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Ca2+ release and activation of K+ and Cl- currents by extracellular ATP in distal nephron epithelial cells

B. Nilius, J. Sehrer, S. Heinke and G. Droogmans
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, Belgium.

We have measured ionic currents and changes in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) induced by extracellular ATP in single epithelial cells of the distal nephron from toad (A6 cells). ATP increased [Ca2+]i and concomitantly activated ionic currents. The ATP concentration for half-maximal increase in [Ca2+]i was approximately 10 microM. Current activation and elevation of [Ca2+]i also occurred in Ca(2+)-free bath solutions but were abolished by loading the cells via the patch pipette with 10 mM 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) or by preincubating the cells with 10 microM BAPTA-acetoxymethyl ester for 120 min. ATP-activated currents reversed at -53.9 +/- 1.9 mV (n = 22). Tetraethylammonium (TEA, 25 mM), a K+ channel blocker, partially blocked this current but did not affect the Ca2+ transients. The TEA-insensitive component of the current reversed close to Cl- equilibrium potential. 5-Nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid, a putative Cl- channel blocker (100 microM), abolished nearly completely the ATP-activated current. Suramin (100 microM), a P2-purinergic receptor antagonist, strongly attenuated both Ca2+ transients and currents. In cell-attached patches, single channel currents activated by ATP could be observed, i.e., an inwardly rectifying K+ channel with a slope conductance for inward currents of approximately 32 pS and an ohmic Cl- channel with a conductance of 34 pS. It is concluded that ATP activates both Cl- and K+ channels in distal nephron epithelial cells by a Ca(2+)-dependent mechanism.

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