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1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical
School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0620, USA
2 The Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan Medical
School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0620, USA
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: kenchris{at}umich.edu)
Accepted 22 October 2001
Calcium measurements in acidic vacuolar compartments of living cells are few, primarily because calibration of fluorescent probes for calcium requires knowledge of pH and the pH-dependence of the probe calcium-binding affinities. Here we report pH-corrected measurements of free calcium concentrations in lysosomes of mouse macrophages, using both ratiometric and time-resolved fluorescence microscopy of probes for pH and calcium. Average free calcium concentration in macrophage lysosomes was 4-6x10-4 M, less than half of the extracellular calcium concentration, but much higher than cytosolic calcium levels. Incubating cells in varying extracellular calcium concentrations did not alter lysosomal pH, and had only a modest effect on lysosomal calcium concentrations, indicating that endocytosis of extracellular fluid provided a small but measurable contribution to lysosomal calcium concentrations. By contrast, increases in lysosomal pH, mediated by either bafilomycin A1 or ammonium chloride, decreased lysosomal calcium concentrations by several orders of magnitude. Re-acidification of the lysosomes allowed rapid recovery of lysosomal calcium concentrations to higher concentrations. pH-dependent reductions of lysosomal calcium concentrations appeared to result from calcium movement out of lysosomes into cytoplasm, since increases in cytosolic calcium levels could be detected upon lysosome alkalinization. These studies indicate that lysosomal calcium concentration is high and is maintained in part by the proton gradient across lysosomal membranes. Moreover, lysosomes could provide an intracellular source for physiological increases in cytosolic calcium levels.
Key words: Lysosome, Endocytosis, Bafilomycin A1
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