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Calcium chelators enhance 45Ca accumulation in permeablized synaptosomes and in microsomes

J. E. Moore and R. F. Abercrombie
Department of Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.

The study of intracellular Ca2+ regulation usually requires using calcium chelators to adjust [Ca2+]. We examined the effects of these chelators on calcium accumulation in microsomes and saponin-permeabilized synaptosomes to assess their influence on apparent transport properties. At a fixed free Ca2+ of 0.6 microM, increasing ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N', N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) and total Ca2+ enhanced ATP-dependent 45Ca sequestration in synaptosomes and microsomes. The EGTA-Ca complex did not change the maximal initial calcium uptake rate or maximal steady-state accumulation. Rather, EGTA/Ca increased the apparent affinity of the microsomal transporter for Ca2+. The presence of the organic anion transport inhibitor probenicid (2.5 mM) had no effect on 45Ca accumulation in the presence of EGTA. Replacing part of the Ca2+ with Ni2+ but maintaining [Ca2+] approximately constant reduced 45Ca uptake, suggesting that the Ni-EGTA complex did not stimulate 45Ca transport. Our results imply that EGTA is not actively transported across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, nor does the divalent ion-bound form of EGTA change the properties of the transporter. EGTA, and other mobile calcium chelators with similar structures, e.g., 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid, indo 1, and fluo 3, may increase calcium uptake by delivering more Ca2+ to its transport site.

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