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Cholinergic stimulation produces oscillations of cytosolic Ca2+ in a secretory epithelial cell line, T84

D. C. Devor, Z. Ahmed and M. E. Duffey
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214.

The effects of carbamylcholine (carbachol) on intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]c) of T84 cells were examined using the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator fura-2 and microfluorometric techniques. In single isolated cells, carbachol (100 microM) caused a rapid increase in [Ca2+]c of 184 +/- 15 nM (SE, n = 44) from a resting value of 56 +/- 7 nM. This initial transient was followed by a series of oscillations in 68% of the cells. Atropine (10 microM) blocked this response. Removal of bath Ca2+ did not inhibit the rise in [Ca2+]c or oscillations, but the response duration was shortened in 47% of the cells. The amplitude and latency of the initial Ca2+ rise, frequency of oscillations, and number of responding cells varied with the agonist concentration. We have previously shown that carbachol induces an oscillating K+ conductance in T84 cells [D. Devor, S. Simasko, and M. Duffey. Am. J. Physiol. 258 (Cell Physiol. 27): C318-C326, 1990]. Simultaneous measurement of membrane K+ current and fura-2 fluorescence in the same cell demonstrated a correlation between the rise in [Ca2+]c and increase in K+ current. These results show that a rise in [Ca2+]c and oscillations is likely to underlie the membrane K+ current responses to carbachol in T84 cells. Responses from a single cell within a subconfluent monolayer were different from those of isolated cells. In cells of a monolayer the initial [Ca2+]c rise (111 +/- 8 nM; n = 41) was followed by a decline to a stable plateau, and oscillations were not seen. Removal of bath Ca2+ both reduced the initial transient and eliminated the plateau phase of the response. These results suggest that cell-to-cell contact or differentiation during monolayer formation influences the Ca2+ handling mechanisms of T84 cells.

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