title: Functional evidence for a Ca2+/polyvalent cation sensor in the mouse thick ascending limb.
abstract: The effects of extracellular polyvalent cations on the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) of isolated segments of the mouse nephron were investigated using fura 2 microfluorometry. Extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o), gadolinium (Gd3+), and neomycin (Neo) increased the [Ca2+]i in cortical thick ascending limb (CTAL) tubules with effective doses (ED50) of approximately 3.5 mM for Ca2+, 20 microM for Gd3+, and 40 microM for Neo. This effect was reproduced by Ba2+ but not by Mg2+. High [Ca2+]o inhibited the responses to Gd3+, Neo, and Ba2+. The Gd(3+)- and Neo-evoked [Ca2+]i transients persisted in the absence of external Ca2+ and were abolished by the depletion of internal Ca2+ stores with thapsigargin (TG). The responses to rises in [Ca2+]o were similarly inhibited by TG and slightly reduced by 20 microM La3+ but not by 10 microM nifedipine. Mn2+ also mobilized a TG-sensitive internal Ca2+ store and stimulated its own entry. External Ca2+, Gd3+, and Neo induced small but significant increases in [Ca2+]i in distal convoluted tubule, cortical collecting duct, and outer medullary collecting duct segments, transiently increased [Ca2+]i in some medullary TAL (MTAL) tubules, but had no effect on descending thin limb. We conclude that a Ca(2+)-mobilizing Ca2+/polyvalent cation sensor resembling that of the parathyroid gland cells is predominantly located in the mouse CTAL but also in the MTAL and, to a lesser extent, in more distal segments.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 323, Faculté de Médecine Necker, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paulais
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baudouin-Legros
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teulon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002412:Cations / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D016257:Fura-2; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000494:pharmacology; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008138:Loop of Henle / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009355:Neomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009399:Nephrons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009994:Osmolar Concentration
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D005682:Gadolinium; D009355:Neomycin; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2