[The role of mitochondrial uniporter in calcium-homeostasis of the exorbital lacrimal gland secretory cells]

Fiziol Zh (1994). 2014;60(5):73-81.
[Article in Ukrainian]

Abstract

The role of mitochondrial calcium-uniporter in calcium-homeostasis maintenance and correlations of calcium-uniporter with other calcium-transport systems of the rat exorbital lacrimal gland secretory cells were studied. The experiments were performed on intact and digitonin-permeabilized cells. The interdependence of calcium-uniporter and other calcium-transporting systems functioning was estimated on the basis of additivity of their inhibitors/agonists effects, which was accompanied with a decrease in the Ca2+ content in the gland cells. It was found that in conditions of simultaneously inhibition of sarco endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) and mitochondrial calcium-uniporter Ca2+ passively released from different calcium stores, because the effects of these calcium-transport systems inhibitors (thapsigargin and ruthenium red, respectively) were additive. Similarly, the processes of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) activation and calcium-uniporter inhibition were additive. In contrast, the effects of ryanodine and ruthenium red on the Ca2+ content in cells were significantly non-additive. In addition, ryanodine at concentrations 1-3 μM reduced respiration rate of studied cells in dose-dependent manner, and this effect was persisted at cells preincubation with ruthenium red or tapsigargin. Thus, besides the activation of ryanodine receptors (RyRs) in endoplasmic reticulum, ryanodine inhibits Ca2+ influx to the mitochondrial matrix, that was insensitive to ruthenium red.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / pharmacology
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism*
  • Cell Membrane / drug effects
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism
  • Cell Membrane Permeability
  • Cell Respiration / drug effects
  • Digitonin / pharmacology
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors / metabolism
  • Ion Transport
  • Lacrimal Apparatus / cytology
  • Lacrimal Apparatus / drug effects
  • Lacrimal Apparatus / metabolism*
  • Mitochondria / drug effects
  • Mitochondria / metabolism*
  • Primary Cell Culture
  • Rats
  • Ruthenium Red / pharmacology
  • Ryanodine / pharmacology
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / metabolism
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / drug effects
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism*
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases / metabolism*
  • Thapsigargin / pharmacology

Substances

  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Calcium Channels
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
  • mitochondrial calcium uniporter
  • Ruthenium Red
  • Ryanodine
  • Thapsigargin
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases
  • Digitonin
  • Calcium