Selenite and Ca2+homeostasis in the rat lens: effect on Ca-ATPase and passive Ca2+transport
作者:
WangZaiqi,
BunceG. E.,
HessJohn L.,
期刊:
Current Eye Research
(Taylor Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 3
页码: 213-218
ISSN:0271-3683
年代: 1993
DOI:10.3109/02713689308999466
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Calcium permeability was significantly increased in lenses from rats 36 h following a single injection of a cataractogenic dose of sodium selenite (30 nmol/g body weight) and this permeability returned to control values by 72 h post-injection (PI). The greater Ca2+permeability could be partially reversed by incubating lenses in medium containing 2 mM dithiothreitol (DTT). Estimations of Ca-ATPase activity revealed the greatest level occurred in the epithelial layer and that the nucleus had no detectable activity. By 48 h PI both Ca2+-pump activity and the Ca2+-dependent ATP hydrolytic activity were less compared to controls in membrane preparations from rat lenses. Only the hydrolytic activity could be partially restored by treatment with 5 mM DTT. Both permeability and active Ca2+transport were affected by selenite in a manner that would lead to increased Ca2+accumulation in lenses from rats treated with selenite. It is suggested that the oxidative damage that accompanies in vivo exposure to selenite could affect Ca2+homeostasis in the lens by directly altering permeability and Ca-ATPase.
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