Two mechanisms that raise free intracellular calcium in rat hippocampal neurons during hypoosmotic and low NaCl treatment
Two mechanisms that raise free intracellular calcium in rat hippocampal neurons during hypoosmotic and low NaCl treatment
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DOI:
10.1152/jn.2000.83.1.81
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发表时间:
2000-01-01
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2.5
通讯作者:
Wadman, WJ
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作者:
Borgdorff, AJ;Somjen, GG;Wadman, WJ
Previous studies have shown that exposing hippocampal slices to low osmolarity (pi(o)) or to low extracellular NaCl concentration ([NaCl](o)) enhances synaptic transmission and also causes interstitial calcium ([Ca2+](o)) to decrease. Reduction of [Ca2+](0) suggests cellular uptake and could explain the potentiation of synaptic transmission. We measured intracellular calcium activity ([Ca2+](i)) using fluorescent indicator dyes. In CAl hippocampal pyramidal neurons in tissue slices, lowering pi(o) by similar to 70 mOsm caused "resting" [Ca2+](i) as well as synaptically or directly stimulated transient increases of calcium activity (Delta[Ca2+](i)) to transiently decrease and then to increase. In dissociated cells, lowering sr,by similar to 70 mOsm caused [Ca2+](i) to almost double on average from 83 to 155 nM. The increase of [Ca2+](i) was not significantly correlated with hypotonic cell swelling. Isoosmotic (mannitol- or sucrose-substituted) lowering of [NaCl](o), which did not cause cell swelling, also raised [Ca2+](i). Substituting NaCl with choline-Cl or Na methyl-sulfate did not affect [Ca2+](i). In neurons bathed in calcium-free medium, lowering pi(o) caused a milder increase of [Ca2+](i), which was con-elated with cell swelling, but in the absence of external Ca2+, isotonic lowering of [NaCl](o) triggered only a brief, transient response. We conclude that decrease of extracellular ionic strength (i.e., in both low pi(o) and low [NaCl](o)) causes a net influx of Ca2+ from the extracellular medium whereas cell swelling, or the increase in membrane tension, is a signal for the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores.