title: Histamine stimulates a biphasic calcium response in the human tracheal epithelial cell line CF/T43.
abstract: We have studied the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) response to histamine and other inflammatory mediators in a cystic fibrosis tracheal epithelial cell line (CF/T43) using digital fluorescence imaging. Brief pulses of histamine increased [Ca2+]i in a concentration-dependent manner with threshold, half-maximal, and maximal responses at approximately 5 microM, 120 microM, and 10 mM, respectively. The calcium response to sustained histamine exposure was markedly biphasic, consisting of an early peak (to approximately 2.4 microM [Ca2+]i) followed by a smaller second peak that lasted 45-60 s. Neither peak was directly dependent on Ca2+ influx. In contrast, stimulation with bradykinin gave a single peak followed by a smooth decay back to baseline levels. Sustained perfusion with histamine did not affect the bradykinin response, which is known to be mediated by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3). The H1-type histamine receptor blockers mepyramine, diphenhydramine, and (+)-chlorpheniramine were potent antagonists of the histamine response. Diphenhydramine was also a weak agonist at high concentrations (> or = 1 mM) and gave a biphasic response similar to that with histamine. The H2-type receptor blocker cimetidine and the H3-type receptor blocker thioperamide had no effect. Indomethacin failed to inhibit the second phase of the histamine-stimulated [Ca2+]i response, suggesting that the second [Ca2+]i peak is not due to secondary production of prostaglandins. Neomycin, which inhibits IP3 production, completely abolished the [Ca2+]i response to bradykinin stimulation but did not affect the second phase of the histamine response. The biphasic nature of the histamine response, the insensitivity of the second [Ca2+]i peak to neomycin, and the independence of bradykinin and histamine responses suggest that histamine may modulate [Ca2+]i through multiple IP3 and non-IP3 pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hanrahan
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003470:Culture Media; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D016257:Fura-2; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D009355:Neomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D013997:Time Factors; D014132:Trachea / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D006632:Histamine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D009355:Neomycin; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2