PUBLICATION
Extracellular H(+) induces Ca (2+) signals in respiratory chemoreceptors of zebrafish
- Authors
- Abdallah, S.J., Jonz, M.G., Perry, S.F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-140513-73
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology 467(2): 399-413 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Jonz, Michael G., Perry, Steve F.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Calcium Signaling*
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemoreceptor Cells/metabolism*
- Chemoreceptor Cells/physiology
- Gills/cytology
- Gills/physiology
- Hypercapnia/metabolism*
- Protons*
- Respiration*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 24770973 Full text @ Pflügers Archiv. / Eur. J. Physiol.
Citation
Abdallah, S.J., Jonz, M.G., Perry, S.F. (2015) Extracellular H(+) induces Ca (2+) signals in respiratory chemoreceptors of zebrafish. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology. 467(2):399-413.
Abstract
Neuroepithelial cells (NECs) of the fish gill are respiratory chemoreceptors that detect changes in O2 and CO2/H(+) and are homologous to type I cells of the mammalian carotid body. In zebrafish (Danio rerio), stimulation of NECs by hypoxia or hypercapnia initiates inhibition of K(+) channels and subsequent membrane depolarisation. The goal of the present study was to further elucidate, in zebrafish NECs, the signalling pathways that underlie CO2/H(+) sensing and generate intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]i) signals. Breathing frequency was elevated maximally in fish exposed to 5 % CO2 (~37.5 mmHg). Measurement of [Ca(2+)]i in isolated NECs using Fura-2 imaging indicated that [Ca(2+)]i increased in response to acidic hypercapnia (5 % CO2, pH 6.6) and isocapnic acidosis (normocapnia, pH 6.6), but not to isohydric hypercapnia (5 % CO2, pH 7.6). Measurement of intracellular pH (pHi) using BCECF demonstrated a rapid decrease in pHi in response to acidic and isohydric hypercapnia, while isocapnic acidosis produced a smaller change in pHi. Intracellular acidification was reduced by the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, acetazolamide, without affecting [Ca(2+)]i responses. Moreover, intracellular acidification using acetate (at constant extracellular pH) was without effect on [Ca(2+)]i. The acid-induced increase in [Ca(2+)]i persisted in the absence of extracellular Ca(2+) and was unaffected by Ca(2+) channel blockers (Cd(2+), Ni(2+) or nifedipine). The results of this study demonstrate that, unlike type I cells, extracellular H(+) is critical to the hypercapnia-induced increase in [Ca(2+)]i in NECs. The increase in [Ca(2+)]i occurs independently of pHi and appears to originate primarily from Ca(2+) derived from intracellular stores.
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