PMID: 8581971Nov 1, 1995Paper

Effects of Hg2+ on cytosolic Ca2+ in isolated skate hepatocytes

Cell Calcium
M H NathansonJ L Boyer

Abstract

Hg2+ is an environmental pollutant that adversely affects a range of cellular functions, including those that regulate free cytosolic Ca2+ (Ca(i)2+). To investigate the mechanism of Hg(2+)-induced Ca(i)2+ signaling, we examined the effects of Hg2+ on Ca(i)2+ in isolated skate hepatocytes, and developed a method to assess cytosolic Hg2+ (Hgi2+) in these cells as well. At lower concentrations (1-5 microM), Hg2+ induced little detectable change in Ca(i)2+. At higher concentrations (10 microM-1 mM), Hg2+ induced a dose-dependent, progressive increase in Ca(i)2+, which occurred even in Ca(2+)-free medium. Pretreatment of hepatocytes with the membrane-impermeant Hg2+ chelator glutathione (GSH) blocked the Hg(2+)-induced Ca(i)2+ increase, whereas addition of GSH after exposure to Hg2+ slowed but did not prevent further increases in Ca(i)2+. Pretreatment with the membrane-permeant Hg2+ chelator dithiothreitol (DTT) also blocked Hg(2+)-induced increases in Ca(i)2+. Unlike GSH, however, addition of DTT after Hg2+ significantly decreased Ca(i)2+, returning it to near-baseline levels. Thapsigargin induced a sustained increase in Ca(i)2+, but subsequent addition of Hg2+ resulted in a further, progressive Ca(i)2+ increase. We also describe t...Continue Reading

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