title: H+-dependent calcium uptake into an IP3-sensitive calcium pool from rat parotid gland.
abstract: In permeabilized parotid cells and in isolated membrane vesicles from parotid endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Mg-ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake was measured using a Ca2+-specific macroelectrode and 45Ca2+, respectively. Mg-ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake was inhibited by vanadate (2 x 10(-3) mol/l) by approximately 45% in permeabilized cells and by approximately 70% in membrane vesicles from ER during the initial 10 min. After this lag phase, Ca2+ uptake increased and low steady-state free [Ca2+] of approximately 3 x 10(-7) mol/l was still reached in presence of vanadate within 30-40 min. Subsequent addition of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) caused a similar Ca2+ release compared with control. This indicates that in presence of vanadate an IP3-sensitive Ca2+ pool was filled. However, when protonophores, such as nigericin or carbonyl cyanide-m-chlorophenylhydrazone, were added in addition to vanadate, this low steady-state free [Ca2+] was not reached. 45Ca2+ uptake was reduced by approximately 70% within 60 min, and IP3 did not cause 45Ca2+ release when given subsequently, indicating that filling of an IP3-sensitive Ca2+ pool was prevented. Mg-ATP-driven H+ uptake into ER vesicles, as estimated with acridine orange, was abolished by protonophores and by the H+-ATPase blockers N-ethylmaleimide and Dio 9 but was unaltered by vanadate. Preincubation of ER vesicles in a medium without Ca2+, but with vanadate and with Mg-ATP to generate an H+ gradient, allowed demonstration of 45Ca2+ uptake from a medium that did not contain ATP. The cation sequence in absence of vanadate for support of Mg-ATP-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake was K+ greater than Na+ greater than Li+ = choline+ and, in presence of vanadate, was choline+ greater than Li+ = Na+ greater than K+. A preformed H+ gradient dissipated more rapidly in presence of K+ compared with choline+, probably due to an intrinsic K+ permeability of ER membrane. Our data indicate that both a Ca2+ and a H+ pump are located in a compartment of ER that is also sensitive to IP3. Ca2+ uptake is coupled to an H+ gradient that is generated by the H+ pump and most likely occurs via Mg-ATP-driven Ca2+-H+ countertransport but to some extent can also operate in absence of ATP at the expense of the H+ gradient.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thévenod
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D013403:Sugar Phosphates / Q000502:physiology*; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D013403:Sugar Phosphates; D014638:Vanadates; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002118:Calcium