title: Effects of low extracellular Ca2+ on cytosolic free Ca2+, Na+, and pH of MDCK cells.
abstract: The effects of lowering the Ca2+ electrochemical potential (delta mu Ca2+) by removing extracellular calcium (Ca2+o) was studied in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. We measured cytosolic free calcium (Ca2+i), intracellular Na+ (Na+i), and intracellular pH (pHi) as well as Ca2+ and Na+ influx and efflux and H+ secretion. As soon as Ca2+o was lowered to zero, Ca2+ efflux increased 2-fold, and Na+ influx increased 4.3-fold. As a result, Ca2+i fell 71% from 120 to 34.7 nM, and Na+i rose 56% from 16.7 to 26.1 mM. At the same time, H+ secretion was depressed 38%, and pHi fell from 7.32 to 7.22. When Ca2+o was restored to normal (1.3 mM), there was a sharp rise in Ca2+i from 34.7 to 243 nM (+600%) caused by an immediate increase in Ca2+ influx (+112%). At the same time, Na+ efflux increased 20%. Ten to fifteen minutes after restoring Ca2+o to 1.3 mM, Ca2+i, Na+i, and pHi were back to control levels. These results suggest that reducing delta mu Ca2+ activates the forward mode of Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange which leads to a fall in Ca2+i and a decreased delta mu Na+ by increasing Na+i. The fall in delta mu Na+ secondarily depresses Na(+)-H+ exchange which results in a reduced H+ secretion and a fall in pHi. When Ca2+o is restored to 1.3 mM, the reverse mode of Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange is activated, since delta mu Ca2+ is larger than normal because of the low Ca2+i, and delta mu Na+ is reduced because of the high Na+i.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15261.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Borle
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Borle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dobransky
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gorecka-Tisera
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Swain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D003600:Cytosol / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007668:Kidney; D007700:Kinetics; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012964:Sodium; D002118:Calcium