title: Modulatory effect of HCO3- on rat mast cell exocytosis: cross-talks between bicarbonate and calcium.
abstract: HCO-3 modulation of histamine release and its relationship with the Ca2+ signal were studied in serosal rat mast cells. Histamine release was induced by Ca2+ mobilizing stimuli, namely compound 48/80, thapsigargin, Ca2+ chelators, ionophore A23187, and PMA and ionophore A23187 in a HCO-3-buffered medium or a HCO-3-free medium. The presence of HCO-3 reduced histamine release by 48/80, Ca2+ chelators, A23187, and PMA/A23187, but increased histamine release induced by thapsigargin. Histamine release by PMA was significantly higher in a HCO-3-free medium than in a HCO-3-free medium, as it was the PMA potentiation of histamine release by A23187. [Ca2+]i changes induced by these drugs were measured in fura-2-loaded mast cells. In thapsigargin and EGTA or BAPTA preincubated mast cells [Ca2+]i increase was higher in a HCO-3-buffered medium than in a HCO-3-free medium in the presence of Ca2+. On the contrary, in compound 48/80 and PMA/A23187 activated mast cells the [Ca2+]i increase is the same both in the presence and in the absence of HCO-3. The effect of HCO-3 on histamine release in serosal rat mast cells depends on the stimulus, but it is not related to the presence of Cl-. In thapsigargin-stimulated mast cells the effect of HCO-3 on histamine release may be related to the Ca2+ signal, but in compound 48/80, EGTA, and PMA/A23187-activated mast cells there is no relationship between intracellular Ca2+ and the inhibitory effect of HCO-3 on histamine release. Additionally, the PKC pathway is implicated in the inhibitory effect of HCO-3 on histamine release, the higher the chelation of calcium rendering the higher the enhancement of the response after adding calcium in the absence of HCO-3.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vilariño
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Vieytes
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vieites
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Botana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005089:Exocytosis; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000502:physiology; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D002614:Chelating Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007476:Ionophores; D000001:Calcimycin; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine; D019284:Thapsigargin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium