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Angiotensin II negatively modulates L-type calcium channels through a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein in adrenal glomerulosa cells
MATURANA, Andrés, et al.
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In bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells, angiotensin II and extracellular K+ stimulate aldosterone secretion in a calcium-dependent manner. In these cells, physiological concentrations of extracellular potassium activate both T-type (low threshold) and L-type (high threshold) voltage-operated calcium channels. Paradoxically, the cytosolic calcium response to 9 mM K+
is inhibited by angiotensin II. Because K+-induced calcium changes observed in the cytosol are almost exclusively due to L-type channel activity, we therefore studied the mechanisms of L-type channel regulation by angiotensin II. Using the patch-clamp method in its perforated patch configuration, we observed a marked inhibition (by 63%) of L-type barium currents in response to angiotensin II. This effect of the hormone was completely prevented by losartan, a specific antagonist of the AT1 receptor subtype. Moreover, this inhibition was strongly reduced when the cells were previously treated for 1 night with pertussis toxin. An effect of pertussis toxin was also observed on the modulation by angiotensin II of the K+ (9 mM)-induced cytosolic calcium response in [...]
MATURANA, Andrés, et al . Angiotensin II negatively modulates L-type calcium channels
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Angiotensin II Negatively Modulates L-type Calcium Channels through a Pertussis Toxin-sensitive G Protein in Adrenal
Glomerulosa Cells*
(Received for publication, December 2, 1998, and in revised form, March 29, 1999)
Andre´s D. Maturana‡§, Andre´s J. Casal‡, Nicolas Demaurex¶, Michel B. Vallotton‡, Alessandro M. Capponi‡, and Michel F. Rossier‡i**
From the‡Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, theiLaboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Pathology, the¶Department of Physiology, and the§Fondation pour Recherches Me´dicales, University Hospital, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest,CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
In bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells, angiotensin II and extracellular K1stimulate aldosterone secretion in a calcium-dependent manner. In these cells, physiologi- cal concentrations of extracellular potassium activate both T-type (low threshold) and L-type (high threshold) voltage-operated calcium channels. Paradoxically, the cytosolic calcium response to 9 mM K1 is inhibited by angiotensin II. Because K1-induced calcium changes ob- served in the cytosol are almost exclusively due to L- type channel activity, we therefore studied the mecha- nisms of L-type channel regulation by angiotensin II.
Using the patch-clamp method in its perforated patch configuration, we observed a marked inhibition (by 63%) of L-type barium currents in response to angioten- sin II. This effect of the hormone was completely pre- vented by losartan, a specific antagonist of the AT1re- ceptor subtype. Moreover, this inhibition was strongly reduced when the cells were previously treated for 1 night with pertussis toxin. An effect of pertussis toxin was also observed on the modulation by angiotensin II of the K1(9 mM)-induced cytosolic calcium response in fura-2-loaded cells, as well as on the angiotensin II-in- duced aldosterone secretion, at both low (3 mM) and high (9 mM) K1 concentrations. Finally, the expression of both Goand Giproteins in bovine glomerulosa cells was detected by immunoblotting. Altogether, these results strongly suggest that in bovine glomerulosa cells, a per- tussis toxin-sensitive G protein is involved in the inhi- bition of L-type channel activity induced by angiotensin II.
Angiotensin II (AngII)1and potassium ion (K1) are the major regulators of calcium influx into adrenal glomerulosa cells, a crucial step in the stimulation of aldosterone production. Both stimuli are able to maintain a sustained influx of Ca21into these cells. AngII induces a biphasic response of the cytosolic free Ca21concentration ([Ca21]c): an initial transient rise due to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-induced release of Ca21from the intracellular stores is followed by a sustained plateau phase, resulting from the activation of the capacitative influx trig- gered by the depletion of intracellular Ca21pools (1, 2). Angio-
tensin II also activates voltage-operated Ca21channels of both T- and L-types by inducing cell depolarization through inhibi- tion of K1channels. Ca21influx through these channels also contributes to the sustained Ca21entry triggered by AngII (1).
Extracellular K1, by depolarizing the cells, directly activates the voltage-operated Ca21 channels, leading to a sustained Ca21entry into the cell (3, 4). Paradoxically, Ca21entry elic- ited by K1is markedly inhibited upon addition of AngII (5, 6).
Although this phenomenon was observed some years ago both in rat and bovine glomerulosa cells, the mechanism of this AngII effect on cytosolic Ca21 homeostasis has never been elucidated.
In bovine glomerulosa cells, the presence of both high thresh- old, long lasting (L-type) and low threshold, transient (T-type) voltage-operated Ca21 channels has been demonstrated (7).
Because of their low threshold of activation, T-type channels have been first thought to be the major mediators of the Ca21 response to physiological increases of extracellular K1(3, 8).
Various laboratories have subsequently investigated the mod- ulation of T-type channels by AngII, but contradictory results have been published. Luet al. (9) have observed an increase of T channel activity induced by AngII and mediated by a Gi protein. In fact, they have shown that AngII shifts the activa- tion curve of T channels to more negative voltage values, in- creasing the size of the permissive window of voltage of the channel and therefore allowing more Ca21to enter the cell in a steady state manner. In contrast, in our laboratory, we found that AngII shifts the activation curve of T channels to more positive voltages, thus reducing the steady-state current through these channels (10). In this study, Rossieret al.(10) demonstrated that AngII exerts a negative modulation on T channels and that this modulation is mediated by protein ki- nase C (PKC). In summary, both positive and negative effects of AngII on T channel activity have been observed in electro- physiological experiments performed under similar conditions, but no correlation with [Ca21]chas been ever obtained.
Recently, a clear dissociation between L- and T-type channel functions has been established. Indeed, Ca21entering through each channel appears to have distinct functions and destina- tions (11). Selective inhibition of L-type channels does not markedly affect steroidogenesis, as demonstrated by Barrettet al.(12) with the spider toxinv-agatoxin-IIIA, as well as in our own laboratory, using low concentrations of dihydropyridines (13). In contrast, in these and other studies, T-type channel activity has been shown to be more closely related to aldoster- one production. For example, T channel inhibition with the divalent ion nickel or the relatively specific alkaloid tetran- drine strongly reduced aldosterone production (14). Moreover, L-type channels appear to be the major mediators of the large
* This work was supported by Swiss National Science Foundation Grants 32-49297.96, 31-42178.94, and 31-52779.97. The costs of publi- cation of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement”
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** To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel.: 41-22- 3729320; Fax: 41-22-3729329; E-mail: rossier@cmu.unige.ch.
1The abbreviations used are: AngII, angiotensin II; PAGE, polyacryl- amide gel electrophoresis; Ptx, pertussis toxin; PKC, protein kinase C.
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[Ca21]cvariations observed with fluorescent probes in response to extracellular K1, whereas at low, physiological concentra- tions of the agonist, the cytosolic Ca21signal resulting from T channel activation is barely detectable (15).
In order to understand the mechanism of the inhibition by AngII of the K1-induced cytosolic Ca21response, we therefore have investigated the modulation of the activity of L-type chan- nels by the hormone, using both patch-clamp and microflu- orometry methods.
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES
Percoll was obtained from Amersham Pharmacia Biotech. Ampho- tericin B, nifedipine, nicardipine, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, Triton X-100, aprotinin, leupeptin, 2-mercaptoethanol, pertussis toxin, and tetrodotoxin were purchased from Sigma; fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester was from Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR); Tween-20 was from Merck (Geneva, Switzerland); glycerol and bromphenol blue were from Fluka (Buchs, Switzerland); and Cell-Tak was from BioReba (Basel, Switzer- land). Losartan (DuP753) was a generous gift from Dr. R. D. Smith, DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co. Rabbit polyclonal antibodies selec- tively raised against rat Giand Goproteins were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA).
Adrenal Glomerulosa Cell Isolation and Culture—Bovine adrenal glands were obtained from a local slaughterhouse, and adrenal glo- merulosa cells were prepared by enzymatic dispersion, purified on a Percoll density gradient, and, for the patch-clamp and microfluorom- etry experiments, maintained in culture for 2– 4 days on Cell-Tak- coated glass coverslips, as described previously in detail (14). Other- wise, cells were used freshly prepared, after two washes in Krebs- Ringer buffer (137 mMNaCl, 1.8 mMKCl, 1.2 mMKH2PO4, 1.25 mM
MgSO4, 5 mMNaHCO3, 1.2 mMCaCl2, 5.5 mM D-glucose, 20 mMHepes, pH 7.4) for [Ca21]cmeasurements in cell populations.
Patch-clamp Measurements—The activity of voltage-operated Ca21 channels in single bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells was recorded under voltage-clamp in the perforated patch configuration of the patch-clamp method, as described previously (13, 16). The bath solution contained 117 mMtetraethylammonium chloride, 20 mMBaCl2, 0.5 mMMgCl2, 5 mM D-glucose, 32 mMsucrose, and 200 nMtetrodotoxin and was buffered to pH 7.5 with 10 mMHepes (CsOH). The patch-pipette (3– 6 megohm;
Clark 150T, Reading, United Kingdom) contained 130 mMCsCl, 5 mM
MgCl2, and 1 mMCaCl2, and the pH was adjusted to 7.2 with 20 mM
Hepes (CsOH). The pipette solution also contained 0.24 mg/ml ampho- tericin B, but the tip of the pipette was filled with ionophore-free solution to allow the formation of the seal. The access resistance was reduced within approximately 10 min after seal formation. The refer- ence electrode was placed in a KCl solution linked to the bath with an Agar bridge, reducing the liquid junction potential to negligible values.
The cell was voltage-clamped (Axopatch 1D, Axon Instruments, Foster City, CA) at holding potential of290 mV and depolarized as indicated.
The currents were filtered at 1–2 kHz and sampled at 5 kHz using a TL-1-125 interface (Axon Instruments). The leak was subtracted auto- matically by a P/4 protocol (pclamp6, Axon Instruments).
Cytosolic Free Calcium Measurements—Cytosolic [Ca21] was deter- mined in freshly isolated bovine glomerulosa cell populations loaded with the fluorescent probe fura-2. After isolation, cells were preincu- bated at 37 °C for approximately 1 h in Krebs-Ringer buffer. Cells were then washed, resuspended at 107cells/ml, and incubated in the dark in the same buffer for 45 min in the presence of 2mMfura-2 acetoxymethyl ester. Dye excess was then washed away and the cells were kept in the dark at room temperature. Samples of 23106cells were sedimented just before use and resuspended in 2 ml of Krebs-Ringer buffer in a cuvette placed in a thermostatted room at 37 °C. Fura-2 fluorescence was recorded with a Jasco CAF-110 fluorescence spectrometer (Hachioji City, Japan), and [Ca21]cwas determined as described by Grynkiewicz et al.(17).
Cytosolic [Ca21] was also determined in single cultured cells, plated on glass coverslips coated with Cell-Tak. Cells were incubated in a Krebs-Ringer buffer for 45 min at room temperature in the presence of 1mMfura-2 acetoxymethyl ester. Loaded cells were then washed with the Krebs-Ringer buffer. Fura-2 fluorescence was monitored on an inverted Zeiss Axiovert S100TV microscope coupled to a PTI D104 photometer. The light source came from a Xenon XBO 75-W lamp. The fluorescent signal (excitation 340/380 nm, emission 510 nm) was re- corded using the Felix 1.1 software on an AST 386/100 MHz computer.
Determination of Aldosterone Production—Measurement of aldoster- one production from cultured glomerulosa cells was performed as de-
scribed elsewhere (1). Glomerulosa cells, after 2 days in culture, were incubated overnight in the presence or absence of pertussis toxin (500 ng/ml). The next day, the medium was removed, and cells were incu- bated for 1 h at 37 °C in multiwell plates containing a modified Krebs- Ringer medium and various concentrations of AngII. At the end of the incubation period, the aldosterone content of the medium was deter- mined by direct radioimmunoassay, using a commercially available kit (Diagnostic Systems Laboratories, Webster, TX).
Extraction and SDS-PAGE Separation of Proteins—Bovine glomeru- losa cells in primary culture, as well as cultured GH4cells, were ho- mogenized in lysis buffer (containing 10 mMsodium phosphate, pH 7.4, 150 mMNaCl, 1% Triton X-100, 1% sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% SDS, 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 1 mg/ml aprotinin, and 1 mg/ml leupeptin) at 4 °C. Extracted proteins were quantified using a protein microassay (Bio-Rad). SDS-PAGE was performed according to the method of Laemmli (18). Extracts of total cellular protein (16mg/lane) were solubilized in sample buffer (60 mMTris-HCl, pH 6.8, 2% (w/v) SDS, 5% (v/v) 2-mercaptoethanol, 10% (v/v) glycerol, and 0.01% (v/v) bromphenol blue) and loaded onto a SDS/polyacrylamide (10%) gel (MiniProtean II system, Bio-Rad). Electrophoresis was performed at 130 V for 1 h.
Blotting and Immunodetection of G Proteins—SDS-PAGE-resolved proteins were electrophoretically transferred onto a nitrocellulose mem- brane (Macherey-Nagel, Du¨en, Germany). The membrane was then incubated in blocking buffer (phosphate-buffered saline containing 0.4% Tween-20 and 5% nonfat dried milk) overnight at 4 °C and then incubated for 1 h in phosphate-buffered saline containing 0.4%
Tween-20 with rabbit polyclonal antibodies raised against theasub- units of the Goand Giproteins. The membrane was washed with the same buffer and then incubated for 1 h with horseradish peroxidase- labeled goat anti-rabbit IgG (CovalAb, Oullins, France). The membrane was then washed three times for 10 min with phosphate-buffered saline containing 0.4% Tween-20, and the antigen-antibody complex was re- vealed by enhanced chemiluminescence using a Western blot detection kit and Hyper-ECL film (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech).
RESULTS
Inhibition by Angiotensin II of the Cytosolic Calcium Re- sponse Induced by Potassium—As previously observed in bo- vine glomerulosa cells (5) and confirmed by others in rat cells (6), 10 nMAngII markedly reduced the sustained elevation of [Ca21]celicited upon addition of 9 mM extracellular K1(Fig.
1A). Because challenge with AngII is normally accompanied by Ca21 release from inositol ,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive intra- cellular Ca21pools and by development of a capacitative Ca21 influx, thapsigargin, an inhibitor of the microsomal Ca21/ Mg21-ATPases, was added at the beginning of the experiment in order to empty Ca21stores and to allow an accurate deter- mination of the inhibition of the Ca21signal by the hormone.
FIG. 1.Inhibition of the potassium-induced cytosolic calcium response by angiotensin II.A,fura-2-loaded cells were sequentially exposed to 200 nMthapsigargin (Tg), 9 mMKCl, 10 nMAngII, and 2mM nifedipine. Cytosolic Ca21values were calculated as described under
“Experimental Procedures.”Dotted linesrepresent maximal and mini- mal [Ca21]cvalues measured before and after complete inhibition of voltage-operated calcium channels, respectively.B,same experiment as inA,but the addition of nifedipine and AngII was inverted. Traces are representative of 12 experiments yielding similar results.
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The amount of this inhibition was estimated to be 63615%
from 12 independent experiments. The addition of 2mM nife- dipine, a dihydropyridine antagonist, at the end of the experi- ment achieved to reduce [Ca21]cdown to the level correspond- ing to 100% inhibition of the voltage-operated Ca21channels.
Two mechanisms could be responsible for the decrease of [Ca21]cinduced by AngII: 1) an inhibition of the calcium influx through voltage-operated calcium channels, or 2) an activation of the pumping of calcium out of the cytosol through plasma membrane Ca21/Mg21-ATPases. In order to discriminate be- tween these possibilities, we completely blocked the Ca21chan- nels opened by K1with 2mMnifedipine, before the addition of AngII (Fig. 1B). As expected, an almost complete inhibition of the sustained [Ca21]cresponse to K1was observed upon addi- tion of nifedipine, and AngII exerted only a very small effect on the residual [Ca21]clevel thereafter, thus excluding a strong activation of the Ca21 pumps by the hormone and therefore privileging an action of AngII on the dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca21channels.
Inhibition of L-type Currents by AngII—Single bovine glo- merulosa cells were voltage-clamped in the permeabilized patch configuration of the patch clamp technique and both T- and L-type Ca21channels were activated upon a step depolar- ization from290 to 0 mV. In order to discriminate between T and L currents, we maintained the depolarized state at 0 mV for 600 ms (Fig. 2,inset). L current was measured after 500 ms, when most T channels are inactivated, as expected according to their fast inactivation characteristics (time constant,t520 ms at 0 mV) and when T current amplitude is therefore negligible.
A time-course study of L-type current amplitude (Fig. 2) confirmed its relative stability in the perforated patch config- uration. Addition of 100 nMAngII induced a marked inhibition of the current in less than 1 min. Addition of a dihydropyridine antagonist, such as nifedipine or nicardipine, at the end of the experiment blocked the residual current and pharmacologically confirmed the identity of this current. The mean inhibition induced by AngII has been estimated to be 63611% (n514) of the maximal current, a value closely related to the inhibition of the [Ca21]csignal.
In contrast, the transient current observed during the first 50 ms depolarization and reflecting T channel activity re- mained unaffected by AngII or nifedipine treatment at 0 mV.
Moreover, it is noteworthy that the action of AngII on L current was only rarely observed in the whole cell configuration and that the cells needed to be maintained metabolically intact (in the perforated patch configuration) for AngII to exert its inhi- bition on L channels.
Washing out the hormone (Fig. 3) allowed recovery of 306 3% of L channel activity (n53), whereas addition of losartan (10mM), a specific AT1receptor antagonist, a few minutes after the hormone reversed only 1965% of the AngII effect (n54).
This lack of complete reversibility could be attributed to AngII receptor sequestration or endocytosis, as previously suggested by Ambroz and Catt (19).
Fig. 3B also shows the current-voltage relationship of the L-type current before (f) and after (Œ) the addition of 100 nM AngII, as well as after the wash-out of the hormone (●). The inhibition of the current exerted by the hormone was observed at any voltage, and AngII did not change the shape of the current-voltage curve; threshold, peak, and reversal potentials of the Ba21current were not affected by AngII (n56).
Losartan Prevents the Inhibition of L-type Current by AngII—We have previously shown that the presence of losar- tan (DuP753), prevents the action of AngII on the [Ca21]c signal induced by extracellular K1 (10). Similarly, losartan prevented AngII action on L-type channels. Indeed, as illus- trated in Fig. 4, losartan (10mM) had no effect by itself on the amplitude of L-type currents elicited by a depolarization to 0 mV but completely prevented the AngII-induced inhibition of this current (n54). The current remained sensitive to dihy- dropyridines and was almost completely abolished upon addi- tion of 2mMnicardipine.
To further characterize the molecular mechanism through which AngII exerts its inhibition on L currents, we tested whether protein kinase C (PKC), which is coupled to the AT1 receptor through the formation of diacylglycerol, is involved in the modulation of L-type channels. We have previously shown that in glomerulosa cells, T-type channels are negatively reg- ulated by PKC and that aldosterone production is concomi- tantly reduced (10, 20); however, we have also demonstrated that activation of PKC with the phorbol ester phorbol 12- myristate 13-acetate is unable to mimic AngII action on the [Ca21]csignal induced by K1(13). In agreement with the latter FIG. 2.Inhibition of L-type currents by AngII in bovine glo-
merulosa cells.Ba21currents were recorded from a single voltage- clamped glomerulosa cell maintained in the perforated patch configu- ration of the patch clamp technique, as described in detail under
“Experimental Procedures.” Currents were elicited every 30 s by a step depolarization from290 to 0 mV for 600 ms and L-type current ampli- tudes were measured after 500 ms, when T-type current contribution is negligible.Inset,example of currents from the same cell and elicited before (control) and after the addition of AngII (100 nM) and nifedipine (1mM). Data are representative of 14 independently tested cells.
FIG. 3.Reversibility and voltage dependence of L current in- hibition.Ba21currents were recorded from a single voltage-clamped glomerulosa cell as described in the legend of Fig. 2, and the inhibition induced by AngII was reversed by washing out the hormone from the medium.A,example of trace recordings obtained before (1) or after (2) the addition of 100 nMAngII and after washing out the hormone (3).B, the current-voltage relationship of the L-type Ba21current was estab- lished under each condition by varying the amplitude of the step depo- larization.C,time course of L-current variations induced by AngII or during wash out.Numbersindicate the times at which current-voltage curves were determined and correspond to numbers inAandB.
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observation, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate had no effect on L-type currents and did not prevent the inhibition induced by AngII in 4 individually tested cells (data not shown).
The inhibition of L-type Current by AngII Is Sensitive to Pertussis Toxin Treatment—In numerous cells, it has been shown that L-type calcium channels can be modulated by per- tussis toxin-sensitive G proteins, such as Gi or Go (21). We therefore treated bovine glomerulosa cells overnight with 500 ng/ml pertussis toxin (Ptx) before recording L-type currents.
Under these conditions, we observed a marked reduction of the inhibition of L-type Ca21channels in response to AngII. Fig. 5 shows a cell in which AngII effect on L-type current was com- pletely abolished by Ptx treatment, although the sensitivity to dihydropyridines remained unchanged. On average, the inhi- bition of the current elicited by AngII, which amounted to 63%
in control cells, was reduced to only 21617% after treatment with Ptx (n516). The effect of Ptx was statistically significant according to an unpaired Student’s t test with a p value , 0.0001.
Effect of Pertussis Toxin Treatment on AngII Action on the Cytosolic Ca21Signal and on Aldosterone Secretion—In order to determine whether the effect of Ptx on the AngII-induced inhibition observed on Ba21currents is also exerted on [Ca21]c homeostasis, we performed Ca21 microfluorometry experi- ments in single fura-2-loaded glomerulosa cells. Fig. 6 com- pares the [Ca21]cfluctuations obtained in a control cell (A) and in a cell treated overnight with Ptx (500 ng/ml) (B). Cells were successively exposed to thapsigargin, K1, and AngII, as de- scribed in Fig. 1A. After establishment of an elevated plateau of [Ca21]cat approximately 400 nMwith K1, the addition of AngII led to a dramatic reduction of the [Ca21]csignal in the control cell (Fig. 6A), but had a much less pronounced effect in the Ptx-treated cell (Fig. 6B). The responses obtained in control individual cells (n53) were similar to those obtained in control cell populations (Fig. 1A); AngII-induced inhibition of the [Ca21]csignal amounted on average to 6065%. In contrast, in the Ptx-treated single cells, the inhibition of the K1-induced [Ca21]celevation by AngII was reduced to only 1968% in the five tested cells.
In a separate series of experiments, we have assessed the effect of Ptx treatment on the [Ca21]cresponse to AngII at a low concentration of K1(3 mM). Under these conditions, the [Ca21]c rise induced by AngII, measured during the plateau phase 3 min after hormone addition, was slightly more pronounced in Ptx-treated cells (93616 nM,n510) as compared with control cells (69611 nM,n512, data not shown), probably reflecting a lack of L channel inhibition in Ptx-treated cells.
Because treatment with Ptx maintains [Ca21]cat markedly
higher levels upon stimulation with AngII, we have investi- gated the effect of Ptx on the steroidogenic response. As illus- trated in Fig. 7, pretreatment with the toxin reduced by ap- proximately 20% the aldosterone secretion evoked by AngII, without significantly changing the EC50value for the hormone.
Similar results were obtained when aldosterone was stimu- lated with increasing concentrations of AngII in the presence of 9 mMinstead of 3 mMK1(not shown).
Identification of G Protein Isoforms Expressed in Bovine Glo- merulosa Cells—Because both Goand Giproteins are known to be sensitive to Ptx, we have investigated which isoform is expressed in bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells. The presence of Goand Giin cellular extracts was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting with specific antibodies raised against the a subunit of each isoform. Results were compared with those obtained with the GH4C1rat pituitary cell line, in which the expression of these isoforms has been well characterized (22).
As expected, both Goand Giisoforms were detected in GH4C1 cells as strong bands at approximately 40 kDa (Fig. 8). Bands of similar intensity were also observed in proteins extracts of bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells, strongly suggesting that both Giand Goproteins are constitutively expressed in these cells.
DISCUSSION
The aim of the present study was to characterize the molec- ular mechanism by which AngII exerts its inhibitory action on FIG. 4. Inhibition by losartan of the AngII effect on the L-
current. The amplitude of L current elicited before and after the addition of AngII (100 nM) and nicardipine (2mM) was determined as described in the legend of Fig. 2, but in the presence of losartan (10mM).
This result is representative of four independent experiments.
FIG. 5.Pertussis toxin treatment prevents AngII action on L current. Glomerulosa cells were treated overnight with 500 ng/ml pertussis toxin before being tested as described in the legend of Fig. 2.
Inset,examples of currents recorded from the same cell and elicited before (control) and after the addition of AngII (100 nM) and nicardipine (2mM). Data are representative of 16 independently tested cells.
FIG. 6. Effect of pertussis toxin on the [Ca21]cresponse to AngII in single adrenal glomerulosa cells. Cultured cells were incubated overnight in the absence (A) or in the presence (B) of 500 ng/ml Ptx before to be loaded with the fluorescent calcium probe fura-2.
Variations of cytosolic calcium in single glomerulosa cells were recorded (as described under “Experimental Procedures”) upon addition of thap- sigargin (200 nM), KCl (9 mM), and AngII (100 nM).
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the cytosolic Ca21 response to K1 (Fig. 1A), a phenomenon already observed several years ago in adrenal glomerulosa cells (5). Because this effect disappeared after voltage-operated cal- cium channel inhibition with dihydropyridines (Fig. 1B), it is deduced that the reduction of [Ca21]cevoked by AngII reflects the hormonal modulation of these channels rather than an activation of Ca21extrusion from the cytosol. In previous work (10), we have studied the modulation by AngII of the low threshold T-type calcium channels, which appeared, at this time, to be the main effectors of Ca21entry under very small depolarizations resulting from physiological K1 increases.
More recently, we have focused our attention on the high threshold L-type channels for two reasons: 1) the inhibition of the steady-state current flowing through T-type channels with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate is not accompanied by a reduc- tion of the [Ca21]c levels; and 2) the [Ca21]cresponse to low concentrations of extracellular K1 is mainly due to L-type channels, the contribution of T channels to the signal being negligible (13).
The main finding of the present work is that AngII clearly modulates negatively L channels in bovine adrenal glomeru- losa cells, to the same extent as it reduces [Ca21]c. This inhi- bition does not result from a shift of the sensitivity of the channel to voltage and is observed at any membrane potential;
however, further investigation will be required, particularly at
the single channel level, in order to determine whether total current inhibition is due to a decrease of channel open proba- bility, to a change of channel conductance or to a modulation of channel insertion within the plasma membrane. In any case, these results strongly suggest that the inhibition of L-type channels by AngII is responsible for the decreased [Ca21]c.
The AT1 receptor subtype has been shown to be the major AngII receptor expressed in adrenal glomerulosa cells and to mediate most of the hormone actions in these cells (23). The AngII-induced inhibition of L-type Ca21channels appears to be also mediated by the AT1receptor. Indeed, the presence of the AT1-selective antagonist losartan completely abolished AngII action (Fig. 4). This result is in agreement with the previous observation that losartan also prevents the action of AngII on the sustained [Ca21]cresponse to K1(10).
Various cellular mechanisms of L-type Ca21channel modu- lation have been extensively investigated (21). From these studies, two major pathways have been highlighted: these in- volve either GTP binding proteins or channel phosphorylation by specific kinases. Whereas a role for PKC or tyrosine kinases, enzymes known to be linked to AT1receptor activation, could be recently excluded (24), we show here (Fig. 5) that the mod- ulation of the L-type current by AngII is much reduced after pertussis toxin treatment. This finding strongly suggests that the transduction of the AngII signal from the AT1receptor to the L-type channels involves a Ptx-sensitive G protein of the Gi/Gofamily.
A modulation of L channels by AngII through G proteins has been previously observed in other cell types, but with contrast- ing results. For example, Hescheler et al. (25) have demon- strated that AngII, through a Gi protein, stimulates L-type current in the murine adrenocortical cell line Y1. More re- cently, an inhibition by AngII of L-type currents has been reported in rabbit sinoatrial node cells (26) as well as in guinea pig cardiomyocytes (27), and these negative modulations have been proposed to be mediated by Githrough an inhibition of the cAMP-dependent pathway. Moreover, in each of these studies, pretreatment of the cells with Ptx abolished AngII action on L currents. It is, however, noteworthy that in contrast to what we observed in glomerulosa cells, in the above studies, AngII af- fected L currents only after they had been enhanced byb-ad- renergic stimulation, the hormone being inefficient on basal currents.
As expected, in bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells, Ptx treat- ment also markedly reduced the AngII-induced inhibition of the sustained [Ca21]c response to K1 (Fig. 6) and slightly increased the [Ca21]cresponse to AngII itself (not shown). This sensitivity of the [Ca21]csignal to Ptx confirms the previously described close relationship existing between [Ca21]c and L- type channel activity (13) and strongly reinforces the hypoth- esis that L channels are principally responsible for the varia- FIG. 9.Model describing the modulation of voltage-operated calcium channels by AngII in bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells.
The abbreviations used are as follows:AT1, angiotensin II receptor subtype 1;DAG,diacylglycerol;G,GTP-binding protein;LandT,volt- age-operated calcium channels of types L and T;PLC,phosphoinositide- specific phospholipase C.
FIG. 7.Effect of pertussis toxin on the steroidogenic response to AngII.Cultured cells were incubated overnight in the presence or in the absence (control) of 500 ng/ml Ptx, before being exposed for 1 h at 37 °C to increasing concentrations of AngII. Potassium concentration in the medium amounted to 3 mM. Aldosterone production was determined in the medium by direct radioimmunoassay as described under “Exper- imental Procedures” and is expressed per mg of cell protein. Aldoster- one secretion was significantly reduced in Ptx-treated as compared with control cells at AngII concentrations above 1 nM(p,0.05, according to a paired Student’sttest). Data are the mean values from four inde- pendent experiments performed in duplicate and were fitted to four parameter logistic functions; half-maximal stimulation was obtained at 1.5 and 3.0 nMAngII for control and Ptx-treated cells, respectively.
FIG. 8.Identification of G protein subtypes expressed in bo- vine adrenal glomerulosa cells by immunoblotting analysis.Pro- teins from cultured bovine adrenal glomerulosa (BAG) cells and from GH4C1cells were extracted and separated by SDS-PAGE, as described under “Experimental Procedures.” Proteins (16 mg/lane) were then transferred onto a cellulose membrane to be analyzed for the presence of specific G proteins with rat polyclonal antibodies raised against the asubunits of the Goand Giproteins.Arrowsindicate the position of markers with relative molecular masses of 29 and 45 kDa. Similar results were obtained in four independent preparations.
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tions of [Ca21]cobserved upon stimulation of glomerulosa cells with physiological concentrations of extracellular K1.
Surprisingly, despite the fact that Ptx treatment maintained higher levels of [Ca21]cupon stimulation with AngII, aldoster- one production was significantly reduced (Fig. 7). This result suggests that either the negative feedback exerted by AngII on the [Ca21]csignal induced by K1, or another factor controlled by a Ptx-sensitive G protein, is required for an optimal steroi- dogenic response. Relevant to this point is the suggestion by Barrett et al.(12) that Ca21 influx through L-type channels could exert a negative action on the steroidogenic function of bovine glomerulosa cells.
Nevertheless, because pertussis toxin also negatively affects aldosterone production at relatively low [Ca21]c (expected to occur at basal extracellular K1and concentrations of AngII as low as 0.1 nM; see Fig. 7), a bell-shaped dependence of steroi- dogenesis upon calcium is probably not the only explanation, and some still undetermined steroidogenic factor, controlled by a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein, could also be involved in this phenomenon.
In rat glomerulosa cells, it has been shown that Ptx treat- ment helps AngII to maintain an optimal aldosterone secretion at supramaximal concentrations of the hormone but has no effect at lower AngII concentrations (28). This specific effect of Ptx in rat cells is presumably due to prevention of adenylyl cyclase inhibition by AngII through a Gi protein, although contradictory results in this species have been published by others (29, 30). In bovine glomerulosa cells, Barrett and Isales (31) have previously observed a 20% inhibition of the steroido- genic response to 10 nM AngII after treatment with Ptx, a result that is in complete agreement with our own observation (Fig. 7).
Both Gi and Goproteins appear to be expressed in bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells (Fig. 8), but pertussis toxin does not allow to discriminate between the respective functions of each of these proteins. Nevertheless, in other cell types, Goproteins have been generally shown to negatively modulate L-type channels, whereas in contrast, Gi protein activation is often associated with a direct (cAMP-independent) increase of the activity of these channels (21, 25, 32). Furthermore, we and others have recently shown that in bovine glomerulosa cells, AngII does not inhibit but rather potentiates cAMP production (33, 34), suggesting a poor coupling between the AT1receptor and some Gi protein in these cells. These two facts would therefore indirectly favor the involvement of a Goprotein in the negative modulation of L-type channels by AngII in bovine glomerulosa cells.
In conclusion, the negative modulation of [Ca21]chomeosta- sis exerted by AngII in bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells re- flects the inhibition of L-type Ca21channels by this hormone.
Moreover, the inhibition of these channels involves a Ptx-sen- sitive G protein, presumably of the Gofamily, linked to the AT1 receptor subtype (Fig. 9). It therefore appears that the same hormone, through the same receptor, is able to inhibit different types of Ca21channels in the cell through distinct mechanisms:
T channel activity is negatively modulated through PKC acti- vation, whereas L channels are partially closed via a Ptx- sensitive G protein. This differential control by AngII of Ca21 entry occurring through various channels should probably rep- resent an advantage for the cell in view of the growing evidence that different types of Ca21channels exert distinct functions in glomerulosa cells.
Acknowledgments—We are particularly grateful to G. Dorenter and W. Dimeck for excellent technical assistance.
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