Document Detail


Secretagogue-evoked changes in intracellular free magnesium concentrations in rat pancreatic acinar cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1770445     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
1. This study employs the fluorescent dye Mag-Fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester (AM) to measure intracellular free magnesium concentration [Mg2+]i in isolated rat pancreatic acinar cells. Initially a number of protocols were investigated to develop optimal loading conditions for the dye Mag-Fura-2 AM. The procedure yielding cells which showed minimal dye loss and no adverse compartmentalization was adopted for subsequent experiments. 2. The mean resting [Mg2+]i is 1.39 +/- 0.08 mM (n = 39). 3. Acetylcholine (ACh), cholescystokinin-octapeptide (CCK8), carbamylcholine chloride evoked marked reduction in [Mg2+]i in pancreatic acinar cells compared to resting values in the absence of secretagogues. The ACh-evoked decrease in [Mg2+]i was abolished by pre-treatment with atropine. In contrast, noradrenaline, adrenaline and histamine had no significant effect on [Mg2+]i. 4. In acinar cells loaded with the Ca(2+)-sensitive dye, Fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester (AM), ACh stimulation resulted in a marked elevation in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration [Ca2+]i. This response was blocked by pre-treatment with atropine. 5. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry was used to measure Mg2+ levels in effluent samples from pancreatic segments. Stimulation of pancreatic segments with ACh resulted in a marked elevation in Mg2+ concentrations (net efflux). On removal of ACh, Mg2+ concentration returned to resting level followed by a small net influx of Mg2+ into pancreatic tissue. 6. The results demonstrate that secretagogue-evoked alteration in [Mg2+]i may occur concurrently with Mg2+ release from pancreatic tissue.
Authors:
R Lennard; J Singh
Related Documents :
6894545 - Interaction of calcium with bovine plasma protein c.
21974595 - Independently driven four-probe method for local electrical characteristics in organic ...
2150215 - Identification of a spectroscopic marker for the ca2(+)-binding site of (ca2+ + mg2+)-a...
9372145 - Regulation of calcium currents and secretion by magnesium in crustacean peptidergic neu...
21157525 - Variability in measures of exhaled breath na, influence of pulmonary blood flow and sal...
9449325 - Properties of herg channels stably expressed in hek 293 cells studied at physiological ...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of physiology     Volume:  435     ISSN:  0022-3751     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Physiol. (Lond.)     Publication Date:  1991 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-02-24     Completed Date:  1992-02-24     Revised Date:  2010-08-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0266262     Medline TA:  J Physiol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  483-92     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Applied Biology, Lancashire Polytechnic.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acetylcholine / physiology
Animals
Carbachol / pharmacology
Fura-2 / analogs & derivatives,  diagnostic use
Magnesium / analysis,  metabolism*
Pancreas / chemistry,  metabolism*
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Sincalide / physiology
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
Spectrophotometry, Atomic
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Wellcome Trust
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
130100-20-8/Mag-Fura-2-acetoxymethyl ester; 25126-32-3/Sincalide; 51-83-2/Carbachol; 51-84-3/Acetylcholine; 7439-95-4/Magnesium; 96314-98-6/Fura-2
Comments/Corrections

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Depression of a sustained calcium current by kainate in rat hippocampal neurones in vitro.
Next Document:  The voltage responses of hair cells in the basal turn of the guinea-pig cochlea.