abstract: Adrenaline (10(-5) M) and carbamylcholine (10(-4) M) stimulate 45Ca2+ uptake into isolated cells of rat submandibular galnd and parotid glands. In the presence of the alpha-adrenoreceptor blocking agent phentolamine, adrenaline stimulation of 45Ca2+ uptake is abolished. The beta-adrenergic stimulant isoproterenol has no effect on 45Ca2+ uptake. Carbamylcholine induced 45Ca2+ uptake is inhibited by atropine. The Ca2+ ionophore A23187 stimulates 45Ca2+ uptake, whereas dibutyryl cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate and dibutyryl cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate have no effect on 45Ca2+ uptake. A graphical analysis of the 45Ca2+ uptake curves reveals at least two phases: a fast phase and a slow phase, both of which are stimulated by adrenaline and carbamylcholine. The 45Ca-exchangeable pool size is increased by adrenaline and carbamylcholine in both the fast and the slow phases. These results suggest that alpha-adrenergic and cholinergic agonists act by increasing the rate of Ca2+ transfer into the cells of the parotid and submandibular salivary glands most probably through an increase of the cell membrane permeability for Ca2+.
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000502:physiology*; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000502:physiology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D002217:Carbachol; D000681:Amylases; D002118:Calcium; D004837:Epinephrine