title: Types of voltage-dependent calcium channels involved in high potassium depolarization-induced amylase secretion in the exocrine pancreatic tumour cell line AR4-2J.
abstract: In the perifused fura-2 loaded exocrine pancreatic acinar cell line AR4-2J pulses of high potassium induced repetitive increases in intracellular calcium. Attached cells when stimulated with high potassium secreted large amount of amylase. High potassium-induced secretion was dependent both on the concentration of potassium and duration of stimulation. High potassium induced increases in intracellular calcium were inhibited by voltage-dependent calcium channel antagonists with an order of potency as follows: nifedipine > omega-agatoxin IVA > omega-conotoxin GVIA. In contrast, the L-type calcium channel antagonist nifedipine almost completely inhibited potassium-induced amylase secretion, whereas the N-type channel antagonist omega-conotoxin GVIA was without effect. The P-type channel antagonist omega-agatoxin IVA had a small inhibitory effect, but this inhibition was not significant at the level of amylase secretion. In conclusion, the AR4-2J cell line possesses different voltage-dependent calcium channels (L, P, N) with the L-type predominantly involved in depolarization induced amylase secretion.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Agricultural University Faculty of Biological Sciences, China.
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D000681:Amylases; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium