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Stimulated calcium efflux from fura‐2‐loaded human platelets.
Author(s) -
Rink T J,
Sage S O
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.1987.sp016837
Subject(s) - ionomycin , calcium , chemistry , thrombin , extracellular , medicine , stimulation , endocrinology , phorbol , fura 2 , efflux , protein kinase c , biophysics , platelet , biochemistry , biology , kinase , cytosol , enzyme , organic chemistry
1. The reduction of cytoplasmic free calcium, [Ca2+]i following stimulation, has been investigated in fura‐2‐loaded human platelets in the presence of low extracellular calcium concentration. Thrombin produced a rapid rise in [Ca2+]i which then fell back to the basal level within 2 min. 2. Ionomycin produced a rapid elevation in [Ca2+]i which then declined to a plateau well above the basal calcium level. The addition of thrombin after ionomycin accelerated the decline in [Ca2+]i back towards basal levels, an action mimicked by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). 3. Thrombin promoted the efflux of 45Ca2+ from cells co‐loaded with fura‐2 and the isotope. Ionomycin also promoted an efflux of 45Ca2+ which was increased by the subsequent addition of thrombin or PMA. These results confirm the ability of thrombin and PMA to stimulate Ca2+ removal from the cells. 4. The complete substitution of extracellular Na+ with N‐methyl‐D‐glucamine (NMDG) did not alter the time course of the return of [Ca2+]i to basal following stimulation by thrombin, nor the ability of thrombin or PMA to promote Ca2+ efflux after elevation of [Ca2+]i by ionomycin. 5. The insensitivity to external Na+ suggests that the stimulated Ca2+ efflux is mediated by a Ca2+‐ATPase rather than Na+‐Ca2+ exchange. This pump does not appear to be activated by Ca2+‐calmodulin since [Ca2+]i remains high when elevated by ionomycin. The ability of PMA to stimulate removal suggests that its known target, protein kinase C, can stimulate the Ca2+ pump. Forskolin, which stimulates adenylate cyclase, did not stimulate a fall in [Ca2+]i in the presence of ionomycin, indicating that cyclic AMP‐dependent protein kinase does not stimulate Ca2+ extrusion.