title: Different types of calcium channels and secretion from bovine chromaffin cells.
abstract: Bovine chromaffin cells possess several types of Ca2+ channels, and influx of Ca2+ is known to trigger secretion. However, discrepant information about the relative importance of the individual subtypes in secretion has been reported. We used whole-cell patch-clamp measurements in isolated cells in culture combined with fura-2 microfluorimetry and pharmacological manipulation to determine the dependence of secretion on different types of Ca2+ channels. We stimulated cells with relatively long depolarizing voltage-clamp pulses in a medium containing 60 mM CaCl2. We found that, within a certain range of pulse parameters, secretion as measured by membrane capacitance changes was mainly determined by the total cumulative charge of Ca2+ inflow and the basal [Ca2+] level preceding a stimulus. Blocking or reducing the contribution of specific types of Ca2+ channels using either 20 microM nifedipine plus 10 microM nimodipine or 1 microM omegaCTxGVIA (omega-conotoxin GVIA) or 2 microM omegaCTxMVIIC (omega-conotoxin MVIIC) reduced secretion in proportion to Ca2+ charge, irrespective of the toxin used. We conclude that for long-duration stimuli, which release a large fraction of the readily releasable pool of vesicles, it is not so important through which type of channels Ca2+ enters the cell. Release is determined by the total amount of Ca2+ entering and by the filling state of the readily releasable pool, which depends on basal [Ca2+] before the stimulus. This result does not preclude that other stimulation patterns may lead to responses in which subtype specificity of Ca2+ channels matters.
authors.affiliation: Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine. elena@serv.biph.kiev.ua
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lukyanetz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019439:Chromaffin Cells / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA; D020960:omega-Conotoxins
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D004095:Dihydropyridines; D010455:Peptides; D020960:omega-Conotoxins; C075851:omega-conotoxin-MVIIC; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA