title: Bovine adrenal chromaffin cells contain an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-insensitive but caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ store that can be regulated by intraluminal free Ca2+.
abstract: We have characterized some properties of the caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ store in bovine chromaffin cells. Addition of 10 mM-caffeine to permeabilized cells that were allowed to sequester Ca2+ in the presence of the precipitating anion pyrophosphate induced a transient rise in free Ca2+ concentration that was blocked by 10 microM-Ruthenium Red. Caffeine was able to release Ca2+ after the InsP3-sensitive Ca2+ pool had been completely emptied, and 10 microM-InsP3 still released Ca2+ in the presence of a high dose (50 mM) of caffeine, indicating that there are selectively sensitive Ca2+ pools in these cells. The progressive hydrolysis of pyrophosphate by a cytosolic pyrophosphatase induced a spontaneous Ca2+ release after a latency. Caffeine prevented this spontaneous Ca2+ release, indicating that the pyrophosphate-sensitive Ca2+ pool was caffeine-sensitive. On varying the free Ca2+ concentration within the caffeine-sensitive pool (by using methylenediphosphonic acid, pyrophosphate or no precipitating anion), we observed that the Ca(2+)-releasing effect of caffeine was dependent on an elevated intraluminal free Ca2+ concentration. In conclusion, the caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ store in bovine chromaffin cells is largely distinct from the InsP3-sensitive Ca2+ store, and its release mechanism shares characteristics with the ryanodine receptor of muscle cells.
authors.affiliation: AFRC Laboratory of Molecular Signalling, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Cheek
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Berridge
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Missiaen
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011756:Diphosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011756:Diphosphates; D002110:Caffeine; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002118:Calcium