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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 264: E863-E867, 1993;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 264, Issue 6 E863-E867, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Requirement for transmembrane sodium flux in maintenance of cytosolic calcium levels in rat Sertoli cells

E. Gorczynska and D. J. Handelsman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The prompt rise in cytosolic calcium induced by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in rat Sertoli cells suggests a role for calcium in FSH signal transduction. To evaluate the requirement for sodium in transmembrane calcium fluxes in Sertoli cells, we measured intracellular calcium concentration under sodium-free conditions and during stimulation by monensin and veratridine, used to elevate cytosolic sodium. Cytosolic calcium levels were measured by dual-wavelength spectrofluorimetry using freshly isolated cells loaded with fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester. Whereas, removal of extracellular sodium lowered cytosolic calcium in unstimulated cells from 89 +/- 4 to 75 +/- 8 nM, treatment with monensin and veratridine increased cytosolic calcium to 142 +/- 19 and 126 +/- 13 nM, respectively. Without extracellular calcium, monensin still produced 47% of the rise in cytosolic calcium observed in the presence of extracellular calcium, indicating approximately equal contributions of calcium from intracellular and extracellular sources. Blockade of voltage-sensitive or/and voltage-insensitive calcium channels by verapamil and ruthenium red was unable to completely prevent the monensin-induced elevation of cytosolic calcium. In addition tetrodotoxin failed to block the FSH-induced rise in cytosolic calcium. These observations, together with the considerable reduction in monensin-induced rise in cytosolic calcium under extracellular sodium-free condition, support the hypothesis that sodium-calcium exchange rather than the specific calcium or sodium channels regulate basal and monensin-induced transmembrane sodium and calcium fluxes in Sertoli cells.


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