title: Calcium-permeable channels in rat hepatoma cells are activated by extracellular nucleotides.
abstract: Extracellular ATP is known to cause uptake of Ca2+ by rat liver cells. The specific pathway permitting influx of Ca2+ has not yet been identified. In the present investigations, we studied the properties of ATP-evoked 45Ca2+ uptake in rat hepatoma cell monolayers and then used patch-clamp electrophysiology to identify the channel that may account for this uptake. The results suggest that ATP-stimulated 45Ca2+ uptake occurs as a result of P2-purinergic receptor interaction because uptake was inhibited by Reactive Blue (100 microM), a blocker of this type of receptor. Furthermore, the ability of other adenine nucleotides to stimulate 45Ca2+ uptake was related to the selectivity sequence for binding to the P2-purinergic receptor. ATP-stimulated 45Ca2+ uptake occurs primarily through a conductance pore since it was inhibited by 70% upon dissipation of the membrane potential using the K+ ionophore valinomycin. The calcium channel blockers nifedipine and verapamil failed to inhibit 45Ca2+ uptake, but gadolinium (GdCl3) was an effective blocker. In cell-attached patch-clamp experiments, a single type of channel was activated with ATP (100 microM) addition to the bath in 18 of 32 trials. The current-voltage relationship of the ATP-activated channel is identical to that of the stretch-activated channel previously characterized in this laboratory as a calcium-permeable cation-nonselective channel [Am. J. Physiol. 258 (Cell Physiol. 27): C421-C428, 1990]. There are several lines of evidence which suggest that this cation-nonselective channel may account for ATP-stimulated 45Ca2+ uptake.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Bear
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000494:pharmacology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014634:Valinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D014634:Valinomycin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005682:Gadolinium; D002118:Calcium