title: Calcium-dependent and ouabain-resistant oxygen consumption in the rat neurohypophysis.
abstract: To analyze rapid changes in energy metabolism in the neurohypophysis, pO2 was measured in the tissue in vitro with a miniature O2 electrode (tip diameter less than 100 microns, 90% response time less than 3 s). Electrical stimulation (20 Hz, 5 s) evoked immediate pO2 decreases by 93.4 +/- 10.5 mm Hg (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 12) which lasted for about 1 min and were blocked by tetrodotoxin (1 microM) or sodium cyanide (1 mM). Replacement of Ca2+ in the perifusing medium with Mn2+ reduced the pO2 decreases to 23.1 +/- 4.9% (n = 5) of the value before the replacement. In normal medium, ouabain application (1 mM, 3 min) suppressed the electrically evoked pO2 decreases only slightly to 82.6 +/- 6.5% (n = 5). In the Mn2+ medium, the same ouabain application suppressed the pO2 changes to 28.8 +/- 1.4%. High K+ (70 mM) evoked pO2 decreases by 175.8 +/- 14.9 mm Hg (n = 5) within 1-2 min. These pO2 changes were reduced to 35.6 +/- 3.8% in an Mn2+ medium. Veratridine (100 microM) evoked pO2 decreases by 204.8 +/- 36.3 mm Hg (n = 5). During the pO2 decreases, the effects of electrical or high K+ stimulation on pO2 were blocked. These results indicate that O2 consumption was evoked by electrical stimulation, and probably that high K+ or veratridine application in the neurohypophysis is mainly dependent on extracellular calcium and resistant to ouabain. The relationship between O2 consumption and exocytotic release is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008297:Male; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014701:Veratridine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010042:Ouabain; D014701:Veratridine; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium