title: The alpha-adrenergic-mediated activation of the cardiac mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter and its role in the control of intramitochondrial Ca2+ in vivo.
abstract: Administration of methoxamine (10 microM, 2 min) to perfused rat hearts increased the rate at which subsequently isolated mitochondria accumulated Ca2+. Methoxamine did not change significantly the development of delta phi with time or the basal rates of Ca2+ flux on inhibition of the uniporter with Ruthenium Red. With 200 microM-Pi, the rates of Ca2+ uptake at constant delta phi were unaffected by the small variations in endogenous [Pi] between mitochondrial preparations, and were also unaffected by changes in internal Ca2+ over the approximate range 8-43 nmol of Ca2+/mg. At low internal Ca2+ (about 8 nmol/mg of protein) the rates of Ca2+ uptake at constant delta phi were unaffected by addition of 200 microM-Pi. Under these conditions, the uniporter activity and the uniporter conductance were increased by 38-40% by methoxamine pretreatment. The endogenous Ca2+ content of mitochondria from control heart was about 1.8 nmol of Ca2+/mg of protein. Perfusion with agonist increased the Ca2+ content as follows: 10 microM-methoxamine (2 min), 48%; 1 microM-isoprenaline (2 min), 100%; 1 microM-adrenaline (2 min), 140%. The implications of the data for the adrenergic control of oxidative metabolism by intramitochondrial Ca2+ is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008729:Methoxamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013367:Submitochondrial Particles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; C034703:mitochondrial calcium uniporter; D008729:Methoxamine; D007545:Isoproterenol; D002118:Calcium; D004837:Epinephrine