title: Effects of mitogens and other agents on rat mesangial cell proliferation, pH, and Ca2+.
abstract: We investigated effects of various agents on proliferation, intracellular pH (pHi), and intracellular calcium [( Ca2+]i) of rat mesangial cells (MCs) in early passages (2-5). Serum-starved MCs incubated in HCO3- were exposed to one of the following: fetal calf serum (FCS), serotonin, angiotensin II (ANG II), arginine vasopressin (AVP), bombesin (Bom), bradykinin (BK), epidermal growth factor (EGF), epinephrine (Epi), interleukin 1 (IL-1), norepinephrine (NE), neuropeptide Y, oxytocin, substance P (SP), platelet-derived growth factor, or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). We assessed DNA synthesis from [3H]thymidine uptake during exposure to test agent. All agents except ANG II, NE, Bom, and SP were mitogenic. When MCs were incubated in a HCO3(-) -free N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid-buffered medium, maximal mitogenic responses to FCS, AVP, and EGF were 41, 44, and 55% (P less than 0.01) lower, respectively, than those in presence of HCO3-. In absence of HCO3-, agents other than BK and IL-1 produced a biphasic pHi response characterized by a transient acidification followed by a prolonged alkalinization that was both Na(+)-dependent and amiloride-sensitive. In presence of HCO3-, agents produced only a small and gradual acidification, except for IL-1 and Epi. Addition of all agonists except IL-1, EGF, and TPA produced significant transient increases in [Ca2+]i, the magnitudes of which were similar in HCO3- and non-HCO3- buffers. These results demonstrate that, in presence of HCO3-, agents (i.e., NE and ANG II) can produce typical [Ca2+]i transients and still not cause MC proliferation. Conversely, an agent may cause proliferation without eliciting a short-term change in either [Ca2+]i or pHi (i.e., IL-1), a change in [Ca2+]i but not pHi (i.e., Epi), or a change in pHi but not [Ca2+]i (i.e., TPA). Thus, at least for MCs, proliferation in HCO3- can be dissociated from early agonist-induced changes in pHi and [Ca2+]i.
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, West Haven Veterans Administration Medical Center, Connecticut 06516.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ganz
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Perfetto
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Boron
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007477:Ions; D008297:Male; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D051381:Rats; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D007477:Ions; D008934:Mitogens; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002118:Calcium