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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 6, 2704-2711, 02, 1988

Enhancement of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-releasable Ca2+ pool by GTP in permeabilized hepatocytes

AP Thomas
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.

Permeabilized rat hepatocytes were used to study the effects of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (Ins(1,4,5)P3) and GTP on Ca2+ uptake and release by ATP-dependent intracellular Ca2+ storage pools. Under conditions where these Ca2+ pools were completely filled, maximal doses of Ins(1,4,5)P3 released only 25-30% of the sequestered Ca2+. The residual Ca2+ was freely releasable with the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin. Addition of GTP in the absence of Ins(1,4,5)P3 did not cause Ca2+ release and had no effect on the steady-state level of Ca2+ accumulation by intracellular storage pools. However, after a 3-4-min treatment with GTP the size of the Ins(1,4,5)P3-releasable Ca2+ pool was increased by about 2-fold, with a proportional decrease in the residual Ca2+ available for release by ionomycin. In contrast to the situation with freshly permeabilized cells, permeabilized hepatocytes from which cytosolic components had been washed out exhibited direct Ca2+ release in response to GTP addition. The potentiation of Ins(1,4,5)P3-induced Ca2+ release by GTP in permeabilized hepatocytes was concentration-dependent with half-maximal effects at about 5 microM GTP. The dose response to Ins(1,4,5)P3 was not shifted by GTP; instead GTP increased the amount of Ca2+ released at all Ins(1,4,5)P3 concentrations. The effects of GTP were not mimicked by other nucleotides or nonhydrolyzable GTP analogues. In fact, guanosine 5'-O- (3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S) inhibited the actions of GTP. However, this inhibition only occurred when GTP gamma S was added prior to GTP, suggesting that the GTP effect is not readily reversible once the cells have been permeabilized. Experiments using vanadate to inhibit the ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake pump showed that Ins(1,4,5)P3 releases all of the Ca2+ within the Ins(1,4,5)P3-sensitive Ca2+ pool even in the absence of GTP. The increase of Ins(1,4,5)P3-induced Ca2+ release brought about by GTP was also unaffected by vanadate. It is concluded that GTP increases the proportion of the sequestered Ca2+ which is available for release by Ins(1,4,5)P3, either by unmasking latent Ins(1,4,5)P3-sensitive Ca2+ release sites or by allowing direct Ca2+ movement between Ins(1,4,5)P3-sensitive and Ins(1,4,5)P3- insensitive Ca2+ storage pools.
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