title: Ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+) release mechanism of rat pancreatic acinar cells is modulated by calmodulin.
abstract: The effects of calmodulin (CaM) and CaM antagonists on microsomal Ca(2+) release through a ryanodine-sensitive mechanism were investigated in rat pancreatic acinar cells. When caffeine (10 mM) was added after a steady state of ATP-dependent (45)Ca(2+) uptake into the microsomal vesicles, the caffeine-induced (45)Ca(2+) release was significantly increased by pretreatment with ryanodine (10 microM). The presence of W-7 (60 microM), a potent inhibitor of CaM, strongly inhibited the release, while W-5 (60 microM), an inactive CaM antagonist, showed no inhibition. Inhibition of the release by W-7 was observed at all caffeine concentrations (5-30 mM) tested. The presence of exogenously added CaM (10 microg/ml) markedly increased the caffeine (5-10 mM)-induced (45)Ca(2+) release and shifted the dose-response curve of caffeine-induced (45)Ca(2+) release to the left. Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR, 2 microM)-induced (45)Ca(2+) release was enhanced by the presence of ryanodine (10 microM). cADPR (2 microM)- or ryanodine (500 microM)-induced (45)Ca(2+) release was also inhibited by W-7 (60 microM), but not by W-5 (60 microM), and was stimulated by CaM (10 microg/ml). These results suggest that the ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+) release mechanism of rat pancreatic acinar cells is modulated by CaM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine Seiryocho 2-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozawa
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D036563:Cyclic ADP-Ribose; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D013449:Sulfonamides; D036563:Cyclic ADP-Ribose; D012433:Ryanodine; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D002110:Caffeine; C017967:W 7; D002118:Calcium