PMID- 12010640 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020625 LR - 20191210 IS - 0022-0795 (Print) IS - 0022-0795 (Linking) VI - 173 IP - 2 DP - 2002 May TI - Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor activation induces Ca2+ mobilization and Na+/K+-ATPase activity inhibition in eel enterocytes. PG - 325-34 AB - The effect of carbachol (Cch) on intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in eel enterocytes was examined using the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator fura-2. Cch caused a biphasic increase in [Ca2+]i, with an initial spike followed by a progressively decreasing level (over 6 min) to the initial, pre-stimulated, level. The effect of Cch was dose-dependent with a 7.5-fold increase in [Ca2+]i over basal level induced by the maximal dose of Cch (100 microM). In Ca2+-free/EGTA buffer the effect of Cch was less pronounced and the [Ca2+]i returned rapidly to basal levels. The increment of [Ca2+]i was dose-dependently attenuated in cells pre-treated with U73122, a specific inhibitor of phospholipase C, suggesting that the Cch-stimulated increment of [Ca2+]i required inositol triphosphate formation. In the presence of extracellular Ca2+, thapsigargin (TG), a specific microsomal Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor, caused a sustained rise in [Ca2+]i whereas in Ca2+-free medium the increase in [Ca2+]i was transient; in both cases, subsequent addition of Cch was without effect. When 2 mM CaCl2 were added to the cells stimulated with TG or with Cch in Ca2+-free medium, a rapid increase in [Ca2+]i was detected, corresponding to the capacitative Ca2+ entry. Thus, both TG and Cch depleted intracellular Ca2+ stores and stimulated influx of extracellular Ca2+ consistent with capacitative Ca2+ entry. K+ depolarization obtained with increasing concentrations of KCl in the extracellular medium induced a dose-related increase in [Ca2+]i which was blocked by 2 microM nifedipine, a non-specific L-type Ca2+ channel blocker. Nifedipine also changed significantly the height of the Ca2+ transient, and the rate of decrement to the pre-stimulated [Ca2+]i level, indicating that Ca2+ entry into enterocytes also occurs through an L-type voltage-dependent calcium channel pathway. We also show that isolated enterocytes stimulated with increasing Cch concentrations (0.1-1000 microM) showed a dose-dependent inhibition of the Na+/K+-ATPase activity. The threshold decrease was at 1 microM Cch; it reached a maximum at 100 microM (50.5% inhibition) and did not decrease further with the use of higher dose. The effect of Cch on Na+/K+-ATPase activity was dependent on both protein kinase C (PKC) and protein phosphatase calcineurin activation since the PKC inhibitor calphostin C abolished Cch effects, while the calcineurin inhibitor FK506 augmented Cch effect. Collectively, these data establish a functional pathway by which Cch can modulate the activity of the Na+/K+-ATPase through a PKC-dependent (calphostin C-sensitive) pathway and a calcineurin-dependent (FK506-sensitive) pathway. FAU - Muscella, A AU - Muscella A AD - Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Lecce, 73100 Lecce, Italy. FAU - Greco, S AU - Greco S FAU - Elia, M G AU - Elia MG FAU - Jimenez, E AU - Jimenez E FAU - Storelli, C AU - Storelli C FAU - Marsigliante, S AU - Marsigliante S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Endocrinol JT - The Journal of endocrinology JID - 0375363 RN - 0 (Calcineurin Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Calcium Channel Blockers) RN - 0 (Cholinergic Agonists) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Naphthalenes) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cholinergic) RN - 0 (calphostin complex) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - 8Y164V895Y (Carbachol) RN - 9NEZ333N27 (Sodium) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) RN - EC 3.1.4.- (Type C Phospholipases) RN - EC 7.2.2.10 (Calcium-Transporting ATPases) RN - EC 7.2.2.13 (Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase) RN - I9ZF7L6G2L (Nifedipine) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) RN - WM0HAQ4WNM (Tacrolimus) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Calcineurin Inhibitors MH - Calcium/*metabolism MH - Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology MH - Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Carbachol/*pharmacology MH - Cholinergic Agonists/*pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Eels MH - Enterocytes/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Naphthalenes/pharmacology MH - Nifedipine/pharmacology MH - Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Receptors, Cholinergic/*metabolism MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - Sodium/metabolism MH - Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase MH - Tacrolimus/pharmacology MH - Thapsigargin/pharmacology MH - Type C Phospholipases/antagonists & inhibitors EDAT- 2002/05/16 10:00 MHDA- 2002/06/26 10:01 CRDT- 2002/05/16 10:00 PHST- 2002/05/16 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/06/26 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/05/16 10:00 [entrez] AID - JOE04381 [pii] AID - 10.1677/joe.0.1730325 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Endocrinol. 2002 May;173(2):325-34. doi: 10.1677/joe.0.1730325.