title: Heterogeneous responses of cell Ca2+ in human airway epithelium.
abstract: The Ca(2+)-mobilizing actions of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), bradykinin, and histamine were compared in phenotypically distinct human nasal epithelial (HNE) cell types and as a function of time in cell culture. Single-cell measurements of intracellular free Ca2+ (Ca2+i, Fura-2 fluorescence) were recorded in ciliated cells 1-2 days in primary culture, and in nonciliated cells 1-2 days (keratin 14-positive) or 4-5 days (keratin 18-positive) after seeding. No difference in basal Ca2+i was noted between ciliated and nonciliated cell preparations. For ciliated and nonciliated cells studied 1-2 days in culture, ATP, bradykinin, and histamine elicited a cytosolic Ca2+ response in 100% of the cells examined. For nonciliated HNE cells maintained 4-5 days in culture, ATP (10(-4) M) increased cytosolic Ca2+ in all cells tested, but only 85% of the cells responded to bradykinin (10(-5) M) addition, and 65% to histamine (10(-4) M) stimulation. In terms of the absolute change of Ca2+i (delta Ca2+i, peak-basal value), the efficacy was ATP > bradykinin > histamine for the 3 HNE cell preparations. However, the delta Ca2+i in response to agonists was smaller in nonciliated HNE cells studied 1-2 days or 4-5 days in culture as compared to the ciliated cell preparation. Thapsigargin (300 nM), an agent that mobilizes Ca2+i, was equally effective in raising cytosolic Ca2+ in nonciliated (1-2 days and 4-5 days in culture) and ciliated HNE cells. These data show that ciliated cells consistently respond to all agonists, whereas the cytosolic Ca2+ response to ATP, bradykinin, and histamine in nonciliated cells was quantitatively reduced at a comparable time period (1-2 days) and became smaller and less frequent in nonciliated cell preparations maintained 4-5 days in culture. These results demonstrate time-dependent differences in the magnitude and frequency of cytosolic Ca2+ responses to certain agonists, strongly indicating that measurements of Ca2+i in HNE cells must account for the heterogeneity of the cell types and the time cells are maintained in primary culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 27599-7020, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Paradiso
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Harden
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Boucher
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000328:Adult; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D016257:Fura-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000378:metabolism; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D019284:Thapsigargin; D007633:Keratins; D006632:Histamine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2