title: The thapsigargin-evoked increase in [Ca2+]i involves an InsP3-dependent Ca2+ release process in pancreatic acinar cells.
abstract: In pancreatic acinar cells, as in many other cell types, the tumour promoter thapsigargin (TG) evokes a significant increase of intracellular free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i). The increases of [Ca2+]i evoked by TG was associated with significant changes of plasma membrane Ca2+ permeability, with [Ca2+]i values following changes in extracellular [Ca2+]. Plasma membrane Ca2+ extrusion is activated rapidly as a consequence of the rise in [Ca2+]i evoked by TG and the rate of extrusion is linearly dependent on [Ca2+]i up to 1 microM Ca2+. In contrast, the activation of the Ca2+ entry pathway is delayed and the apparent rate of Ca2+ entry is independent of [Ca2+]i. In the presence of 20 mM caffeine, which reduces the resting levels of inositol trisphosphate (InsP3), the increase of [Ca2+]i evoked by TG was significantly reduced. The reduction was manifest both as a decrease of the amplitude of the [Ca2+]i peak (30% reduction) and, more importantly, as a reduction of the apparent maximal rate of [Ca2+]i increase (from 12.3 +/- 1.0 to 6.1 +/- 0.6 nM Ca2+/s). The inhibition evoked by caffeine was reversible and the removal of caffeine in the continuous presence of TG evoked a further increase of [Ca2+]i. The amplitude of the [Ca2+]i increase upon caffeine removal was reduced as a function of the time of TG exposure. Addition of TG in the presence of 1 mM La3+, which is known to inhibit the plasma membrane Ca(2+)-activated adenosine triphosphatase, induced a much higher peak of [Ca2+]i. This increase was associated with an augmentation of the apparent rate of [Ca2+]i increase (from 12.3 +/- 1.2 to 16.1 +/- 1.9 nM Ca2+/s).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Physiological Laboratory, Liverpool University, Merseyside, UK.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Toescu
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000502:physiology*; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019284:Thapsigargin
chemical_list: D013729:Terpenes; D002110:Caffeine; D019284:Thapsigargin; D007811:Lanthanum; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium