title: Regulation of sarco/endoplasmic and plasma membrane calcium ATPase gene expression by calcium in cultured human lens epithelial cells.
abstract: Since Ca(2+)-ATPase is a major determinant of calcium homeostasis in the lens, we examined the expression of Ca(2+)-ATPase by calcium. An immortalized human lens epithelial cell line, HLE B-3, was treated with thapsigargin to inhibit sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA) releasing calcium from intracellular stores. Isoforms of the plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase (PMCA) and SERCA were quantified by Western blot and quantitative real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. We showed that both PMCA1 and SERCA3 isoform protein and mRNA are upregulated two- to three-fold in thapsigargin-treated HLE B-3 cells in a time and dose-dependent manner. Thapsigargin did not change the protein or mRNA levels of PMCA2, 3, 4 or SERCA2b. Considering the harmful effects of increased intracellular calcium levels, the upregulation of both SERCA and PMCA pumps suggests it is a compensatory mechanism to restore the calcium concentration to the physiological resting level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
authors.forename: Moazez J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Marian
authors.forename: Partha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Borchman
authors.forename: Daxin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Paterson
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D053499:Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019284:Thapsigargin; D053499:Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium