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. 1993 Jun 15;90(12):5504–5508. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.12.5504

Alpha 2-adrenergic inhibition of Cl- transport by opercular epithelium is mediated by intracellular Ca2+.

W S Marshall 1, S E Bryson 1, D Garg 1
PMCID: PMC46749  PMID: 8390669

Abstract

We isolated the opercular epithelium of sea-water killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) to study the mediation of catecholamine inhibition of Cl- secretion. The receptors are alpha 2-adrenergic, as they have a high affinity for the alpha 2-adrenergic agonist clonidine over phenylephrine and clonidine action is blocked by yohimbine. Pertussis toxin and indomethacin did not block the clonidine effect; hence inhibitory guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (Gi proteins) and prostaglandins (respectively) are not involved. Intracellular pH (pHi) of single chloride cells was measured microspectrofluorometrically and resting pHi was 7.22 +/- 0.03. However, pHi was unaffected by clonidine; hence pHi and Na+/H+ exchange are not involved. The lipoxygenase inhibitors nordihydroguaiaretic acid and baicalein and the lipoxygenase products (12S)- and (12R)-12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid stimulated Cl- secretion. Protein kinase C is an unlikely site of action because the diacylglycerol kinase inhibitor R59022 had no effect alone and did not block the clonidine effect. Ionomycin (1 microM) in normal but not low-Ca2+ solutions mimicked the action of clonidine and both inhibitions were reversible by isoproterenol. Thapsigargin, a releaser of intracellular Ca2+, inhibited Cl- secretion and this effect was reduced in low-Ca2+ solutions. Low-Ca2+ solutions also blunted but did not block entirely the clonidine response, indicating that the primary Ca2+ release was from intracellular stores. Whereas alpha 1-adrenergic receptors commonly act via the Ca2+/inositol trisphosphate pathway, to our knowledge this is the first report of a Ca(2+)-mediated alpha 2-adrenergic response in a nonmammalian vertebrate.

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