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Arachidonic acid activates a proton conductance pathway and the Na+/H+ exchanger in platelets.

ABSTRACT: The treatment of aspirinated platelets with the endomembrane Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin (Tg) induces a large increase in cytosolic pH (pH1), as measured with the intracellular fluorescent indicator 2',7'-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein. In contrast, Tg induces a decrease in pH1 in the presence of the Na+/H+ exchanger inhibitor 5-(N,N-hexamethylene)-amiloride (NHA). Both effects are inhibited if the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]1) is chelated by loading with bis-(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetra-acetic acid tetra-acetoxymethyl ester (BAPTA-AM). Without BAPTA, the pH effects are inhibited in the presence of BSA or the phospholipase A2 inhibitor oleoyloxyethylphosphocholine. These observations are consistent with the Tg-induced pH effects being mediated at least in part by the release of arachidonic acid (ArA) on activation of phospholipase A2 by the increased [Ca2+]1. Exogenous ArA promotes a rapid decrease in pH1 in platelets suspended in a high-[Na+] medium, and an increase in pH1 if platelets are depolarized by suspension in a high-[K+] medium in the presence of valinomycin and the external pH is increased to 7.9. The protonophore carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxy-phenylhydrazone (FCCP) behaves like ArA, although ArA is not a protonophore. It is concluded that ArA activates a proton conductance across the plasma membrane. The latter is inhibited by La3+. In high-[Na+] media, the pH1 previously decreased by ArA recovers rapidly on removal of ArA with BSA. The effect is prevented by NHA. The recovery after BSA is much slower if FCCP rather than ArA is used to decrease pH1, but it is fast again with both ArA and FCCP. Furthermore, pH1 previously decreased by ArA also recovers readily on inhibition of the ArA-activated H+ conductance with La3+, and the effect is NHA-sensitive. When pH1 is decreased with the K+/H+ ionophore nigericin, a rapid recovery is activated by ArA followed by BSA (but not by BSA alone). The effect is independent of Ca2+ and protein kinase C. It is concluded that ArA, besides activating the H+ conductance, also acts as an activator of the Na+/H+ exchanger.

SUBMITTER: Cavallini L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1217805 | biostudies-other | 1996 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the regulatory relationship between the cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i and cytosolic pH (pHi). [Ca2+]i and pHi were measured using the fluorescent dyes fura-2 and BCECF [2',7'-bis-(carboxyethyl)-5,6-carboxyfluorescein] respectively. In a medium with 1 mmol/l extracellular calcium, thrombin (2.5 units/ml) induced an increment in [Ca2+]i of 638 +/- 31 nmol/l (n = 5) and an intracellular alkalinization of 0.14 +/- 0.01 pH units (n = 8). Both responses were dependent on the concentration of thrombin, displaying a sigmoidal dose-response pattern. The intracellular alkalinization was dependent upon extracellular Na+ and was amiloride-sensitive, indicating that it was mediated by activation of the Na+/H+ exchanger. When extracellular calcium was chelated with EGTA prior to the addition of thrombin, the intracellular alkalinization was not affected (0.15 +/- 0.02 at 2.5 units/ml thrombin, n = 8). Under these circumstances, the [Ca2+]i increment represents mobilization from internal stores, reaching 157 +/- 42 nmol/l at 2.5 units/ml thrombin. When platelets were preloaded with the intracellular calcium chelator MAPTAM (1,2-bis-5-methylaminophenoxylethane-NNN'-tetraacetoxymethyl acetate) to block the increase in [Ca2+]i induced by thrombin, no increment in pHi was observed. Moreover, MAPTAM-loaded calcium-depleted platelets had a basal pHi that was more acidic than in the presence of 1 mmol/l extracellular calcium (6.93 +/- 0.09 versus 7.14 +/- 0.01, n = 26, P < 0.001). Ionomycin induced an elevation of [Ca2+]i that was accompanied by a concomitant increase in pHi, which was Na(+)-dependent and amiloride-sensitive. [Ca2+]i and pHi increases induced by ionomycin were both dependent on the concentration of ionomycin. In conclusion, an increase in [Ca2+]i is necessary for the agonist-induced activation of the Na+/H+ exchanger in platelets. Non-agonist-induced increases in [Ca2+]i seems to prompt activation of the exchanger. In addition, Ca(2+)-depleted platelets have a more acidic basal pHi, indicating that the basal level of [Ca2+]i is also important for maintaining the basal pHi.

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Arachidonic acid activates a proton conductance pathway and the Na+/H+ exchanger in platelets.

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