Changes in intracellular free calcium in isolated myometrial cells: role of extracellular and intracellular calcium and possible involvement of guanine nucleotide-sensitive proteins

Endocrinology
K Anwer, B M Sanborn

Abstract

Intracellular free calcium concentrations were measured directly in rat myometrial cells loaded with fura-2. The basal concentrations of calcium were 148 +/- 5.0 and 137 +/- 3.7 nM in the presence and absence of 1 mM extracellular calcium, respectively. Oxytocin, carbachol, and norepinephrine rapidly and transiently increased intracellular free calcium, with half-maximal effects at 0.19, 9.9, and 5.3 microM, respectively. The maximal effects of these agents were reduced by 57%, 32%, and 36%, respectively, when the extracellular calcium was replaced by 2 mM EGTA. Pretreatment with pertussis toxin partially (47-57%) inhibited the contractant-induced increase in intracellular free calcium in the presence of 1 mM extracellular CaCl2 and produced an even greater inhibition (76-98%) in the absence of extracellular calcium. Pretreatment with D600 (30 microM) or amiloride (50 microM) and reduction of extracellular sodium did not affect the oxytocin-induced calcium increase. However, adenosine and the A2-receptor agonist N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine did attenuate the effect of oxytocin in a dose-dependent manner. These data represent the first direct evidence that oxytocin, carbachol, and norepinephrine increase the intracellular free ca...Continue Reading

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