title: Receptor-mediated increase in cytosolic calcium in LLC-PK1 cells by platelet activating factor and thromboxane A2.
abstract: Several studies indicate an important role of platelet activating factor (PAF) and thromboxane A2 (TXA2) in glomerular pathophysiology. However, the potential role of PAF or TXA2 in renal tubular pathophysiology has received little attention, and the presence of functional receptors for these autacoids in renal tubular epithelium has not been previously studied. We examined the effects of PAF and the TXA2 analogue, ONO11113, on the cytosolic free calcium concentration [( Ca2+]i) in cultured LLC-PK1 cell line using a fluorescent probe, fura-2. In these cells, the addition of PAF or ONO11113 caused a significant increment in [Ca2+]i in a dose-dependent manner: both agonists (10(-7) M) increased [Ca2+]i from 148 +/- 16 to 288 +/- 39 nM and from 130 +/- 8 to 240 +/- 18 nM, with the values of EC50 for PAF and ONO11113 being 17 +/- 4 and 17 +/- 2 nM, respectively. These effects were both rapid and transient, returning to baseline in two minutes. The effect of PAF was selectively blocked by PAF receptor antagonist BN50730, but not by TXA2 receptor antagonist L657925. Similarly ONO11113 response was abolished by L657925, but not by BN50730. PAF- or ONO11113-challenged cells did not respond to a second addition of the same agent and showed heterologous desensitization to the other agonist. The initial peaks of [Ca2+]i as well as the sustained elevations in [Ca2+]i induced by PAF or ONO11113 were reduced following the chelation of extracellular Ca2+ by 10 mM ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminomethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Mayeux
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D011982:Receptors, Prostaglandin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D058924:Thienopyridines; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D014230:Triazoles
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D002227:Carbazoles; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D011982:Receptors, Prostaglandin; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane; D013777:Tetrazoles; D058924:Thienopyridines; D014230:Triazoles; C039351:platelet activating factor receptor; C069994:L 657925; C066686:BN 50730; D013928:Thromboxane A2; C037866:STA 2; D002118:Calcium