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. 1989 Jan 5;264(1):197-204.

Properties of the depolarization-activated calcium and barium entry in osteoblast-like cells

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  • PMID: 2491847

Properties of the depolarization-activated calcium and barium entry in osteoblast-like cells

D T Yamaguchi et al. J Biol Chem. .

Abstract

Measurements of free cystolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and Ba2+ ([Ba2+]i) concentrations with Fura 2 were used to identify and characterize the properties of a depolarization-activated Ca2+ and Ba2+ entry in the plasma membrane of osteoblast-like cells. The presence of this pathway was demonstrated in two osteoblastic cell lines, UMR-106 and MC3T3-E1 and osteoblasts isolated from rat long bone and rat neonatal calvariae. Subsequent characterization of the pathway was performed in the osteosarcoma cell line UMR-106. Depolarization of the cells with high medium K+ was followed by an increase in [Ca2+]i which was dependent on medium Ca2+. Ba2+ ions depolarized the cells and were transported by this pathway. Mg2+ ions interfered with Ca2+ and Ba2+ entry. At 140 mM KCl and 1 mM MgCl2, the pathway could be saturated with Ca2+ or Ba2+. The apparent affinity for Ca2+ was 0.78 mM and for Ba2+ 1.82 mM. Ca2+ or Ba2+ entry into the cells was blocked by low concentrations of nicardipine, diltiazem, verapamil, and La3+. In the absence of an increase in [Ca2+]i or [Ba2+]i, the pathway inactivated within about 5 min after depolarization. When [Ca2+]i or [Ba2+]i was allowed to increase, the pathway inactivated within about 20 s. These properties suggest that Ca2+ and Ba2+ entry are mediated by an L-type, depolarization-activated Ca2+ channel in osteoblasts. The activity of these channels changes little with an increase or decrease in cell volume. Thus, it is concluded that these pathways do not provide the Ca2+ entry pathway required for initiation of volume decrease by osteoblasts.

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