Endothelin isopeptides evoke Ca2+ signaling and oscillations of cytosolic free [Ca2+] in human mesangial cells |
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Authors: | M S Simonson T Osanai M J Dunn |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. |
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Abstract: | Isopeptides of the newly discovered peptide family, endothelins (ET), caused a concentration-dependent increase in intracellular free [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) in human glomerular mesangial cells. ET isopeptides and sarafotoxin S6b caused transient and sustained [Ca2+]i waveforms which resulted from mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores and from Ca2+ influx through a dihydropyridine-insensitive Ca2+ channel. Ca2+ signaling evoked by ET isopeptides underwent a marked adaptive, desensitization response. Although activation of protein kinase C attenuated ET-induced Ca2+ signaling, desensitization by ET isopeptides was independent of protein kinase C. High concentrations of ET-1 and ET-2 also caused oscillations of [Ca2+]i that partially depended on extracellular Ca2+. These results suggest that an increase in [Ca2+]i constitutes a common pathway of signal transduction for the ET peptide family. |
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