title: Characteristics of a low affinity passive Ca2+ influx component in rat parotid gland basolateral plasma membrane vesicles.
abstract: We have previously reported the presence of two Ca2+ influx components with relatively high (KCa = 152 +/- 79 microM) and low (KCa = 2.4 +/- 0.9 mM) affinities for Ca2+ in internal Ca2+ pool-depleted rat parotid acinar cells [Chauthaiwale et al. (1996) Pfluegers Arch. 432: 105-111]. We have also reported the presence of a high affinity Ca2+ influx component with KCa = 279 +/- 43 microM in rat parotid gland basolateral plasma membrane vesicles (BLMV). [Lockwich, Kim & Ambudkar (1994) J. Membrane Biol. 141:289-296]. The present studies show that a low affinity Ca2+ influx component is also present in BLMV with KCa = 2.3 +/- 0.41 mM (Vmax = 16.36 +/- 4.11 nmoles of Ca2+/mg protein/min). Our data demonstrate that this low affinity component is similar to the low affinity Ca2+ influx component that is activated by internal Ca2+ store depletion in dispersed parotid gland acini by the following criteria: (i) similar KCa for calcium flux, (ii) similar IC50 for inhibition by Ni2+ and Zn2+; (iii) increase in KCa at high external K+, (iv) similar effects of external pH. The high affinity Ca2+ influx in cells is different from the low affinity Ca2+ influx component cells in its sensitivity to pH, KCl, Zn2+ and Ni2+. The low and high affinity Ca2+ influx components in BLMV can also be distinguished from each other based on the effects of Zn2+, Ni2+, KCl, and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. In aggregate, these data demonstrate the presence of a low affinity passive Ca2+ influx pathway in BLMV which displays characteristics similar to the low affinity Ca2+ influx component detected in parotid acinar cells following internal Ca2+ store depletion.
authors.affiliation: Secretory Physiology Section, Gene Therapy and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Chauthaiwale
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Lockwich
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Ambudkar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009532:Nickel / Q000378:metabolism; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D009532:Nickel; D015032:Zinc; D002118:Calcium