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. 1981 Sep;68(3):722–732. doi: 10.1172/JCI110308

Renal inner medullary prostaglandin synthesis. A calcium-calmodulin-dependent process suppressed by urea.

P A Craven, R K Studer, F R Derubertis
PMCID: PMC370854  PMID: 6792221

Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated that hyperosmolar NaCl and mannitol stimulate immunoreactive prostaglandin E (iPGE) production by slices of inner medulla (IM), whereas urea inhibits this process. In the present study, the roles of Ca2+ and calmodulin in the control of PGE synthesis in IM and the basis for the differential actions of solutes were examined. A23187 increased [14C]arachidonate (AA) release and iPGE accumulation in the presence but not in the absence of media Ca2+ whereas stimulation by hypertonic NaCl or mannitol was well expressed with Ca2+ or in Ca2+-free buffer containing 2 mM EGTA. Hypertonic urea and trifluoperazine (TFP), an inhibitor of actions of the Ca2+-CaM complex, suppressed increases in [14C]AA release and iPGE induced by A23187, NaCl, or mannitol. By contrast, increases in iPGE in response to exogenous AA were not altered by urea or TFP. Ca2+ (25-100 microM) increased acyl hydrolase (AH) activity in EGTA washed (4 degrees C) 100,000 g particulate fractions of IM threefold, thereby restoring AH activity to the higher basal values of particulate fractions not washed with EGTA. This action of Ca2+ was blocked by hypertonic urea of TFP, whereas AH activity was not influenced by NaCl or mannitol in the presence or absence of Ca2+. In contrast to their effects on AH activity, hypertonic urea and TFP did not alter conversion of AA to PGE2, PGF2 alpha, or PGD2 by IM microsomal fractions. Ca2+-induced increases in particulate AH were blunted after partial depletion of endogenous CaM-like activity. Ca2+ action was restored by addition of purified exogenous CaM, but not by addition of other small acidic proteins, including troponin C. The findings support a role for CaM in the regulation of PGE synthesis in the IM at the level of Ca2+-responsive AH activity. They further imply that urea suppresses PGE synthesis in IM through inhibition of AH and a reduction in the availability of endogenous AA for conversion to PGE.

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