title: Cholinergic stimulation produces oscillations of cytosolic Ca2+ in a secretory epithelial cell line, T84.
abstract: The effects of carbamylcholine (carbachol) on intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]c) of T84 cells were examined using the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator fura-2 and microfluorometric techniques. In single isolated cells, carbachol (100 microM) caused a rapid increase in [Ca2+]c of 184 +/- 15 nM (SE, n = 44) from a resting value of 56 +/- 7 nM. This initial transient was followed by a series of oscillations in 68% of the cells. Atropine (10 microM) blocked this response. Removal of bath Ca2+ did not inhibit the rise in [Ca2+]c or oscillations, but the response duration was shortened in 47% of the cells. The amplitude and latency of the initial Ca2+ rise, frequency of oscillations, and number of responding cells varied with the agonist concentration. We have previously shown that carbachol induces an oscillating K+ conductance in T84 cells [D. Devor, S. Simasko, and M. Duffey. Am. J. Physiol. 258 (Cell Physiol. 27): C318-C326, 1990]. Simultaneous measurement of membrane K+ current and fura-2 fluorescence in the same cell demonstrated a correlation between the rise in [Ca2+]c and increase in K+ current. These results show that a rise in [Ca2+]c and oscillations is likely to underlie the membrane K+ current responses to carbachol in T84 cells. Responses from a single cell within a subconfluent monolayer were different from those of isolated cells. In cells of a monolayer the initial [Ca2+]c rise (111 +/- 8 nM; n = 41) was followed by a decline to a stable plateau, and oscillations were not seen. Removal of bath Ca2+ both reduced the initial transient and eliminated the plateau phase of the response. These results suggest that cell-to-cell contact or differentiation during monolayer formation influences the Ca2+ handling mechanisms of T84 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Devor
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Duffey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D003600:Cytosol / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004848:Epithelium; D007700:Kinetics; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001285:Atropine; D002217:Carbachol; D002118:Calcium