title: Depolarization evokes different patterns of calcium signals and exocytosis in bovine and mouse chromaffin cells: the role of mitochondria.
abstract: This study was planned on the assumptions that different high-voltage activated calcium channels and/or the ability of mitochondria to take up Ca(2+) could be responsible for different cytosolic Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)](c)) and catecholamine release responses in adrenal chromaffin cells of bovine and mouse species. Short K(+) pulses (2-5 s, 70 mM K(+)) increased [Ca(2+)](c) to a peak of about 1 microM; however, in bovine cells the decline was slower than in mouse cells. Secretory responses were faster in mouse but were otherwise quantitatively similar. Upon longer K(+) applications (1 min), elevations of [Ca(2+)](c) and secretion were prolonged in bovine cells; in contrast [Ca(2+)](c) in mouse cells declined three-fold faster and failed to sustain a continued secretion. Confocal [Ca(2+)](c) imaging following a 50-ms depolarizing pulse showed a similar Ca(2+) entry, but a rate of [Ca(2+)](c) increase and a maximum peak significantly higher in bovine cells; the rate of dissipation of the Ca(2+) wave was faster in the mouse. The mitochondrial protonophore CCCP (2 microm) halved the K(+)-evoked [Ca(2+)](c) and secretory signals in mouse cells, but had little affect on bovine responses. We conclude that the relative densities of L (15% in bovine and 50% in mouse) and P/Q Ca(2+) channels (50% in bovine and 15% in mouse) do not contribute to the observed differences; rather, the different intracellular distribution of Ca(2+), which is strongly influenced by mitochondria, is responsible for a more sustained secretory response in bovine, and for a faster and more transient secretory response in mouse chromaffin cells. It seems that mitochondria near the plasmalemma sequester Ca(2+) more rapidly and efficiently in the mouse than in the bovine chromaffin cell.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Arzobispo Morcillo 4, E-28029 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alés
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuentealba
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000032:analysis; D002417:Cattle; D019439:Chromaffin Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000379:methods; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques / Q000379:methods; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014966:Xanthenes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D002395:Catecholamines; D007476:Ionophores; D014966:Xanthenes; C059715:Fluo-3; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium