title: Properties of the depolarization-activated calcium and barium entry in osteoblast-like cells.
abstract: Measurements of free cystolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and Ba2+ ([Ba2+]i) concentrations with Fura 2 were used to identify and characterize the properties of a depolarization-activated Ca2+ and Ba2+ entry in the plasma membrane of osteoblast-like cells. The presence of this pathway was demonstrated in two osteoblastic cell lines, UMR-106 and MC3T3-E1 and osteoblasts isolated from rat long bone and rat neonatal calvariae. Subsequent characterization of the pathway was performed in the osteosarcoma cell line UMR-106. Depolarization of the cells with high medium K+ was followed by an increase in [Ca2+]i which was dependent on medium Ca2+. Ba2+ ions depolarized the cells and were transported by this pathway. Mg2+ ions interfered with Ca2+ and Ba2+ entry. At 140 mM KCl and 1 mM MgCl2, the pathway could be saturated with Ca2+ or Ba2+. The apparent affinity for Ca2+ was 0.78 mM and for Ba2+ 1.82 mM. Ca2+ or Ba2+ entry into the cells was blocked by low concentrations of nicardipine, diltiazem, verapamil, and La3+. In the absence of an increase in [Ca2+]i or [Ba2+]i, the pathway inactivated within about 5 min after depolarization. When [Ca2+]i or [Ba2+]i was allowed to increase, the pathway inactivated within about 20 s. These properties suggest that Ca2+ and Ba2+ entry are mediated by an L-type, depolarization-activated Ca2+ channel in osteoblasts. The activity of these channels changes little with an increase or decrease in cell volume. Thus, it is concluded that these pathways do not provide the Ca2+ entry pathway required for initiation of volume decrease by osteoblasts.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kleeman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muallem
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001464:Barium / Q000378:metabolism*; D001572:Benzofurans; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D016257:Fura-2; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D001464:Barium; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2