P. Belan et al., ISOPROTERENOL EVOKES EXTRACELLULAR CA2-GLAND CELLS( SPIKES DUE TO SECRETORY EVENTS IN SALIVARY), The Journal of biological chemistry, 273(7), 1998, pp. 4106-4111
Secretory cells should in principle export substantial amounts of calc
ium via exocytosis since Ca2+ is sequestered in secretory granules, Ba
sed on a new technique for measurements of the extracellular calcium c
oncentration in the vicinity of the cell membrane and on the droplet t
echnique, we have monitored the rate of calcium extrusion from salivar
y gland acinar cells, Isoproterenol (ISP), a beta-adrenergic agonist a
nd powerful secretogogue, evoked no change in the cytosolic free Ca2concentration ([Ca2+](i)) but induced vigorous extracellular Ca2+ conc
entration ([Ca2+](i)) spiking. The absence of [Ca2+](i) elevation and
the pulsatile nature of the changes in [Ca2+](i) indicate that these s
pikes are most likely due to calcium release from secretory granules,
The cholinergic agonist acetylcholine (ACh), which induces moderate se
cretion, evoked a marked rise in [Ca2+](i) and a smooth rise in [Ca2+]
(i), most likely induced by plasma membrane calcium pumps, on which sh
ortlasting [Ca2+](i) spikes were superimposed. The rate of ISP-induced
calcium efflux was very substantial, The calculated calcium loss duri
ng the first 100 s of supramaximal stimulation corresponded to a reduc
tion of the total cellular calcium concentration of approximately 0.4
mM. We conclude that in salivary glands, calcium release via exocytosi
s is one of the main mechanisms extruding calcium from cells to the ex
tracellular milieu.