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A century of exercise physiology: key concepts in muscle cell volume regulation. Eur J Appl Physiol 2022; 122:541-559. [PMID: 35037123 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-021-04863-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Skeletal muscle cells can both gain and lose volume during periods of exercise and rest. Muscle cells do not behave as perfect osmometers because the cell volume changes are less than predicted from the change in extracellular osmolality. Therefore, there are mechanisms involved in regulating cell volume, and they are different for regulatory volume decreases and regulatory volume increases. Also, after an initial rapid change in cell volume, there is a gradual and partial recovery of cell volume that is effected by ion and water transport mechanisms. The mechanisms have been studied in non-contracting muscle cells, but remain to be fully elucidated in contracting muscle. Changes in muscle cell volume are known to affect the strength of contractile activity as well as anabolic/catabolic signaling, perhaps indicating that cell volume should be a regulated variable in skeletal muscle cells. Muscles contracting at moderate to high intensity gain intracellular volume because of increased intracellular osmolality. Concurrent increases in interstitial (extracellular) muscle volume occur from an increase in osmotically active molecules and increased vascular filtration pressure. At the same time, non-contracting muscles lose cell volume because of increased extracellular (blood) osmolality. This review provides the physiological foundations and highlights key concepts that underpin our current understanding of volume regulatory processes in skeletal muscle, beginning with consideration of osmosis more than 200 years ago and continuing through to the process of regulatory volume decrease and regulatory volume increase.
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TACAN Is an Ion Channel Involved in Sensing Mechanical Pain. Cell 2020; 180:956-967.e17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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He BH, Christin M, Mouchbahani-Constance S, Davidova A, Sharif-Naeini R. Mechanosensitive ion channels in articular nociceptors drive mechanical allodynia in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2017; 25:2091-2099. [PMID: 28882752 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2017.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling and highly prevalent condition affecting millions worldwide. Pain is the major complaint of OA patients and is presently inadequately managed. It manifests as mechanical allodynia, a painful response to innocuous stimuli such as joint movement. Allodynia is due in part to the sensitization of articular nociceptors to mechanical stimuli. These nociceptors respond to noxious mechanical stimuli applied to their terminals via the expression of depolarizing high-threshold mechanosensitive ion channels (MSICs) that convert painful mechanical forces into electrical signals. In this study, we examined the contribution of MSICs to mechanical allodynia in a mouse model of OA. METHOD Sodium mono-iodoacetate (MIA) was injected in the left knee of adult male Trpv1:Cre; GFP mice. Primary mechanical allodynia was monitored using the knee-bend test. Single-channel patch clamp electrophysiology was performed on visually-identified knee-innervating nociceptors. Dorsal horn neuronal activation was assessed by Fos immunoreactivity. RESULTS In examining the gating properties of MSICs of naïve and OA mice, we discovered that their activation threshold is greatly reduced, causing their opening at significantly lower stimuli intensities. Consequently, nociceptors are activated by mild mechanical stimuli. These channels are reversibly inhibited by the selective MSIC inhibitor GsMTx4, and the intra-articular injection of this peptide significantly reduced the activation of dorsal horn nociceptive circuits and primary mechanical allodynia in OA mice. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that MSICs are sensitized during OA and directly contribute to mechanical allodynia. They therefore represent potential therapeutic targets in the treatment of OA pain.
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- B H He
- Department of Physiology and Cell Information Systems, McGill University, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Information Systems, McGill University, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Information Systems, McGill University, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Information Systems, McGill University, Canada.
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Chin-Smith EC, Willey FR, Slater DM, Taggart MJ, Tribe RM. Nuclear factor of activated T-cell isoform expression and regulation in human myometrium. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2015; 13:83. [PMID: 26238508 PMCID: PMC4523953 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0086-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During pregnancy, myometrial gene and protein expression is tightly regulated to accommodate fetal growth, promote quiescence and ultimately prepare for the onset of labour. It is proposed that changes in calcium signalling, may contribute to regulating gene expression and that nuclear factor of activated T-cell (NFAT) transcription factors (isoforms c1-c4) may be involved. Currently, there is little information regarding NFAT expression and regulation in myometrium. METHODS This study examined NFAT isoform mRNA expression in human myometrial tissue and cells from pregnant women using quantitative PCR. The effects of the Ca(2+) ionophore A23187 and in vitro stretch (25 % elongation, static strain; Flexercell FX-4000 Tension System) on NFAT expression were determined in cultured human myometrial cells. RESULTS Human myometrial tissue and cultured cells expressed NFATc1-c4 mRNA. NFATc2 gene expression in cultured cells was increased in response to 6 h stretch (11.5 fold, P < 0.001, n = 6) and calcium ionophore (A23187, 5 μM) treatment (20.6 fold, P < 0.001, n = 6). This response to stretch was significantly reduced (90 %, P < 0.001, n = 10) in the presence of an intracellular calcium chelator, BAPTA-AM (20 μM). CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that NFATc2 expression is regulated by intracellular calcium and in vitro stretch, and that the stretch response in human myometrial cells is dependent upon intracellular calcium signalling pathways. Our findings indicate a potentially unique role for NFATc2 in mediating stretch-induced gene expression per se and warrant further exploration in relation to the mechanisms promoting uterine smooth muscle growth in early pregnancy and/or labour.
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- Evonne C Chin-Smith
- Division of Women's Health, King's College London, Women's Health Academic Centre KHP, St Thomas' Hospital, 10th Floor, North Wing, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
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- Division of Women's Health, King's College London, Women's Health Academic Centre KHP, St Thomas' Hospital, 10th Floor, North Wing, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
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- Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute for Child and Maternal Health, University of Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4 N1, Canada.
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- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
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- Division of Women's Health, King's College London, Women's Health Academic Centre KHP, St Thomas' Hospital, 10th Floor, North Wing, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
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Exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of genistein during activation does not affect sperm motility in the fighting fish Betta splendens. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:865741. [PMID: 24516856 PMCID: PMC3909982 DOI: 10.1155/2014/865741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Sperm collected from male fighting fish Betta splendens were activated in control water, water containing the ion-channel blocker gadolinium (a putative positive control), or water containing the isoflavone phytoestrogen genistein to determine the effects of acute genistein exposure on male reproductive function. Computer-assisted sperm analysis was used to quantify the proportion of sperm that were motile and the swimming velocity of those sperm. The highest concentration of gadolinium (100 μM) tested was effective at reducing sperm motility and velocity, but neither concentration of genistein tested (3.7 nM or 3.7 μM) significantly affected these sperm parameters. Our findings suggest that acute exposure to waterborne phytoestrogens during activation does not reduce the motility of fish sperm.
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Salmi ML, ul Haque A, Bushart TJ, Stout SC, Roux SJ, Porterfield DM. Changes in gravity rapidly alter the magnitude and direction of a cellular calcium current. PLANTA 2011; 233:911-20. [PMID: 21234599 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1343-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In single-celled spores of the fern Ceratopteris richardii, gravity directs polarity of development and induces a directional, trans-cellular calcium (Ca(2+)) current. To clarify how gravity polarizes this electrophysiological process, we measured the kinetics of the cellular response to changes in the gravity vector, which we initially estimated using the self-referencing calcium microsensor. In order to generate more precise and detailed data, we developed a silicon microfabricated sensor array which facilitated a lab-on-a-chip approach to simultaneously measure calcium currents from multiple cells in real time. These experiments revealed that the direction of the gravity-dependent polar calcium current is reversed in less than 25 s when the cells are inverted, and that changes in the magnitude of the calcium current parallel rapidly changing g-forces during parabolic flight on the NASA C-9 aircraft. The data also revealed a hysteresis in the response of cells in the transition from 2g to micro-g in comparison to cells in the micro-g to 2-g transition, a result consistent with a role for mechanosensitive ion channels in the gravity response. The calcium current is suppressed by either nifedipine (calcium-channel blocker) or eosin yellow (plasma membrane calcium pump inhibitor). Nifedipine disrupts gravity-directed cell polarity, but not spore germination. These results indicate that gravity perception in single plant cells may be mediated by mechanosensitive calcium channels, an idea consistent with some previously proposed models of plant gravity perception.
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- Mari L Salmi
- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Changes in extracellular osmolality initiate sperm motility in freshwater teleost rosy barb Puntius conchonius. Theriogenology 2009; 72:704-10. [PMID: 19576625 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2008] [Revised: 03/18/2009] [Accepted: 05/05/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The objective was to investigate the effects of extracellular osmolality and membrane osmotic-sensitive channels on the initiation of sperm motility and to explore mechanisms of sperm initiation in rosy barb (Puntius conchonius). We found that (1) sperm were immotile in seminal plasma and remained quiescent in electrolyte or nonelectrolyte solutions isotonic to seminal plasma; (2) sperm movement was initiated when the sperm were exposed to hypo-osmotic electrolyte or hypo-osmotic nonelectrolyte solutions, and that the responsiveness of sperm to changes in the extracellular osmolalities (100, 200, 250, 270, and 300 mOsm/kg) differed among sperm cells (P<0.05); (3) sperm movement could be initiated and terminated repeatedly by decreasing and increasing the osmolality (in increments of 100 and 300 mOsm/kg) of a nonelectrolyte mannitol solution, respectively (P<0.05); (4) gadolinium (20, 40, and 80 microM) inhibited the initiation of sperm motility and abolished the sperm activation caused by the hypo-osmotic media treatment in dose- and time-dependent manners (P<0.05); and (5) sperm activation in a hypo-osmotic medium and inhibition in an isotonic solution were associated with swelling and shrinkage of the sperm sleeves, respectively. Therefore, we concluded that osmolality was a critical physiologic signal in regulating the initiation and termination of sperm motility in freshwater teleost rosy barb. Furthermore, we inferred that rosy barb sperm were hypo-osmotic-dependent conformers, and the osmotic-sensitive channel could be involved in the mechanism of sperm initiation.
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Haeberle H, Bryan LA, Vadakkan TJ, Dickinson ME, Lumpkin EA. Swelling-activated Ca2+ channels trigger Ca2+ signals in Merkel cells. PLoS One 2008; 3:e1750. [PMID: 18454189 PMCID: PMC2365925 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2007] [Accepted: 02/08/2008] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Merkel cell-neurite complexes are highly sensitive touch receptors comprising epidermal Merkel cells and sensory afferents. Based on morphological and molecular studies, Merkel cells are proposed to be mechanosensory cells that signal afferents via neurotransmission; however, functional studies testing this hypothesis in intact skin have produced conflicting results. To test this model in a simplified system, we asked whether purified Merkel cells are directly activated by mechanical stimulation. Cell shape was manipulated with anisotonic solution changes and responses were monitored by Ca2+ imaging with fura-2. We found that hypotonic-induced cell swelling, but not hypertonic solutions, triggered cytoplasmic Ca2+ transients. Several lines of evidence indicate that these signals arise from swelling-activated Ca2+-permeable ion channels. First, transients were reversibly abolished by chelating extracellular Ca2+, demonstrating a requirement for Ca2+ influx across the plasma membrane. Second, Ca2+ transients were initially observed near the plasma membrane in cytoplasmic processes. Third, voltage-activated Ca2+ channel (VACC) antagonists reduced transients by half, suggesting that swelling-activated channels depolarize plasma membranes to activate VACCs. Finally, emptying internal Ca2+ stores attenuated transients by 80%, suggesting Ca2+ release from stores augments swelling-activated Ca2+ signals. To identify candidate mechanotransduction channels, we used RT-PCR to amplify ion-channel transcripts whose pharmacological profiles matched those of hypotonic-evoked Ca2+ signals in Merkel cells. We found 11 amplicons, including PKD1, PKD2, and TRPC1, channels previously implicated in mechanotransduction in other cells. Collectively, these results directly demonstrate that Merkel cells are activated by hypotonic-evoked swelling, identify cellular signaling mechanisms that mediate these responses, and support the hypothesis that Merkel cells contribute to touch reception in the Merkel cell-neurite complex.
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- Henry Haeberle
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Relevy H, Koshkaryev A, Manny N, Yedgar S, Barshtein G. Blood banking-induced alteration of red blood cell flow properties. Transfusion 2007; 48:136-46. [PMID: 17900281 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01491.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Blood banking procedures are associated with damage to red blood cell (RBC) membranes, which can impair their flow properties, namely, their deformability, aggregability, and adherence to endothelial cells (ECs) and thus possibly introducing a circulatory risk to recipients. This study was undertaken to comprehensively explore the effect of cold storage and gamma irradiation on RBC flow properties. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS RBC flow properties were monitored as a function of shear stress with a computerized cell flow properties analyzer. Because we had previously studied storage effect on RBC aggregability (Transfusion 1999;39:277-81), here we determined the storage effect on RBC adherence and deformability, by measuring them before (control) and during storage. Gamma irradiation effect on RBC aggregability, adherence, and deformability was determined before (control) and after irradiation. RESULTS Cold storage significantly elevated the number of adherent RBCs and the strength of their interaction with ECs, and was marked by decreased RBC deformability as early as 2 weeks into the storage period. The elevation of RBC-EC interaction was well correlated with translocation of phosphatidylserine to the RBC surface. Gamma irradiation induced an immediate and marked increase in the number of rigid cells, but did not affect RBC adherence and aggregability. CONCLUSION RBC flow properties appear to be especially sensitive to cold storage and gamma irradiation because they are impaired long before the expiration date. Because impaired RBC flow properties facilitate circulatory disorders, the potential circulatory risk of transfusion RBC with blood banking-impaired rheology should be considered.
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- Hanna Relevy
- Blood Bank, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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Kanbe K, Yang X, Wei L, Sun C, Chen Q. Pericellular matrilins regulate activation of chondrocytes by cyclic load-induced matrix deformation. J Bone Miner Res 2007; 22:318-28. [PMID: 17129169 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.061104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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UNLABELLED Pericellular matrix is at the ideal location to be involved in transmitting mechanical signals from the microenvironment to a cell. We found that changes of the content of matrilins that link various pericellular molecules surrounding chondrocytes affect mechanical stimulation of chondrocyte proliferation and gene expression. Thus, pericellular matrilins may play a role in chondrocyte mechanotransduction. INTRODUCTION Chondrocytes reside in a capsule of pericellular matrix (chondron), which has been hypothesized to play a critical role in transducing mechanical signals to the cell. In this study, we test the hypothesis that the levels of matrilin (MATN)-1 and -3, major components of the chondrocyte pericellular matrix network, regulate activation of chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation by cyclic load-induced matrix deformation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Functional matrilins were decreased by expressing a dominant negative mini-MATN in primary chondrocytes or by using MATN1-null chondrocytes. The abundance of matrilins was also increased by expressing a wildtype MATN1 or MATN3 in chondrocytes. Chondrocytes were cultured in a 3D sponge subjected to cyclic deformation at 1 Hz. Chondrocyte gene expression was quantified by real-time RT-PCR and by Western blot analysis. Matrilin pericellular matrix assembly was examined by immunocytochemistry. RESULTS Elimination of functional matrilins from pericellular matrix abrogated mechanical activation of Indian hedgehog signaling and abolished mechanical stimulation of chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation. Excessive or reduced matrilin content decreased mechanical response of chondrocytes. CONCLUSIONS Normal content of matrilins is essential to optimal activation of chondrocytes by mechanical signals. Our data suggest that the sensitivity of chondrocytes to the changes in the microenvironment can be adjusted by altering the content of matrilins in pericellular matrix. This finding supports a critical role of pericellular matrix in chondrocyte mechano-transduction and has important implications in cartilage tissue engineering and mechanical adaptation.
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- Katsuaki Kanbe
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University/Medical Center East, Japan
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MS Channels in Tip‐Growing Systems. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(06)58015-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Qu HY, Shang ZL, Zhang SL, Liu LM, Wu JY. Identification of hyperpolarization-activated calcium channels in apical pollen tubes of Pyrus pyrifolia. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2007; 174:524-536. [PMID: 17447909 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02069.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The pollen tube has been widely used to study the mechanisms underlying polarized tip growth in plants. A steep tip-to-base gradient of free cytosolic calcium ([Ca(2+)](cyt)) is essential for pollen-tube growth. Local Ca(2+) influx mediated by Ca(2+)-permeable channels plays a key role in maintaining this [Ca(2+)](cyt) gradient. Here, we developed a protocol for successful isolation of spheroplasts from pollen tubes of Pyrus pyrifolia and identified a hyperpolarization-activated cation channel using the patch-clamp technique. We showed that the cation channel conductance displayed a strong selectivity for divalent cations, with a relative permeability sequence of barium (Ba(2+)) approximately Ca(2+) > magnesium (Mg(2+)) > strontium (Sr(2+)) > manganese (Mn(2+)). This channel conductance was selective for Ca(2+) over chlorine (Cl(-)) (relative permeability P(Ca)/P(Cl) = 14 in 10 mm extracellular Ca(2+)). We also showed that the channel was inhibited by the Ca(2+) channel blockers lanthanum (La(3+)) and gadolinium (Gd(3+)). Furthermore, channel activity depended on extracellular pH and pollen viability. We propose that the Ca(2+)-permeable channel is likely to play a role in mediating Ca(2+) influx into the growing pollen tubes to maintain the [Ca(2+)](cyt) gradient.
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- Hai-Yong Qu
- College of Horticulture, NanJing Agricultural University, NanJing, China
- HuaiYin Institute of Technology, HuaiAn, China
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- College of Life Sciences, HeBei Normal University, Shi Jia Zhuang, China
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- College of Horticulture, NanJing Agricultural University, NanJing, China
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- College of Horticulture, NanJing Agricultural University, NanJing, China
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Ostrow LW, Sachs F. Mechanosensation and endothelin in astrocytes--hypothetical roles in CNS pathophysiology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 48:488-508. [PMID: 15914254 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2003] [Revised: 08/19/2004] [Accepted: 09/09/2004] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Endothelin (ET) is a potent autocrine mitogen produced by reactive and neoplastic astrocytes. ET has been implicated in the induction of astrocyte proliferation and other transformations engendered by brain pathology, and in promoting the malignant behavior of astrocytomas. Reactive astrocytes containing ET are found in the periphery/penumbra of a wide array of CNS pathologies. Virtually all brain pathology deforms the surrounding parenchyma, either by direct mass effect or edema. Mechanical stress is a well established stimulus for ET production and release by other cell types, but has not been well studied in the brain. However, numerous studies have illustrated that astrocytes can sense mechanical stress and translate it into chemical messages. Furthermore, the ubiquitous reticular meshwork formed by interconnected astrocytes provides an ideal morphology for sensing and responding to mechanical disturbances. We have recently demonstrated stretch-induced ET production by astrocytes in vitro. Inspired by this finding, the purpose of this article is to review the literature on (1) astrocyte mechanosensation, and (2) the endothelin system in astrocytes, and to consider the hypothesis that mechanical induction of the ET system may influence astrocyte functioning in CNS pathophysiology. We conclude by discussing evidence supporting future investigations to determine whether specific inhibition of stretch-activated ion channels may represent a novel strategy for treating or preventing CNS disturbances, as well as the relevance to astrocyte-derived tumors.
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- Lyle W Ostrow
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Dutta R, Robinson KR. Identification and characterization of stretch-activated ion channels in pollen protoplasts. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 135:1398-406. [PMID: 15247410 PMCID: PMC519057 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.041483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2004] [Revised: 04/23/2004] [Accepted: 04/26/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Pollen tube growth requires a Ca2+ gradient, with elevated levels of cytosolic Ca2+ at the growing tip. This gradient's magnitude oscillates with growth oscillation but is always maintained. Ca2+ influx into the growing tip is necessary, and its magnitude also oscillates with growth. It has been widely assumed that stretch-activated Ca2+ channels underlie this influx, but such channels have never been reported in either pollen grains or pollen tubes. We have identified and characterized stretch-activated Ca2+ channels from Lilium longiflorum pollen grain and tube tip protoplasts. The channels were localized to a small region of the grain protoplasts associated with the site of tube germination. In addition, we find a stretch-activated K+ channel as well as a spontaneous K+ channel distributed over the entire grain surface, but neither was present at the germination site or at the tip. Neither stretch-activated channel was detected in the grain protoplasts unless the grains were left in germination medium for at least 1 h before protoplast preparation. The stretch-activated channels were inhibited by a spider venom that is known to block stretch-activated channels in animal cells, but the spontaneous channel was unaffected by the venom. The venom also stopped pollen tube germination and elongation and blocked Ca2+ entry into the growing tip, suggesting that channel function is necessary for growth.
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- Rajiv Dutta
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Tarantula venoms represent a cornucopia of novel ligands for a variety of cell receptors and ion channels. The diversity of peptide toxin pharmacology has been barely explored as indicated by pharmacological, toxicological and mass spectrometry investigations on more than 55 tarantula venoms. MALDI-TOF MS analysis reveals that the pharmacological diversity is based on relatively small size peptides, which seem to fall into a limited number of structural patterns. Properties and biological activities of the 33 known peptide toxins from tarantula venoms are described. Most known toxins conform to the Inhibitory Cystine Knot (ICK) motif, with differences in the length of intercysteine loops. Recently described peptides show that tarantula toxins can fold according to an elaboration of the Disulfide-Directed beta-Hairpin (DDH) motif which is also the canonical motif for the ICK fold. The ICK fold itself offers many variations leading to differing toxin properties. Examination of pharmacological data gives insights on the possible conserved site of action of toxins acting on voltage-gated ion channels and other toxins acting by a pore-blocking mechanism. Structure-activity data shows the versatility of the toxin scaffolds and the importance of surface features in the selectivity and specificity of these toxins. Tarantulas appear to be a good model for the discovery of novel compounds with important therapeutic potential, and for the study of the molecular evolution of peptide toxins.
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- Pierre Escoubas
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire-CNRS, 660 Route des Lucioles, Valbonne 06560, France.
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Wehner F, Olsen H, Tinel H, Kinne-Saffran E, Kinne RKH. Cell volume regulation: osmolytes, osmolyte transport, and signal transduction. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 148:1-80. [PMID: 12687402 DOI: 10.1007/s10254-003-0009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In recent years, it has become evident that the volume of a given cell is an important factor not only in defining its intracellular osmolality and its shape, but also in defining other cellular functions, such as transepithelial transport, cell migration, cell growth, cell death, and the regulation of intracellular metabolism. In addition, besides inorganic osmolytes, the existence of organic osmolytes in cells has been discovered. Osmolyte transport systems-channels and carriers alike-have been identified and characterized at a molecular level and also, to a certain extent, the intracellular signals regulating osmolyte movements across the plasma membrane. The current review reflects these developments and focuses on the contributions of inorganic and organic osmolytes and their transport systems in regulatory volume increase (RVI) and regulatory volume decrease (RVD) in a variety of cells. Furthermore, the current knowledge on signal transduction in volume regulation is compiled, revealing an astonishing diversity in transport systems, as well as of regulatory signals. The information available indicates the existence of intricate spatial and temporal networks that control cell volume and that we are just beginning to be able to investigate and to understand.
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- F Wehner
- Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
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Shen MR, Chou CY, Chiu WT. Streptomycin and its analogues are potent inhibitors of the hypotonicity-induced Ca2+ entry and Cl- channel activity. FEBS Lett 2003; 554:494-500. [PMID: 14623118 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)01231-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Streptomycin is a common antibiotic used in culture media. It is also a known blocker of stretch-activated and mechanosensitive ion channels in neurons and cardiac myocytes. But very little information is available on its effect in the regulation of epithelial ion channels. Osmotic swelling is a kind of mechanical stretch. The opening of stretch-activated Ca(2+) channels contributes to hypotonicity-induced Ca(2+) influx which is necessary for the activation of volume-regulated Cl(-) channels in human cervical cancer cells. This study aimed to investigate the role of streptomycin in cell volume regulation. Treatment of cervical cancer SiHa cells with streptomycin and its analogues (gentamicin and netilmicin) did not affect the basal cytosolic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) level. But it attenuated the hypotonicity-stimulated increase of [Ca(2+)](i) in a dose-dependent manner with half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC(50)) of 25, 90 and 200 microM for streptomycin, gentamicin and netilmicin, respectively, when measured at room temperature. In contrast, under free extracellular Ca(2+) condition, hypotonic stress only induced a small, progressive increase of [Ca(2+)](i), while 500 microM streptomycin did not affect this Ca(2+) signaling. Streptomycin and its analogues (gentamicin and netilmicin) also inhibited the activation of volume-regulated Cl(-) channels in a dose-dependent manner with IC(50) of 30, 95 and 250 microM at room temperature, respectively. Chronic culture with 50 microM streptomycin downregulates the activity of volume-regulated Cl(-) channels and retards the process of regulatory volume decrease in SiHa cells and MDCK cells. We suggest that using cells chronically cultured with streptomycin to study epithelial ion channels risks studying cellular and molecular pathology rather than physiology.
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- Meng-Ru Shen
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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Ben-Tabou De-Leon S, Blotnick E, Nussinovitch I. Effects of osmotic swelling on voltage-gated calcium channel currents in rat anterior pituitary cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003; 285:C840-52. [PMID: 12773317 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00101.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Decrease in extracellular osmolarity ([Os]e) results in stimulation of hormone secretion from pituitary cells. Different mechanisms can account for this stimulation of hormone secretion. In this study we examined the possibility that hyposmolarity directly modulates voltage-gated calcium influx in pituitary cells. The effects of hyposmolarity on L-type (IL) and T-type (IT) calcium currents in pituitary cells were investigated by using two hyposmotic stimuli, moderate (18-22% decrease in [Os]e) and strong (31-32% decrease in [Os]e). Exposure to moderate hyposmotic stimuli resulted in three response types in IL (a decrease, a biphasic effect, and an increase in IL) and in increase in IT. Exposure to strong hyposmotic stimuli resulted only in increases in both IL and IT. Similarly, in intact pituitary cells (perforated patch method), exposure to either moderate or strong hyposmotic stimuli resulted only in increases in both IL and IT. Thus it appears that the main effect of decrease in [Os]e is increase in calcium channel currents. This increase was differential (IL were more sensitive than IT) and voltage independent. In addition, we show that these hyposmotic effects cannot be explained by activation of an anionic conductance or by an increase in cell membrane surface area. In conclusion, this study shows that hyposmotic swelling of pituitary cells can directly modulate voltage-gated calcium influx. This hyposmotic modulation of IL and IT may contribute to the previously reported hyposmotic stimulation of hormone secretion. The mechanisms underlying these hyposmotic effects and their possible physiological relevance are discussed.
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- Shlomo Ben-Tabou De-Leon
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Xu F, Satoh E, Iijima T. Protein kinase C-mediated Ca2+ entry in HEK 293 cells transiently expressing human TRPV4. Br J Pharmacol 2003; 140:413-21. [PMID: 12970074 PMCID: PMC1574039 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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1. We investigated whether protein kinase C (PKC) activation stimulates Ca2+ entry in HEK 293 cells transfected with human TRPV4 cDNA and loaded with fura-2. 2. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a PKC-activating phorbol ester, increased the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in a dose-dependent manner, with an EC50 value of 11.7 nm. Exposure to a hypotonic solution (HTS) after PMA further increased [Ca2+]i. Two other PKC-activating phorbol esters, phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (PDD) and phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate, also caused [Ca2+]i to increase. 3. The inactive isomer 4alpha-PMA was less effective and the peak [Ca2+]i increase was significantly smaller than that induced by PMA. In contrast, 4alpha-PDD produced a monophasic or biphasic [Ca2+]i increase with a different latency, while 4alpha-phorbol had no effect. 4. The PMA-induced [Ca2+]i increase was abolished by prior exposure to bisindolylmaleimide (BIM), a PKC-specific inhibitor, and suppressed by the nonspecific PKC inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinolinesulphonyl)-2-methylpiperazine. The [Ca2+]i increase induced by 4alpha-PMA, 4alpha-PDD or HTS was not significantly affected by BIM. 5. These results suggest that both PKC-dependent and -independent mechanisms are involved in the phorbol ester-induced activation of TRPV4, and the PKC-independent pathway is predominant in HTS-induced Ca2+ entry.
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- Feng Xu
- Department of Pharmacology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondoh, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondoh, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondoh, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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Krasznai Z, Morisawa M, Krasznai ZT, Morisawa S, Inaba K, Bazsáné ZK, Rubovszky B, Bodnár B, Borsos A, Márián T. Gadolinium, a mechano-sensitive channel blocker, inhibits osmosis-initiated motility of sea- and freshwater fish sperm, but does not affect human or ascidian sperm motility. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2003; 55:232-43. [PMID: 12845597 DOI: 10.1002/cm.10125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Exposure to hypo-osmotic or hyperosmotic environment triggers the initiation of fish sperm motility. In this article, we report that calcium and potassium channel blockers do not influence motility of puffer fish sperm but calmodulin antagonists reversibly decrease it, suggesting that calmodulin-Ca(2+) interactions are prerequisite for the initiation of sperm motility in this species. Gadolinium (a stretch activated ion channel blocker) decreased the motility of puffer fish sperm from 92 +/- 3% to 6 +/- 3% and that of carp sperm from 91 +/- 7% to 3.5 +/- 4.3% in a dose-dependent manner (10-40 micro M). The effect of gadolinium was reversible, suggesting that stretch activated ion channels participate in the initiation of sperm motility of the two species. Gadolinium inhibits changes in the isoelectric point of certain proteins of puffer fish sperm, which occur when sperm motility is initiated in a hypertonic solution. Anisotropy measurements showed that hypo-osmotic treatment, which initiates carp sperm motility, increased membrane fluidity. When hypo-osmotic treatment was given in the presence of gadolinium, the sperm membrane remained as rigid as in quiescent cells, while motility was blocked. By contrast, gadolinium did not influence the motility parameters of Ciona or human sperm. Based on these lines of evidence, we suggest that conformational changes of mechanosensitive membrane proteins are involved in osmolality-dependent but not osmolality-independent sperm.
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- Zoltán Krasznai
- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Zonia L, Feijó JA. State and spectral properties of chloride oscillations in pollen. Biophys J 2003; 84:1387-98. [PMID: 12547818 PMCID: PMC1302714 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(03)74953-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2002] [Accepted: 09/27/2002] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Pollen tube growth is a dynamic system expressing a number of oscillating circuits. Our recent work identified a new circuit, oscillatory efflux of Cl(-) anion from the pollen tube apex. Cl(-) efflux is the first ion signal found to be coupled in phase with growth oscillations. Functional analyses indicate an active role for Cl(-) flux in pollen tube growth. In this report the dynamical properties of Cl(-) efflux are examined. Phase space analysis demonstrates that the system trajectory converges on a limit cycle. Fourier analysis reveals that two harmonic frequencies characterize normal growth. Cl(-) efflux is inhibited by the channel blocker DIDS, is stimulated by hypoosmotic treatment, and is antagonized by the signal encoded in inositol 3,4,5,6-tetrakisphosphate. These perturbations induce transitions of the limit cycle to new metastable states or cause system collapse to a static attractor centered near the origin. These perturbations also transform the spectral profile, inducing subharmonic frequencies, transitions to period doubling and tripling, superharmonic resonance, and chaos. These results indicate that Cl(-) signals in pollen tubes display features that are characteristic of active oscillators that carry frequency-encoded information. A reaction network of the Cl(-) oscillator coupled to two nonlinear feedback circuits that may drive pollen tube growth oscillations is considered.
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- Laura Zonia
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Pernikarce 15, 160 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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Partially Purified Grammostola Spatulata Venom Inhibits Stretch Activated Calcium Signaling in Bladder Myocytes and Improves Bladder Compliance in an In Vitro Rat Whole Bladder Model. J Urol 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)64008-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yellowley CE, Hancox JC, Donahue HJ. Effects of cell swelling on intracellular calcium and membrane currents in bovine articular chondrocytes. J Cell Biochem 2002; 86:290-301. [PMID: 12111998 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chondrocytes experience a dynamic extracellular osmotic environment during normal joint loading when fluid is forced from the matrix, increasing the local proteoglycan concentration and therefore the ionic strength and osmolarity. To exist in such a challenging environment, chondrocytes must possess mechanisms by which cell volume can be regulated. In this study, we investigated the ability of bovine articular chondrocytes (BAC) to regulate cell volume during a hypo-osmotic challenge. We also examined the effect of hypo-osmotic stress on early signaling events including [Ca2+](i) and membrane currents. Changes in cell volume were measured by monitoring the fluorescence of calcein-loaded cells. [Ca2+](i) was quantified using fura-2, and membrane currents were recorded using patch clamp. BAC exhibited regulated volume decrease (RVD) when exposed to hypo-osmotic saline which was inhibited by Gd3+. Swelling stimulated [Ca2+](i) transients in BAC which were dependent on swelling magnitude. Gd3+, zero [Ca2+](o), and thapsigargin all attenuated the [Ca2+](i) response, suggesting roles for Ca2+ influx through stretch activated channels, and Ca2+ release from intracellular stores. Inward and outward membrane currents significantly increased during cell swelling and were inhibited by Gd3+. These results indicate that RVD in BAC may involve [Ca2+](i) and ion channel activation, both of which play pivotal roles in RVD in other cell types. These signaling pathways are also similar to those activated in chondrocytes subjected to other biophysical signals. It is possible, then, that these signaling events may also be involved in a mechanism by which mechanical loads are transduced into appropriate cellular responses by chondrocytes.
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- Clare E Yellowley
- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA.
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Trollinger DR, Isseroff RR, Nuccitelli R. Calcium channel blockers inhibit galvanotaxis in human keratinocytes. J Cell Physiol 2002; 193:1-9. [PMID: 12209874 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Directed migration of keratinocytes is essential for wound healing. The migration of human keratinocytes in vitro is strongly influenced by the presence of a physiological electric field and these cells migrate towards the negative pole of such a field (galvanotaxis). We have previously shown that the depletion of extracellular calcium blocks the directional migration of cultured human keratinocytes in an electric field (Fang et al., 1998; J Invest Dermatol 111:751-756). Here we further investigate the role of calcium influx on the directionality and migration speed of keratinocytes during electric field exposure with the use of Ca(2+) channel blockers. A constant, physiological electric field strength of 100 mV/mm was imposed on the cultured cells for 1 h. To determine the role of calcium influx during galvanotaxis we tested the effects of the voltage-dependent cation channel blockers, verapamil and amiloride, as well as the inorganic Ca(2+) channel blockers, Ni(2+) and Gd(3+) and the Ca(2+) substitute, Sr(2+), on the speed and directionality of keratinocyte migration during galvanotaxis. Neither amiloride (10 microM) nor verapamil (10 microM) had any effect on the galvanotaxis response. Therefore, calcium influx through amiloride-sensitive channels is not required for galvanotaxis, and membrane depolarization via K(+) channel activity is also not required. In contrast, Sr(2+) (5 mM), Ni(2+) (1-5 mM), and Gd(3+) (100 microM) all significantly inhibit the directional migratory response to some degree. While Sr(2+) strongly inhibits directed migration, the cells exhibit nearly normal migration speeds. These findings suggest that calcium influx through Ca(2+) channels is required for directed migration of keratinocytes during galvanotaxis and that directional migration and migration speed are probably controlled by separate mechanisms.
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- Donna R Trollinger
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Hurwitz CG, Hu VY, Segal AS. A mechanogated nonselective cation channel in proximal tubule that is ATP sensitive. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2002; 283:F93-F104. [PMID: 12060591 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00239.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ion channels that are gated in response to membrane deformation or "stretch" are empirically designated stretch-activated channels. Here we describe a stretch-activated nonselective cation channel in the basolateral membrane (BLM) of the proximal tubule (PT) that is nucleotide sensitive. Single channels were studied in cell-intact and cell-free patches from the BLM of PT cells that maintain their epithelial polarity. The limiting inward Cs+ conductance is ~28 pS, and channel activity persists after excision into a Ca2+- and ATP-free bath. The stretch-dose response is sigmoidal, with half-maximal activation of about -19 mmHg at -40 mV, and the channel is activated by depolarization. The inward conductance sequence is: NH ~ Cs+ ~ Rb+ > K+ ~ Na+ ~ Li+ > Ca2+ ~ Ba2+ > N-methyl-D-glucamine ~ tetraethylammonium. The venom of the common Chilean tarantula, Grammostola spatulata, completely blocks channel activity in cell-attached patches. Hypotonic swelling reversibly activates the channel. Intracellular ATP concentration ([ATP]i) reversibly blocks the channel (inhibitory constant approximately 0.48 mM), suggesting that channel function is coupled to the metabolic state of the cell. We conclude that this channel may function as a Ca2+ entry pathway and/or be involved in regulation of cell volume. We speculate this channel may be important when [ATP]i is depleted, as occurs during periods of increased transepithelial transport or with ischemic injury.
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- Craig G Hurwitz
- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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Shen MR, Yang TP, Tang MJ. A novel function of BCL-2 overexpression in regulatory volume decrease. Enhancing swelling-activated Ca(2+) entry and Cl(-) channel activity. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:15592-9. [PMID: 11861644 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111043200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cellular function of the oncogene bcl-2, a key regulator of apoptosis, is still debated. The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between BCL-2 overexpression and cell volume regulation by using two independent models, Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells stably transfected with BCL-2 and MDCK clones with inducible BCL-2 expression by the lac operator/repressor. BCL-2 overexpression enhanced the capability of regulatory volume decrease (RVD), a cellular defensive process against hypotonic stress. In various clones of MDCK cells, hypotonic stress induced an outwardly rectified Cl(-) current that was significantly up-regulated by BCL-2 overexpression. Other fundamental characteristics of this channel were similar among different MDCK clones, such as sensitivity to Cl(-) channel inhibitor, anion permeability, and time-dependent inactivation at more positive potential. Most importantly, BCL-2 overexpression up-regulates the swelling-activated Ca(2+) transient that is a critical signaling for normal RVD and the activation of swelling-activated Cl(-) channel in MDCK cells. BCL-2 overexpression also enhances the capacitative Ca(2+) entry that can be differentiated from the swelling-activated Ca(2+) transient by kinetic analysis and sensitivity to Gd(3+). Moreover, neutralization of endogenous BCL-2 by antibody blocks the normal RVD response and the activation of swelling-activated Cl(-) channel in human cervical cancer HT-3 cells. These results provide a new insight into the novel function of BCL-2 overexpression in the regulation of cell volume and ion flux.
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- Meng-Ru Shen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Sudo T, Sakuma Y, Kato M. Bradykinin and angiotensin II-induced [Ca2+]i rise in cultured rat pituitary folliculo-stellate cells. J Neuroendocrinol 2001; 13:942-50. [PMID: 11737552 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2001.00699.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Folliculo-stellate cells of the anterior pituitary are thought to modulate pituitary hormone secretion through a paracrine mechanism. Angiotensin II and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) have previously been shown to increase the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) of these cells. In the present study, we examined the effects of various peptides such as bradykinin, angiotensin II, endothelin-1, PACAP, galanin and neurotensin by Ca2+-imaging of folliculo-stellate cells in primary culture. Bradykinin and angiotensin II increased [Ca2+]i in folliculo-stellate cells. Both responses were completely suppressed by thapsigargin and were significantly suppressed by the phospholipase C inhibitor, U-73122. Ryanodine did not significantly modify the responses. A B2 antagonist and angiotensin II receptor antagonist inhibited the response induced by bradykinin and angiotensin II, respectively. Endothelin-1 and PACAP increased [Ca2+]i in fewer than 50% of folliculo-stellate cells but galanin and neurotensin did not influence [Ca2+]i in any of the folliculo-stellate cells tested. These results indicate that bradykinin and angiotensin II increase [Ca2+]i in folliculo-stellate cells by activating phospholipase C through B2 receptor and AT1 receptor, respectively, and that endothelin-1 and PACAP also increase [Ca2+]i in some folliculo-stellate cells.
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- T Sudo
- Department of Physiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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Petroff MG, Kim SH, Pepe S, Dessy C, Marbán E, Balligand JL, Sollott SJ. Endogenous nitric oxide mechanisms mediate the stretch dependence of Ca2+ release in cardiomyocytes. Nat Cell Biol 2001; 3:867-73. [PMID: 11584267 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1001-867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Stretching of cardiac muscle modulates contraction through the enhancement of the Ca2+ transient, but how this occurs is still not known. We found that stretching of myocytes modulates the elementary Ca2+ release process from ryanodine-receptor Ca2+-release channels (RyRCs), Ca2+ sparks and the electrically stimulated Ca2+ transient. Stretching induces PtdIns-3-OH kinase (PI(3)K)-dependent phosphorylation of both Akt and the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), nitric oxide (NO) production, and a proportionate increase in Ca2+-spark frequency that is abolished by inhibiting NOS and PI(3)K. Exogenously generated NO reversibly increases Ca2+-spark frequency without cell stretching. We propose that myocyte NO produced by activation of the PI(3)K-Akt-endothelial NOS axis acts as a second messenger of stretch by enhancing RyRC activity, contributing to myocardial contractile activation.
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- M G Petroff
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6825, USA
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Chaban VV, McRoberts JA, Ennes HS, Mayer EA. Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors enhance mechanosensitive Ca(2+) influx in cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons. Brain Res 2001; 903:74-85. [PMID: 11382390 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02407-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) can have opposite effects on peripheral sensory neuron sensitivity depending on the concentration and source of NO, and the experimental setting. The aim of this study was to determine the role of endogenous NO production in the regulation of mechanosensitive Ca(2+) influx of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Adult mouse DRG neurons were grown in primary culture for 2-5 days, loaded with Fura-2, and tested for mechanically mediated changes in [Ca(2+)](i) by fluorescent ratio imaging. In the presence of the NOS inhibitors L-NAME, TRIM, or 7-NI, but not the inactive analogue D-NAME, peak [Ca(2+)](i) transients to mechanical stimulation were increased more than 2-fold. Neither La(3+) (25 microM), an inhibitor of voltage activated Ca(2+) channels, or tetrodotoxin (TTX, 1 microM), a selective inhibitor of voltage-gated Na(+) channels, had an effect on mechanically activated [Ca(2+)](i) transients under control conditions. However, in the presence of L-NAME, both La(3+) and TTX partially blocked the [Ca(2+)](i) response. Addition of Gd(3+), a blocker of mechanosensitive cation channels and L-type Ca(2+) channels, at a concentration (100 microM) that markedly inhibited the mechanical response under control conditions, only partially inhibited the response in the presence of L-NAME. The combination of either La(3+) or TTX with Gd(3+) caused near complete inhibition of mechanically stimulated [Ca(2+)](i) transients in the presence of L-NAME. We conclude that focal mechanical stimulation of DRG neurons causes Ca(2+) influx occurs primarily through mechanosensitive cation channels under control conditions. In the presence of NOS inhibitors, additional Ca(2+) influx occurs through voltage-sensitive Ca(2+) channels. These results suggest that endogenously produced NO in cultured DRG neurons decreases mechanosensitivity by inhibiting voltage-gated Na(+) and Ca(2+) channels.
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- V V Chaban
- UCLA/CURE Neuroenteric Disease Program, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, VAGLAHS, West Los Angeles, Room 223, Building 115, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, , Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
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Kinard TA, Goforth PB, Tao Q, Abood ME, Teague J, Satin LS. Chloride channels regulate HIT cell volume but cannot fully account for swelling-induced insulin secretion. Diabetes 2001; 50:992-1003. [PMID: 11334443 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.5.992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Insulin-secreting pancreatic islet beta-cells possess anion-permeable Cl- channels (I(Cl,islet)) that are swelling-activated, but the role of these channels in the cells is unclear. The Cl- channel blockers 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) and niflumic acid were evaluated for their ability to inhibit I(Cl,islet) in clonal beta-cells (HIT cells). Both drugs blocked the channel, but the blockade due to niflumic acid was less voltage-dependent than the blockade due to DIDS. HIT cell volume initially increased in hypotonic solution and was followed by a regulatory volume decrease (RVD). The addition of niflumic acid and, to a lesser extent, DIDS to the hypotonic solution potentiated swelling and blocked the RVD. In isotonic solution, niflumic acid produced swelling, suggesting that islet Cl- channels are activated under basal conditions. The channel blockers glyburide, gadolinium, or tetraethylammonium-Cl did not alter hypotonic-induced swelling or volume regulation. The Na/K/2Cl transport blocker furosemide produced cell shrinkage in isotonic solution and blocked cell swelling normally induced by hypotonic solution. Perifused HIT cells secreted insulin when challenged with hypotonic solutions. However, this could not be completely attributed to I(Cl,islet)-mediated depolarization, because secretion persisted even when Cl- channels were fully blocked. To test whether blocker-resistant secretion occurred via a distal pathway, distal secretion was isolated using 50 mmol/l potassium and diazoxide. Under these conditions, glucose-dependent secretion was blunted, but hypotonically induced secretion persisted, even with Cl- channel blockers present. These results suggest that beta-cell swelling stimulates insulin secretion primarily via a distal I(Cl,islet)-independent mechanism, as has been proposed for K(ATP)-independent glucose- and sulfonylurea-stimulated insulin secretion. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of HIT cell mRNA identified a CLC-3 transcript in HIT cells. In other systems, CLC-3 is believed to mediate swelling-induced outwardly rectifying Cl- channels. This suggests that the proximal effects of swelling to regulate cell volume may be mediated by CLC-3 or a closely related Cl- channel.
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- T A Kinard
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0524, USA
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The simplest cell-like structure, the lipid bilayer vesicle, can respond to mechanical deformation by elastic membrane dilation/thinning and curvature changes. When a protein is inserted in the lipid bilayer, an energetic cost may arise because of hydrophobic mismatch between the protein and bilayer. Localized changes in bilayer thickness and curvature may compensate for this mismatch. The peptides alamethicin and gramicidin and the bacterial membrane protein MscL form mechanically gated (MG) channels when inserted in lipid bilayers. Their mechanosensitivity may arise because channel opening is associated with a change in the protein's membrane-occupied area, its hydrophobic mismatch with the bilayer, excluded water volume, or a combination of these effects. As a consequence, bilayer dilation/thinning or changes in local membrane curvature may shift the equilibrium between channel conformations. Recent evidence indicates that MG channels in specific animal cell types (e.g., Xenopus oocytes) are also gated directly by bilayer tension. However, animal cells lack the rigid cell wall that protects bacteria and plants cells from excessive expansion of their bilayer. Instead, a cortical cytoskeleton (CSK) provides a structural framework that allows the animal cell to maintain a stable excess membrane area (i.e., for its volume occupied by a sphere) in the form of membrane folds, ruffles, and microvilli. This excess membrane provides an immediate membrane reserve that may protect the bilayer from sudden changes in bilayer tension. Contractile elements within the CSK may locally slacken or tighten bilayer tension to regulate mechanosensitivity, whereas membrane blebbing and tight seal patch formation, by using up membrane reserves, may increase membrane mechanosensitivity. In specific cases, extracellular and/or CSK proteins (i.e., tethers) may transmit mechanical forces to the process (e.g., hair cell MG channels, MS intracellular Ca(2+) release, and transmitter release) without increasing tension in the lipid bilayer.
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- O P Hamill
- Physiology and Biophysics, University Of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA.
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Stretch-activated ion currents were recorded from vascular smooth muscle (VSM) after enzymatic isolation of single cells from porcine coronary arterioles. Patch pipettes were used to record whole cell current and control cell length. Under voltage clamp in physiological saline solution, an inward cation current (I(CAT)) was activated by 105--135% longitudinal stretch. I(CAT) coincided with an increase in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration. Under current clamp, membrane depolarization was induced by stretch. The magnitude of I(CAT) varied from -0.8 to -6.9 pA/pF at a holding potential of -60 mV. I(CAT) was graded with stretch, inactivated on release, and could be repeatedly induced. A potassium current (I(K)) activated in unstretched cells by depolarization was also enhanced by stretch. In Ca(2+)-free bath solution, stretch-induced enhancement of I(K) was blocked, but I(CAT) was still present. Hexamethyleneamiloride (50 microM), a reputed inhibitor of mechanosensitive channels, blocked I(CAT) and the stretch-induced increase in I(K) but not basal I(K). Grammostolla spatulata venom (1:100,000) blocked basal I(K), blocked stretch-induced increases in I(K), and blocked I(CAT). Iberiotoxin, a specific Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel blocker, did not alter I(CAT) but blocked the stretch-induced increase in I(K) and increased the magnitude of stretch-induced depolarization. We concluded that longitudinal stretch directly activates a cation current and secondarily activates a Ca(2+)-activated K(+) current in isolated coronary myocytes. Although these two currents would partially counteract each other, the predominance of I(CAT) at physiological potentials is likely to explain the depolarization and contraction observed in intact coronary VSM during pressure elevation.
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- X Wu
- Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A & M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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Viana F, de la Peña E, Pecson B, Schmidt RF, Belmonte C. Swelling-activated calcium signalling in cultured mouse primary sensory neurons. Eur J Neurosci 2001; 13:722-34. [PMID: 11207807 DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2000.01441.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The effects of hypo-osmotic membrane stretch on intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)), cell volume and cellular excitability were investigated in cultured mouse primary sensory trigeminal neurons. Hypotonic solutions (15--45%) led to rapid cell swelling in all neurons. Swelling was accompanied by dose-dependent elevations in [Ca(2+)](i) in a large fraction of neurons. Responses could be classified into three categories. (i) In 57% of the neurons [Ca(2+)](i) responses had a slow rise time and were generally of small amplitude. (ii) In 21% of the neurons, responses had a faster rise and were larger in amplitude. (iii) The remaining cells (22%) did not show [Ca(2+)](i) responses to hypo-osmotic stretch. Slow and fast [Ca(2+)](i) changes were observed in trigeminal neurons of different sizes with variable responses to capsaicin (0.5 microM). The swelling-induced [Ca(2+)](i) responses were not abolished after depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores with cyclopiazonic acid or preincubation in thapsigargin, but were suppressed in the absence of external Ca(2+). They were strongly attenuated by extracellular nickel and gadolinium. Hypotonic stimulation led to a decrease in input resistance and to membrane potential depolarization. Under voltage-clamp, the [Ca(2+)](i) elevation produced by hypotonic stimulation was accompanied by the development of an inward current and a conductance increase. The time course and amplitude of the [Ca(2+)](i) response to hypo-osmotic stimulation showed a close correlation with electrophysiological properties of the neurons. Fast [Ca(2+)](i) responses were characteristic of trigeminal neurons with short duration action potentials and marked inward rectification. These findings suggest that hypo-osmotic stimulation activates several Ca(2+)-influx pathways, including Gd(3+)-sensitive stretch-activated ion channels, in a large fraction of trigeminal ganglion neurons. Opening of voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels also contributes to the response. The pattern and rate of Ca(2+) influx may be correlated with functional subtypes of sensory neurons.
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- F Viana
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, Apartado 18, San Juan de Alicante 03550, Spain.
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Takahashi A, Kenjyo N, Imura K, Myonsun Y, Honda T. Cl(-) secretion in colonic epithelial cells induced by the vibrio parahaemolyticus hemolytic toxin related to thermostable direct hemolysin. Infect Immun 2000; 68:5435-8. [PMID: 10948178 PMCID: PMC101812 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.9.5435-5438.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A hemolytic toxin related to thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH), TDH-related hemolysin (TRH), produced by Kanagawa-phenomenon-negative Vibrio parahaemolyticus is suspected of playing an important, but yet-to-be-elucidated role in diarrhea caused by this organism. In cultured human colonic epithelial cells, TRH increases Cl(-) secretion, followed by elevation of intracellular calcium.
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- A Takahashi
- Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, 770-8503, Japan.
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Suchyna TM, Johnson JH, Hamer K, Leykam JF, Gage DA, Clemo HF, Baumgarten CM, Sachs F. Identification of a peptide toxin from Grammostola spatulata spider venom that blocks cation-selective stretch-activated channels. J Gen Physiol 2000; 115:583-98. [PMID: 10779316 PMCID: PMC2217226 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.115.5.583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/1999] [Accepted: 03/06/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have identified a 35 amino acid peptide toxin of the inhibitor cysteine knot family that blocks cationic stretch-activated ion channels. The toxin, denoted GsMTx-4, was isolated from the venom of the spider Grammostola spatulata and has <50% homology to other neuroactive peptides. It was isolated by fractionating whole venom using reverse phase HPLC, and then assaying fractions on stretch-activated channels (SACs) in outside-out patches from adult rat astrocytes. Although the channel gating kinetics were different between cell-attached and outside-out patches, the properties associated with the channel pore, such as selectivity for alkali cations, conductance ( approximately 45 pS at -100 mV) and a mild rectification were unaffected by outside-out formation. GsMTx-4 produced a complete block of SACs in outside-out patches and appeared specific since it had no effect on whole-cell voltage-sensitive currents. The equilibrium dissociation constant of approximately 630 nM was calculated from the ratio of association and dissociation rate constants. In hypotonically swollen astrocytes, GsMTx-4 produces approximately 40% reduction in swelling-activated whole-cell current. Similarly, in isolated ventricular cells from a rabbit dilated cardiomyopathy model, GsMTx-4 produced a near complete block of the volume-sensitive cation-selective current, but did not affect the anion current. In the myopathic heart cells, where the swell-induced current is tonically active, GsMTx-4 also reduced the cell size. This is the first report of a peptide toxin that specifically blocks stretch-activated currents. The toxin affect on swelling-activated whole-cell currents implicates SACs in volume regulation.
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- T M Suchyna
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA.
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Calabrese B, Manzi S, Pellegrini M, Pellegrino M. Stretch-activated cation channels of leech neurons: characterization and role in neurite outgrowth. Eur J Neurosci 1999; 11:2275-84. [PMID: 10383616 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00648.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The goal of this study was to characterize the stretch-activated ion channels (SACs) of adult identified neurons of the leech Hirudo medicinalis and to test the role of SACs in neurite outgrowth of isolated cells. Using cell-attached patch recording, we established that SACs are densely distributed in the growth cone membrane of cultured neurons. In excised patches, we found that these channels are permeable to Ca2+, as well as to monovalent cations. The channels are blocked by the extracellular application of gadolinium (Gd3+), amiloride and gentamicin. Amiloride and gentamicin, respectively, induce a partial and complete voltage-dependent block. Time-lapse video recordings of neurite outgrowth from single cultured neurons were used to study the effects of blocking SACs with gentamicin. Within 20 h of plating in the presence of the aminoglycoside, the total length of neuronal arborization was significantly greater than that measured in its absence. The amount of assembled axon per unitary surface area remained constant over 40 h and did not differ significantly with or without gentamicin. Our findings show that SACs of leech neurons admit Ca2+, are densely distributed in the growth cone membrane and exhibit typical pharmacological features of mechanotransducer ion channels. In addition, our data suggest that these cation channels participate in the early interaction between growing neurites and culture substrate.
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- B Calabrese
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica 'G. Moruzzi', Università di Pisa, Via S. Zeno 31, 56127, Italy
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Bluhm WF, Sung D, Lew WY, Garfinkel A, McCulloch AD. Cellular mechanisms for the slow phase of the Frank-Starling response. J Electrocardiol 1999; 31 Suppl:13-22. [PMID: 9988000 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-0736(98)90273-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Following a step increase in sarcomere length, isometric cardiac muscle tension increases instantaneously by the Frank-Starling mechanism. In isolated papillary muscle and myocytes, there is an additional significant rise in developed tension over the following 15 min due to an unknown mechanism. This slow change in tension could not be explained by mechanical heterogeneity of the muscle preparations or by an increase in myofilament sensitivity to Ca2+. The slow change in tension was not dependent on sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ loading assessed with rapid cooling contractures, and was not significantly altered by sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ depletion (ryanodine) or inhibition of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ reuptake (cyclopiazonic acid). We used the Luo-Rudy ionic model of the ventricular myocyte together with a model of the length-dependent myofilament activation by Ca2+ to examine the effects of step changes in the parameters of sarcolemmal ion fluxes as possible mechanisms for the slow change in stress. The slow increase in tension was simulated by step changes in the Na+-K+ pump or Na+ leak currents, suggesting that the slow change in stress may be caused by length induced changes in Na+ fluxes. The model also predicted a slow increase in the magnitude of the initial repolarization during phase 1 of the action potential. The combination of experimental and computational models used in this investigation represents a valuable technique in elucidating the cellular mechanisms of fundamental processes in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling.
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- W F Bluhm
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0412, USA
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Cazorla O, Pascarel C, Brette F, Le Guennec JY. Modulation of ions channels and membrane receptors activities by mechanical interventions in cardiomyocytes: possible mechanisms for mechanosensitivity. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 71:29-58. [PMID: 10070211 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(98)00036-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- O Cazorla
- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Cellules Cardiaques et Vasculaires, CNRS UMR 6542, Faculté des Sciences, Tours, France
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Liu X, Rojas E, Ambudkar IS. Regulation of KCa current by store-operated Ca2+ influx depends on internal Ca2+ release in HSG cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:C571-80. [PMID: 9688612 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.275.2.c571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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This study examines the Ca2+ influx-dependent regulation of the Ca2+-activated K+ channel (KCa) in human submandibular gland (HSG) cells. Carbachol (CCh) induced sustained increases in the KCa current and cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), which were prevented by loading cells with 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N', N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA). Removal of extracellular Ca2+ and addition of La3+ or Gd3+, but not Zn2+, inhibited the increases in KCa current and [Ca2+]i. Ca2+ influx during refill (i.e., addition of Ca2+ to cells treated with CCh and then atropine in Ca2+-free medium) failed to evoke increases in the KCa current but achieved internal Ca2+ store refill. When refill was prevented by thapsigargin, Ca2+ readdition induced rapid activation of KCa. These data provide further evidence that intracellular Ca2+ accumulation provides tight buffering of [Ca2+]i at the site of Ca2+ influx (H. Mogami, K. Nakano, A. V. Tepikin, and O. H. Petersen. Cell 88: 49-55, 1997). We suggest that the Ca2+ influx-dependent regulation of the sustained KCa current in CCh-stimulated HSG cells is mediated by the uptake of Ca2+ into the internal Ca2+ store and release via the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive channel.
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- X Liu
- Secretory Physiology Section, Gene Therapy and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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De Smet P, Li J, Van Driessche W. Hypotonicity activates a lanthanide-sensitive pathway for K+ release in A6 epithelia. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:C189-99. [PMID: 9688850 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.275.1.c189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The nature of the pathway for K+ release activated during regulatory volume decrease (RVD) in A6 epithelia was investigated by measuring cell thickness (Tc) as an index of cell volume and by probing K+ efflux with 86Rb as tracer for K+ (RRb). Cell swelling was induced by sudden reduction of basolateral osmolality (from 260 to 140 mosmol/kgH2O). Experiments were performed in the absence of Na+ transport. Apical RRb was negligible in iso- and hyposmotic conditions. On the other hand, osmotic shock increased basolateral RRb (RblRb) rapidly, reaching a maximum 7 min after the peak in Tc. Quinine (0.5 mM) completely inhibited RVD and RblRb. Also verapamil (0.2 mM) impeded volume recovery considerably; lidocaine (0.2 mM) did not exert a noticeable effect. The K+ channel blocker Ba2+ (30 mM) delayed RVD but could not prevent complete volume recovery. Cs+ inhibited RVD noticeably at concentrations <40 mM. With large Cs+ concentrations (>40 mM), the initial osmometric swelling was followed by a gradual increase of Tc, suggesting activation of Cs+ influx. Chronic exposure of the basolateral surface to 0.5 mM La3+ or Gd3+ completely abolished RVD and RblRb. Acute administration of lanthanides at the time of osmolality decrease did not affect the initial phase of RVD and reduced RblRb only slightly. Apical Gd3+ exerted an inhibitory effect on RVD and RblRb. The effect of Gd3+ should therefore be localized at an intracellular site. The role of Ca2+ entry could be excluded by failure of extracellular Ca2+ removal to inhibit volume recovery. In contrast to lanthanides, chronically and acutely administered Mg2+ (0.5 mM) inhibited RVD and RblRb by approximately 50%. These data suggest that K+ excretion during RVD occurs through a rather poorly selective pathway that does not seem to be directly activated by membrane stretch.
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- P De Smet
- Laboratory of Physiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium
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Sachs F, Morris CE. Mechanosensitive ion channels in nonspecialized cells. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 1998; 132:1-77. [PMID: 9558913 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0004985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- F Sachs
- Biophysical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214, USA
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Ion transport mediated by osmotically induced chloride channels in HT29 cells was investigated by X-ray microanalysis of cell cultures. The cells were cultured on cellulose nitrate filters, and exposed to isotonic, hypotonic, or hypertonic solutions. Then the NaCl-rich medium was removed by rinsing the cells with a washing fluid, the cells were frozen, freeze-dried, and analyzed. As washing solutions, distilled water, ammonium acetate, or mannitol (the latter two at different concentrations) were used. No major effects of the composition of the washing fluid was noted, except for mannitol, which left remnants that caused an apparent decrease in the intracellular elemental concentrations. In response to exposure to hypotonic solution (modified Krebs Ringer's buffer, KRB, with 90 mM NaCl), the cells lost Cl, K, and Na. On the other hand, exposure to hypertonic solution (modified KRB, 290 mM NaCl) caused an increase of the intracellular concentrations of Na and Cl and a decrease in K. In the presence of chloride channel blockers, chloride efflux induced by exposure to hypotonic medium was inhibited. This chloride efflux was also inhibited in the absence of extracellular calcium, indicating that the process is Ca2+ dependent.
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- W Zhang
- Department of Human Anatomy, University of Uppsala, Sweden
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Oscillatory growth of pollen tubes has been correlated with oscillatory influxes of the cations Ca(2+), H(+), and K(+). Using an ion-specific vibrating probe, a new circuit was identified that involves oscillatory efflux of the anion Cl(-) at the apex and steady influx along the tube starting at 12 mum distal to the tip. This spatial coupling of influx and efflux sites predicts that a vectorial flux of Cl(-) ion traverses the apical region. The Cl(-) channel blockers 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) and 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acid completely inhibited tobacco pollen tube growth at 80 and 20 muM, respectively. Cl(-) channel blockers also induced increases in apical cell volume. The apical 50 mum of untreated pollen tubes had a mean cell volume of 3905 +/- 75 mum(3). DIDS at 80 muM caused a rapid and lethal cell volume increase to 6206 +/- 171 mum(3), which is at the point of cell bursting at the apex. DIDS was further demonstrated to disrupt Cl(-) efflux from the apex, indicating that Cl(-) flux correlates with pollen tube growth and cell volume status. The signal encoded by inositol 3,4,5,6-tetrakisphosphate [Ins(3,4,5,6)P(4)] antagonized pollen tube growth, induced cell volume increases, and disrupted Cl(-) efflux. Ins(3,4,5,6)P(4) decreased the mean growth rate by 85%, increased the cell volume to 5997 +/- 148 mum(3), and disrupted normal Cl(-) efflux oscillations. These effects were specific for Ins(3,4,5,6)P(4) and were not mimicked by either Ins(1,3,4,5)P(4) or Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P(5). Growth correlation analysis demonstrated that cycles of Cl(-) efflux were coupled to and temporally in phase with cycles of growth. A role for Cl(-) flux in the dynamic cellular events during growth is assessed. Differential interference contrast microscopy and kymographic analysis of individual growth cycles revealed that vesicles can advance transiently to within 2 to 4 mum of the apex during the phase of maximally increasing Cl(-) efflux, which temporally overlaps the phase of cell elongation during the growth cycle. In summary, these investigations indicate that Cl(-) ion dynamics are an important component in the network of events that regulate pollen tube homeostasis and growth.
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