AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 271, Issue 5 1052-F1060, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Functional evidence for a Ca2+/polyvalent cation sensor in the mouse thick ascending limb

M. Paulais, M. Baudouin-Legros and J. Teulon
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale Unite 323, Faculte de Medecine Necker, Paris, France.

The effects of extracellular polyvalent cations on the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) of isolated segments of the mouse nephron were investigated using fura 2 microfluorometry. Extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o), gadolinium (Gd3+), and neomycin (Neo) increased the [Ca2+]i in cortical thick ascending limb (CTAL) tubules with effective doses (ED50) of approximately 3.5 mM for Ca2+, 20 microM for Gd3+, and 40 microM for Neo. This effect was reproduced by Ba2+ but not by Mg2+. High [Ca2+]o inhibited the responses to Gd3+, Neo, and Ba2+. The Gd(3+)- and Neo-evoked [Ca2+]i transients persisted in the absence of external Ca2+ and were abolished by the depletion of internal Ca2+ stores with thapsigargin (TG). The responses to rises in [Ca2+]o were similarly inhibited by TG and slightly reduced by 20 microM La3+ but not by 10 microM nifedipine. Mn2+ also mobilized a TG-sensitive internal Ca2+ store and stimulated its own entry. External Ca2+, Gd3+, and Neo induced small but significant increases in [Ca2+]i in distal convoluted tubule, cortical collecting duct, and outer medullary collecting duct segments, transiently increased [Ca2+]i in some medullary TAL (MTAL) tubules, but had no effect on descending thin limb. We conclude that a Ca(2+)-mobilizing Ca2+/polyvalent cation sensor resembling that of the parathyroid gland cells is predominantly located in the mouse CTAL but also in the MTAL and, to a lesser extent, in more distal segments.

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