title: Spontaneous Ca2+ release from a caffeine and ryanodine-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ store in freshly prepared hepatocytes.
abstract: A considerable fraction of freshly prepared hepatocytes loaded with the fluorescent [Ca2+]i indicator fura-2 exhibited spontaneous rhythmic fluctuations that tended to decrease with increasing length of incubation after isolation. These oscillations were dependent on the external Ca2+. They could no longer be observed when a Ca2+ chelator-(ethylenebis [oxyethylenenitrilo]) tetraacetic acid--was added to medium. Addition of thapsigargin, which is known to release Ca2+ from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive and -insensitive Ca2+ stores, induced a large transient increase in [Ca2+]i and abolished the fluctuations. When the cells were treated with 2 mmol/L caffeine, frequency was increased, whereas 10 mmol/L caffeine induced a single large peak followed by a persistent plateau. Moreover, addition of dibutyryl cAMP led to decreased frequency of fluctuations. Ryanodine caused larger fluctuations; thereafter the [Ca2+]i level became much higher and the spikes ceased. These results suggest that spontaneous rhythmic fluctuations in freshly prepared hepatocytes are driven by Ca2+ release from a caffeine- and ryanodine-sensitive calcium-induced calcium release pool.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nozawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000378:metabolism; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin
chemical_list: D013729:Terpenes; D012433:Ryanodine; D002110:Caffeine; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D003994:Bucladesine; D019284:Thapsigargin; D002118:Calcium