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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 266: C311-C317, 1994;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 1 C311-C317, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Increased intracellular Na+ augments mobilization of Ca2+ from SR in vascular smooth muscle cells

M. L. Borin, R. M. Tribe and M. P. Blaustein
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201.

The effect of a rise in intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]cyt) on the amount of Ca2+ in intracellular stores was studied in vascular smooth muscle cells from the A7r5 line. The relative amount of stored Ca2+ was estimated in fura 2-loaded cells by the rise in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]cyt) evoked by Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). To improve the detection of released Ca2+, extrusion of Ca2+ from the cytosol was minimized by using nominally Na+/Ca(2+)-free medium containing 0.5 mM La3+ [for vasoconstrictor experiments, the medium contained 0.5 mM ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid and no La3+]. Ca2+ release was triggered by thapsigargin (TG), an SR Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor, and by the vasoconstrictors arginine vasopressin (AVP) and serotonin (5-HT). Incubation with 1-3 mM ouabain for 20 min, which raises [Na+]cyt from 4.4 to 9.0 mM, increased "resting" [Ca2+]cyt only slightly (from 87 to 122 nM). However, ouabain greatly augmented the release of Ca2+ evoked by TG [from 639 nM (control) to 1,021 nM], by AVP (from 993 to 1,597 nM), and by 5-HT (from 559 to 1,486 nM). Ouabain-induced augmentation of TG-evoked Ca2+ release was not affected by 10 microM verapamil; this implies that the effect of ouabain was not due to Ca2+ entry through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. The response to TG was not augmented when ouabain was applied for 20 min in Na(+)-free medium (Na+ replaced by equimolar N-methyl-D-glucamine) to prevent [Na+]cyt from rising.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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