title: Effect of ATP and platelet-activating factor on intracellular calcium concentrations of cultured oviductal cells from cows.
abstract: Oviductal endosalpingeal cells were mechanically isolated from heifers at different reproductive stages (cyclic: days 8-14, at oestrus: day 0 and pregnant: day 7) and cultured until 100% confluent. The cells were loaded with the Ca(2+)-sensitive fluorochrome fura-2/AM, and cytosolic free calcium ([Ca2+]i) was monitored spectrofluorimetrically and by use of a microscope image analysis system. ATP (400 mumol l-1) evoked a prompt increase in [Ca2+]i in all cell preparations in both the presence or absence of extracellular Ca2+ when measured with the cuvette method. Single cell measurements using oviductal cells from cyclic heifers revealed a heterogeneous [Ca2+]i pattern in response to ATP, with some cells either failing to respond or reacting very slowly. Platelet-activating factor (PAF, 30 nmol l-1) induced a rapid increase in [Ca2+]i especially in cells derived from cyclic and pregnant animals, but the effect was significantly less in cells from heifers at oestrus. The increase in [Ca2+]i in bovine cells induced by PAF was reduced when extracellular calcium was depleted, indicating that the effect of PAF on [Ca2+]i involves an influx from the extracellular space. Voltage-sensitive calcium channels do not appear to be involved in the influx of extracellular Ca2+ since verapamil had no effect on the PAF-induced increase in [Ca2+]i. The PAF receptor antagonist WEB 2086 inhibited the PAF-mediated effects on [Ca2+]i.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Biology of Farm Animals, Dummerstorf Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tiemann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neels
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Küchenmeister
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Walzel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spitschak
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004971:Estrus / Q000378:metabolism; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002118:Calcium