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Physiological stimulation of pancreatic acinar cells by cholecystokinin and acetylcholine activate a spatial-temporal pattern of cytosolic [Ca(+2)] changes that are regulated by a coordinated response of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP(3)Rs), ryanodine receptors (RyRs) and calcium-induced calcium release (CICR). For the present study, we designed experiments to determine the potential role of Bcl-2 proteins in these patterns of cytosolic [Ca(+2)] responses. We used small molecule inhibitors that disrupt the interactions between prosurvival Bcl-2 proteins (i.e. Bcl-2 and Bcl-xl) and proapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins (i.e. Bax) and fluorescence microfluorimetry techniques to measure both cytosolic [Ca(+2)] and endoplasmic reticulum [Ca(+2)]. We found that the inhibitors of Bcl-2 protein interactions caused a slow and complete release of intracellular agonist-sensitive stores of calcium. The release was attenuated by inhibitors of IP(3)Rs and RyRs and substantially reduced by strong [Ca(2+)] buffering. Inhibition of IP(3)Rs and RyRs also dramatically reduced activation of apoptosis by BH3I-2'. CICR induced by different doses of BH3I-2' in Bcl-2 overexpressing cells was markedly decreased compared with control. The results suggest that Bcl-2 proteins regulate calcium release from the intracellular stores and suggest that the spatial-temporal patterns of agonist-stimulated cytosolic [Ca(+2)] changes are regulated by differential cellular distribution of interacting pairs of prosurvival and proapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins.

Inhibitors of Bcl-2 protein family deplete ER Ca2+ stores in pancreatic acinar cells