An interaction between ATP and high K+: mutual impairment of ATP- and high K(+)-evoked [Ca2+]i increase in NG 108-15 cells.
The interaction between ATP- and high K(+)-evoked increase in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) was investigated to gain an insight into the mechanism of interaction of ATP with voltage-sensitive calcium channels. [Ca2+]i was measured in the neuronal model, neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells (NG 108-15), using the fluorescence indicator fura-2. In the presence of 1.8 mM extracellular Ca2+, ATP induced a rapid, concentration-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i. High K+ (50 mM) evoked a [Ca2+]i rise from 109 +/- 11 nM to 387 +/- 81 nM (n = 16). The application of either of these two [Ca2+]i-increase provoking agents in sequence with the other caused impairment of the latter effect. The mutual desensitization of the responses to ATP and high K+ strongly suggests that both agents rely at least in part on the same source of Ca2+ for elevation of [Ca2+]i in NG 108-15 cells.
Department of Pharmacology and Neurobiology, Nanjing Medical University, Hanzhong Road 140, 210029 Nanjing, People's Republic of China. snli@njmu.edu.cn
Sheng-Nan
SN
Li
Gang
G
Hu
Manfred
M
Bräter
Klaus
K
Andreas
Ursula
U
Ravens
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium