Effects of fluoride on the intracellular free Ca2+ and Ca2+-ATPase of kidney.
In the present study, the effect of fluoride on intracellular free calcium ([Ca2+]i) and Ca2+-ATPase of renal cells were examined. Some paradoxical experimental results about the mechanism of fluoride toxicity were observed. In vivo, 48 Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups, and half of rats were treated with sodium fluoride (NaF) by drinking water (per liter of tap water containing 100 mg F-). Compared with the respective control, the level of [Ca2+]i of the kidney in two fluoride-treated rats obviously increased (p < 0.05); and the activity of Ca2+-ATPase in 100 mg F-/L groups with a standard diet did not significantly increase, and the enzyme activity in 100-mg F-/L group with a low-calcium diet decreased significantly compared to the 100 mg F-/L group with a standard diet (p < 0.05). In vitro, renal tubular cells were cultured and respectively exposed to 1.0, 5.0, 7.5, and 12.5 mg/L fluoride in the culture medium. Results showed the significantly elevated activity of Ca2+-ATPase in the cells exposed to 1.0 and 5.0 mg/L fluoride (p < 0.05), and this enzyme activity indicated inhibitory trend in cells of the 7.5- and 12.5-mg/L fluoride-treated group. To sum up, the effect of fluoride on Ca2+-ATPase is a similar to a dose-effect relationship phenomenon characterized by low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition, and the increase of [Ca2+]i probably plays a key role on the mechanism of renal injury in fluorosis.
Xu
Hui
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Institute of Endemic Diseases, Pharmacy College of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
Zhou
Yu-Lai
YL
Zhang
Jing-Min
JM
Liu
Hui
H
Jing
Ling
L
Li
Guang-Sheng
GS
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000494:pharmacology; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000737:chemistry
D014131:Trace Elements; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D005459:Fluorides; D002118:Calcium