title: Ca2+ flow via tunnels in polarized cells: recharging of apical Ca2+ stores by focal Ca2+ entry through basal membrane patch.
abstract: Intracellular Ca2+ store depletion induces Ca2+ entry across the plasma membrane, allowing the store to recharge. In our experiments, Ca2+ stores in pancreatic acinar cells were depleted by acetylcholine (ACh) stimulation in Ca2+-free solution. Thereafter, Ca2+ entry was only allowed through a CaCl2-containing pipette attached to the basal membrane. Recharging intracellular Ca2+ stores via a patch pipette occurred without a rise in the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration and depended on the operation of a thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ pump. After a period of focal Ca2+ entry, ACh could again evoke a rise in the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, and this rise always started in the apical secretory pole. Recharging the apical Ca2+ store therefore depends on Ca2+ flow through a tunnel from the basal to the secretory pole, and the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump is essential for this process.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Secretory Control Research Group, Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mogami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Tepikin
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D016764:Cell Polarity; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000378:metabolism; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D019284:Thapsigargin; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000109:Acetylcholine; D002118:Calcium