title: Ca2+ signalling in exocrine acinar cells: the diffusional properties of cellular inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and its role in the release of Ca2+.
abstract: The correlation between acetylcholine induced changes in the intracellular free, Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), and the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (Ins(1,4,5)P3) content in isolated acini from the rat parotid and lacrimal glands was investigated. Applying digital image processing on Fura-2 loaded acini, we observed that Ca2+ increases either simultaneously throughout the acinar configurations or that occasionally, the rise near the lumen can precede the rise near the basal part by 50-100 ms. Measurements on cell suspensions revealed a correlation between changes in [Ca2+]i and changes in the cellular Ins(1,4,5)P3 content, and it is concluded that in the individual cells Ins(1,4,5)P3 is released to the cytosol within the first second after stimulation. Applying a diffusion coefficient for cytoplasmic Ins(1,4,5)P3 of 2.83 x 10(-6) cm2/s (Allbritton et al., 1992, Science, 258, 1812-1815), we have calculated the concentration profile for this messenger in a sphere with a radius of 10 microns where Ins(1,4,5)P3 is released in the center following a monoexponential function with a rate constant of 4 s-1. Assuming that Ins(1,4,5)P3 concentrations of 1 or 5% of the maximum value is able to release Ca2+, we calculated that Ca2+ waves can appear at a rate of 100 or 40 microns/s. The present data are consistent with Ins(1,4,5)P3 being a cellular messenger, that by diffusion, initiates the Ca2+ release from the cellular pools within the first fraction of a second.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gromada
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tritsaris
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nauntofte
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dissing
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002450:Cell Communication; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D004058:Diffusion; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000502:physiology*; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D012964:Sodium; D000109:Acetylcholine; D002118:Calcium