title: Properties of intracellular calcium stores and their role in receptor-mediated catecholamine secretion in rat adrenal chromaffin cells.
abstract: Simulation of rat adrenal chromaffin cells either with receptor agonists such as muscarine, bradykinin and histamine or with caffeine in Ca(2+)-free Krebs solution induced a brief increase in the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration, [Ca2+]i, which terminated within 90 s. Both the agonist- and caffeine-induced [Ca2+]i responses were abolished in cells which had been treated with either 500 nM thapsigargin (TG) or 20 microM ryanodine, suggesting that inositol trisphosphate and caffeine cause Ca2+ release either from the same Ca2+ store or from distinct stores which exchange Ca2+ rapidly. In normal Krebs solution, these agonists evoked catecholamine (CA) secretion which showed an initial transient followed by a sustained component. Neither component of the secretion was significantly affected by TG or ryanodine. In the medium containing 16 microM Ca2+ or no Ca2+, CA secretion evoked by 30-second stimulation with 100 microM muscarine was 59 or 7%, respectively, of that evoked in the normal medium containing 2 mM Ca2+. In TG-treated cells, the CA secretion at 16 microM Ca2+ was reduced to 23% and that in the Ca(2+)-free medium was completely abolished. These results suggest that the receptor-mediated Ca2+ entry solely determines the rate of CA secretion in rat chromaffin cells when stimulated by receptor agonists in the normal medium, whereas intracellular Ca2+ release and Ca2+ entry may cooperatively support the secretion when cells are stimulated in media containing low concentrations of Ca2+.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Warashina
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009116:Muscarine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000819:agonists; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D012433:Ryanodine; D002110:Caffeine; D009116:Muscarine; D006632:Histamine; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium