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1. The processes regulating intracellular calcium in the outer segments of salamander rods have been investigated. The main preparation used was the isolated rod loaded with the Ca(2+)-sensitive photoprotein aequorin, from which outer segment membrane current and free [Ca2+]i could be recorded simultaneously. Two other preparations were also used: outer segment membrane current was recorded from intact, isolated rods using a suction pipette, and from detached outer segments using a whole-cell pipette. 2. Measurements of free intracellular [Ca2+] in Ringer solution were obtained from two aequorin-loaded rods. Mean [Ca2+]i in darkness was 0.41 microM, and after a bright flash [Ca2+]i fell to below detectable levels ( < 0.3 microM). No release of intracellular Ca2+ by a bright flash of light could be detected ( < 0.2 microM). 3. Application of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) caused an increase in the size of the light-sensitive current and a rise in [Ca2+]i, but application of IBMX either when the light-sensitive channels had been closed by a bright light or in the absence of external Ca2+ caused no detectable rise in [Ca2+]i. It is concluded that IBMX increases [Ca2+]i by opening light-sensitive channels, and does not release Ca2+ from stores within the outer segment. 4. Removal of external Na+ caused a rise in [Ca2+]i to around 2 microM and completely suppressed the light-sensitive current. 5. The Na(+)-Ca2+, K+ exchange current in aequorin-loaded rods was activated in first-order manner by internal free calcium, with a mean Michaelis constant, KCa, of 1.6 microM. 6. The KCa of the Na(+)-Ca2+, K+ exchange was increased by elevating internal [Na+]. 7. The Michaelis relation between [Ca2+]i and the activity of the Na(+)-Ca2+, K+ exchange was used to calculate the change in [Ca2+]i occurring during the response to a bright light. In aequorin-loaded rods in Ringer solution the mean change in free [Ca2+]i after a bright flash was 0.34 microM. In these rods 10% of the dark current was carried by Ca2+. 8. Most of the calcium entering the outer segment was taken up rapidly and reversibly by buffer systems. The time constant of equilibration between free and rapidly bound Ca2+ was less than 20 ms. No slow component of calcium uptake was detected. 9. Two components of calcium buffering could be distinguished in the outer segments of aequorin-loaded rods.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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