Histamine is a ubiquitous autocoid that mediates a vast variety of physiological processes through the binding to one of its four G-protein coupled receptors (H1R, H2R, H3R and H4R). Using patch-clamp electrophysiology in conventional whole-cell mode, and calcium (Ca2+) imaging we found that histamine induced powerful conductance that was associated with augmented intracellular Ca2+ in human retinal glial Müller cells MIO-M1. Inhibition of the histamine effects with H1R antagonist and phospholipase C inhibitor U73122 unveiled the signal transduction through Gq/11 cascade. Suppression of intracellular Ca2+ signal and transmembrane current with xestospongin C confirmed further involvement of Ca2+ release from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) through inositol triphosphate receptors (IP3R), and passive depletion of ER stores with reticular Ca2+ adenosine triphosphatase (Ca2+ ATPase) inhibitor cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) and Ca2+ chelator 1,2-Bis 2-aminophenoxy ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid tetrakis acetoxymethyl ester (BAPTA-AM) verified store-dependence of the histamine signalling in human retinal glial Müller cells MIO-M1. Sensitivity of the histamine signals with nominal Ca2+ free solution and NiCl2 highlighted importance of the extracellular Ca2+ influx, that was confirmed with 2APB the inhibitor of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, presumably melastatin (TRPM) subfamily. The expression of H1R, TRPM7 and glial markers was confirmed using immunocytochemistry. Taken together, this study establishes a novel H1R/TRPM7 mechanism that in human retinal glial Müller cells might play important role in retinopathies such as fluid accumulation in macular oedema and neovasculisation in diabetic retinopathy.
Neuroplasticity in Brain Health and Disease (Newcastle University, UK) (2024) Proc Physiol Soc 57, C06
Oral Communications: Histamine stimulates calcium-dependent cation transmembrane current through H1R-Gq/11 pathway in human retinal glial Müller cells
James Strikland1, Rebecca Robson1, Ilona Obara1, Mouhamed Alsaqati1, Paul Chazot1, Polina Yarova1, Vsevolod Telezhkin1,
1School of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom, 2School of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom,
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