title: Is renin secretion governed by the calcium permeability of the juxtaglomerular cell membrane?
abstract: Using cell cultures rich in renal juxtaglomerular cells we found that a change of the intracellular c-AMP concentration is not a prerequisite for an alteration of the renin secretion rate. Modulators of renin secretion including activators of the adenylate cyclase, however, altered the calcium permeability of the cellular plasma membrane in a way that stimulators of renin secretion lowered the calcium permeability and vice versa. Our results suggest that renin secretion is controlled by the intracellular calcium concentration and not by c-AMP. We postulate that modulators of renin secretion act by changing the calcium permeability of the cell membrane.
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007606:Juxtaglomerular Apparatus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D051381:Rats; D012083:Renin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D000804:Angiotensin II; D005576:Colforsin; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D014700:Verapamil; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D012083:Renin; D007545:Isoproterenol; D002118:Calcium