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Address correspondence to Carla M. Pedrosa Ribeiro, Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center and Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7248. Fax: (919) 966-5178; email: carla_ribeiro{at}med.unc.edu
In airway epithelia, purinergic receptor (P2Y2-R) stimulation of intracellular calcium (Ca2+i)–regulated ion transport is restricted to the membrane domain ipsilateral to receptor activation, implying compartmentalization of Ca2+i signaling. Because mitochondria can spatially restrict cellular Ca2+i signals, immunocytochemical, electron microscopic, and fluorescent studies of mitochondria localization were performed in human airway epithelia. Although concentrated at the apical domain, mitochondria were found distributed at both the apical and the basolateral poles and in close association with the endoplasmic reticulum. The role of mitochondria in locally restricting P2Y2-R–induced Ca2+i signals was investigated by measuring changes in mitochondrial Ca2+ (Ca2+m) in human airway epithelial monolayers. P2Y2-R activation induced Ca2+m accumulation in mitochondria confined to the domain ipsilateral to P2Y2-R stimulation, which was blocked by mitochondrial uncoupling with 1 µM CCCP and 2.5 µg/ml oligomycin. The role of mitochondria in restricting the cellular cross-talk between basolateral P2Y2-R–dependent Ca2+i mobilization and apical membrane Ca2+-activated Cl- secretion was investigated in studies simultaneously measuring Ca2+i and Cl- secretion in cystic fibrosis human airway epithelial monolayers. Activation of basolateral P2Y2-Rs produced similar increases in Ca2+i in monolayers without and with pretreatment with uncouplers, whereas Ca2+i-activated Cl- secretion was only efficiently triggered in mitochondria-uncoupled conditions. We conclude that (a) mitochondria function as a Ca2+i-buffering system in airway epithelia, compartmentalizing Ca2+i-dependent functions to the membrane ipsilateral to receptor stimulation; and (b) the mitochondria provide structural barriers that protect the airway epithelia against nonspecific activation of Ca2+i-modulated functions associated with Ca2+i signals emanating from the apical or the basolateral membrane domains.
Key Words: calcium signaling • mitochondria • endoplasmic reticulum • chloride secretion • purinergic receptors
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