Plasma membrane calcium pump-mediated calcium efflux and bulk cytosolic free calcium in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto normotensives rats.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the efficacy of the calcium pump-mediated calcium efflux pathway in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with that in Wistar-Kyoto normotensive rats (WKY), at rest and after angiotensin II stimulation.


METHODS
The intracellular free calcium concentration and calcium-45 efflux were measured in parallel, in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells isolated from 10-week-old male SHR and WKY rats.


METHODS
The intracellular free calcium concentration and calcium-45 efflux were studied in confluent vascular smooth muscle cells in culture. Experiments were performed in the absence of added extracellular calcium and sodium. Fura-2 was used to measure basal and angiotensin II-stimulated intracellular free calcium concentration. Effluxed calcium-45 was measured over 5s intervals to determine basal and angiotensin II-stimulated calcium efflux rates in SHR and in WKY rats.


RESULTS
No significant difference between SHR and WKY rats was observed in basal intracellular free calcium concentration or 100nmol/l angiotensin II-stimulated peak intracellular free calcium concentration. However, significantly elevated basal and 100 nmol/l angiotensin II-stimulated calcium-45 efflux rates were found in SHR. The calcium-45 efflux rates in SHR were elevated when the efflux was normalized with respect to the bulk intracellular free calcium concentration. The time taken to reach the maximum calcium-45 efflux rate after angiotensin II stimulation was reduced in SHR compared with that in WKY rats and was dose-dependent in both rat strains.


CONCLUSIONS
The calcium-pump mediated calcium efflux pathway appears to be more efficient in SHR. This may be the result of post-translational modification, enhanced calcium pump sites in a critical region of the membrane, or the presence of a pool of calcium near the plasma membrane that is not readily detected by cytosolic Fura-2 but is higher in SHR both before and after angiotensin II stimulation.
Monteith
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Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Kable
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Chen
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Roufogalis
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D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium