Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide causes rapid Ca2+ release from intracellular stores and long lasting Ca2+ influx mediated by Na+ influx-dependent membrane depolarization in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells

Endocrinology
K TanakaT Kanno

Abstract

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) has been reported to increase intracellular Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i) and catecholamine release in adrenal chromaffin cells. We measured [Ca2+]i with fura-2 and recorded ion currents and membrane potentials with the whole cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique to elucidate the mechanism of PACAP-induced [Ca2+]i increase in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. PACAP caused [Ca2+]i to increase due to Ca2+ release and Ca2+ influx, and this was accompanied by membrane depolarization and inward currents. The Ca2+ release was suppressed by ryanodine, an inhibitor of caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ stores, but was unaffected by cinnarizine, an inhibitor of inositol trisphosphate-induced Ca2+ release. Ca2+ influx and inward currents were both inhibited by replacement of extracellular Na+, and Ca2+ influx was inhibited by nicardipine, an L-type Ca2+ channel blocker, or by staurosporine, a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, but was unaffected by a combination of omega- conotoxin-GVIA, omega-agatoxin-IVA, and omega-conotoxin- MVIIC, blockers of N-, P-, and Q-type Ca2+ channels. Moreover, 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol, a PKC activator, induced inward currents and Ca2+ influx. These...Continue Reading

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