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. 1994 Oct 15;303(Pt 2):351–356. doi: 10.1042/bj3030351

Evidence from studies with hepatocyte suspensions that store-operated Ca2+ inflow requires a pertussis toxin-sensitive trimeric G-protein.

K C Fernando 1, G J Barritt 1
PMCID: PMC1137334  PMID: 7980392

Abstract

The role of heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins in the process of store-operated Ca2+ inflow in hepatocytes was investigated by testing the ability of pertussis toxin to inhibit thapsigargin- and 2,5-di-tert-butylhydroquinone (DBHQ)-induced bivalent cation inflow. Hepatocytes isolated from rats treated with pertussis toxin for 24 h exhibited markedly inhibited rates of both Ca2+ and Mn2+ inflow when these were stimulated by vasopressin, angiotension II, epidermal growth factor, thapsigargin and DBHQ. Pertussis toxin had little effect on the basal intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), basal rates of Ca2+ and Mn2+ inflow, the abilities of vasopressin, angiotensin II, thapsigargin and DBHQ to induce the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores, and the maximum value of [Ca2+]i reached following agonist-induced release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores. It is concluded that store-operated Ca2+ inflow in hepatocytes employs a slowly ADP-ribosylated trimeric GTP-binding protein and is the physiological mechanism, or one of the physiological mechanisms, by which vasopressin and angiotensin stimulate plasma membrane Ca2+ inflow in this cell type.

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