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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 33, 15953-15958, 11, 1987

Glucagon-stimulated calcium efflux in the isolated perfused rat liver is dependent on cellular redox potential

HM Rashed and TB Patel
Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.

In the absence of any exogenous substrates, glucagon (1 X 10(-9) M) stimulated 45Ca2+ efflux from perfused livers derived from fed rats but not in livers of 24-h-fasted animals. In livers of 24-h-fasted animals perfused under conditions which would decrease cellular NAD(P)H/NAD(P)+ ratio (pyruvate (2.0 mM) or acetoacetate (10.0 mM], glucagon (1 X 10(- 9) M) did not stimulate 45Ca2+ efflux. Similarly, in livers of 24-h- fasted animals perfused with substrates which increase cellular NAD(P)H content (lactate (2.0 mM) or beta-hydroxybutyrate (10.0 mM], glucagon (1 X 10(-9) M) did not increase 45Ca2+ efflux. Glucagon (1 X 10(-9) M) elicited an increase in 45Ca2+ efflux from livers of 24-h-fasted animals, only when the livers were perfused with [lactate]/[pyruvate] and [beta-hydroxybutyrate]/[acetoacetate] ratios similar to those reported for livers of fed rats. Stimulation of 45Ca2+ efflux elicited by either 8-CPT-cAMP, a cAMP analog, or high glucagon concentrations (1 X 10(-8) M) was not affected whether livers were perfused with pyruvate (2.0 mM) or lactate (2.0 mM). Administration of isobutylmethylxanthine (50 microM) alone, or glucagon (1 X 10(-9) M) in the presence of isobutylmethylxanthine (50 microM) stimulated 45Ca2+ efflux from livers of 24-h-fasted animals perfused with pyruvate (2.0 mM) but not from livers perfused with lactate (2.0 mM). The ability of glucagon (1 X 10(- 9) M) to elevate tissue cAMP levels was also regulated by the oxidation- reduction state of the livers. The data indicate that glucagon- stimulated 45Ca2+ efflux from perfused livers is mediated via cAMP and is dependent on the oxidation-reduction state of the livers.
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