title: Slow depletion of endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) stores and block of store-operated Ca(2+) channels by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate in mouse pancreatic acinar cells.
abstract: The compound 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) has been used as either a specific membrane-permeable inhibitor for InsP(3) receptors or a store-operated Ca(2+) channel blocker in some cells. In this study, we have investigated actions of 2-APB on Ca(2+) signalling in mouse pancreatic acinar cells by measuring Ca(2+) concentration in the cytosol ([Ca(2+)]c) and in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Although 2-APB (50 microM) inhibited or modulated [Ca(2+)]c oscillations generated by a low dose of ACh, it did not block InsP(3)-mediated Ca(2+) release from the ER elicited by high doses of acetylcholine (ACh). 2-APB alone more than 70 microM tended to increase [Ca(2+)]c. When we directly measured Ca(2+) concentration in the lumen of the ER with a low affinity Ca(2+) dye, Mag-fluo-4, 2-APB itself slowly lowered ER Ca(2+) concentration and ACh could further release Ca(2+) from the ER in the presence of 2-APB, suggesting its lack of potency to block InsP(3) receptors. When store-operated Ca(2+) entry was evoked by addition of external Ca(2+) (5 mM) after depletion of Ca(2+) stores, 2-APB (50 microM) substantially blocked the Ca(2+) influx in a reversible manner. We conclude that (a) 2-APB is a good blocker for store-operated Ca(2+) channels, (b) 2-APB could not effectively block InsP(3) receptors, and (c) low doses of 2-APB lower Ca(2+) concentration in the lumen of the ER without a significant elevation of [Ca(2+)]c.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 300 Chunchundong, Changanku, Suwon 440-746, Korea. mkpark@med.skku.ac.kr
authors.forename: Myoung Kyu
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kawang Kook
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dae-Yong
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Uhm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D051379:Mice; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; C109986:2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate; D002118:Calcium