title: Diabetic rat glomerular mesangial cells display normal inositol trisphosphate and calcium release.
abstract: Since diabetes may cause cellular myo-inositol depletion, we investigated whether the observed in vitro hypocontractile response of streptozotocin (STZ)-treated rat glomeruli to angiotensin II (ANG II) is associated with an alteration in inositol trisphosphate (IP3) mobilization of intracellular Ca2+. Contraction of diabetic isolated glomeruli induced by ANG II (5 microM), measured in vitro by changes in the planar area, was reduced by 60%, compared with normal up to 60 min (P < 0.05). In cells of isolated glomeruli, preloaded with myo-[3H]inositol, production of [3H]inositol phosphates ([3H]IPs) and [3H]inositol trisphosphate ([3H]IP3) was analyzed by Dowex chromatography. ANG II (1 microM) evoked an immediate peak (5-10 s) in total [3H]IPs of 60.5 +/- 18.8% (mean +/- SE) above basal (nonstimulated state) in normal glomeruli, and 88.4 +/- 19.4% in diabetic condition [not significant (NS), n = 8]. At 60 s, the normal and diabetic total [3H]IPs responses were not significantly different from each other. The immediate (10 s) [3H]IP3 response from normal glomeruli, 8.1 +/- 7.9% above basal, was not significantly different from that of diabetic glomeruli, 15.7 +/- 7.4%. ANG II receptor-mediated rise in cytosolic Ca2+ in the cells of normal and diabetic isolated glomeruli was compared by measuring the efflux of 45Ca2+. Isolated glomeruli were preloaded with 45Ca2+. Following ANG II stimulation, peak 45Ca2+ efflux values at 1 min were 141.7 +/- 15.9% (normal) vs. 143.7 +/- 7.8% (diabetic) of baseline (100%), respectively (NS, n = 4). Thapsigargin, 2 microM, specifically prevented ANG II-stimulated and IP3-mediated 45Ca2+ efflux (73% inhibition, P < 0.001) from cells of whole glomeruli.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hurst
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Whiteside
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin
chemical_list: D013729:Terpenes; D000804:Angiotensin II; D019284:Thapsigargin; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium