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The FASEB Journal, Vol 1, 215-219, Copyright © 1987 by The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

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Elevation of cytosolic free calcium by platelet-activating factor in cultured rat mesangial cells

M Kester, P Mene, GR Dubyak and MJ Dunn

Rat glomerular mesangial cell monolayers loaded with the fluorescent probe fura-2 responded to exogenous platelet-activating factor (PAF) with a rapid increase in cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). PAF-induced [CA2+]i transients consisted of a dose-dependent phasic peak response followed by a sustained tonic phase of increased [Ca2+]i. Chelation of extracellular calcium with EGTA suppressed the tonic phase of increased [Ca2+]i but did not affect the phasic peak response. This suggests two mechanisms for the elevation of [Ca2+]i: a transient mobilization from intracellular stores and an enhanced calcium influx across the plasma membrane, possibly mediated by receptor-operated channels. Lyso-PAF had no effect on basal [Ca2+]i and the PAF-receptor antagonist L652,731 selectively inhibited responses to PAF. PAF-stimulated mesangial cells displayed homologous desensitization to reexposure to PAF while still being responsive to other calcium-mobilizing agonists. Preincubation of cells with the protein kinase C (PKC) activator phorbol myristate acetate diminished the PAF-induced [Ca2+]i transient, suggesting a regulatory role for PKC in PAF-activation of mesangial cells. An increase in [Ca2+]i, as a result of receptor-linked activation of phospholipase C, may mediate PAF-induced hemodynamic and inflammatory events in renal glomeruli.


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