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Chang M, Montagne K, Furukawa KS, Ushida T. Intracellular calcium ion transients evoked by cell poking independently of released autocrine ATP in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Cell Biochem Funct 2023; 41:845-856. [PMID: 37515551 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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The mechanical stimulation induced by poking cells with a glass needle activates Piezo1 receptors and the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) autocrine pathway, thus increasing intracellular Ca2+ concentration. The differences between the increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration induced by cell poking and by ATP-only stimulation have not been investigated. In this study, we investigated the Ca2+ signaling mechanism induced by autocrine ATP release during Madin-Darby Canine Kidney cell membrane deformation by cell poking. The results suggest that the pathways for supplying Ca2+ into the cytoplasm were not identical between cell poking and conventional ATP stimulation. The functions of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) subunits (Gα $\alpha $ q, Gβ γ $\beta \gamma $ ), ATP-activated receptor and the upstream Ca2+ release signal from the intracellular endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ store, were investigated. The results show that Gα $\alpha $ q plays a major role in the Ca2+ response evoked by ATP-only stimulation, while cell poking induces a Ca2+ response requiring the involvement of both Gα $\alpha $ q and Gβ γ $\beta \gamma $ units simultaneously. These results suggest that GPCR are not only activated by ATP-only stimulation or autocrine ATP release during Ca2+ signaling, but also activated by the mechanical effects of cell poking.
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- Minki Chang
- Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Calcium oscillations coordinate feather mesenchymal cell movement by SHH dependent modulation of gap junction networks. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5377. [PMID: 30560870 PMCID: PMC6299091 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07661-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Collective cell migration mediates multiple tissue morphogenesis processes. Yet how multi-dimensional mesenchymal cell movements are coordinated remains mostly unknown. Here we report that coordinated mesenchymal cell migration during chicken feather elongation is accompanied by dynamic changes of bioelectric currents. Transcriptome profiling and functional assays implicate contributions from functional voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs), Connexin-43 based gap junctions, and Ca2+ release activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels. 4-Dimensional Ca2+ imaging reveals that the Sonic hedgehog-responsive mesenchymal cells display synchronized Ca2+ oscillations, which expand progressively in area during feather elongation. Inhibiting VGCCs, gap junctions, or Sonic hedgehog signaling alters the mesenchymal Ca2+ landscape, cell movement patterns and feather bud elongation. Ca2+ oscillations induced by cyclic activation of opto-cCRAC channels enhance feather bud elongation. Functional disruption experiments and promoter analysis implicate synergistic Hedgehog and WNT/β-Catenin signaling in activating Connexin-43 expression, establishing gap junction networks synchronizing the Ca2+ profile among cells, thereby coordinating cell movement patterns. The molecular mechanisms regulating mesenchymal cell movements are unclear. Here, the authors show in chicken feather elongation that SHH/WNT signalling establishes gap-junctions, enabling synchronized Ca2 + oscillations to emerge for and in turn coordinating directed cell migration.
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Zhao S, Liu ZX, Bao ZJ, Wu Y, Wang K, Yu GM, Wang CM, Zeng SM. Age-associated potency decline in bovine oocytes is delayed by blocking extracellular Ca(2+) influx. Theriogenology 2015; 83:1493-501. [PMID: 25784452 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/17/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Oocyte aging due to delayed fertilization is associated with declining quality and developmental potential. Intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)) concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) regulates oocyte growth, maturation, and fertilization and has also been implicated in aging. Using bovine oocytes, we tested the hypothesis that oocyte aging could be delayed by reducing [Ca(2+)]ivia blocking the influx of extracellular Ca(2+) or chelating ooplasmic free Ca(2+). After IVM, cumulus-oocyte complexes or denuded oocytes were cultured in medium supplemented with 1-octanol, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, or 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid tetrakis-acetoxymethyl ester (BAPTA-AM) to manipulate [Ca(2+)]i. Addition of 1-mM 1-octanol increased blastocyst development rates in the cumulus-oocyte complexes aged for 6 hours by IVF and for 6, 12, and 24 hours by parthenoactivation, and this effect was independent of the presence of cumulus cells. The intracellular levels of ATP, Glutathione, and Glutathione disulfide were not affected by 1-octanol, but [Ca(2+)]i was significantly decreased. When oocytes were cultured in Ca(2+)-free medium for 12 hours, the blastocyst development rate was greater and the beneficial effects of 1-octanol on oocyte aging were abolished. However, when the medium was supplemented with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, [Ca(2+)]i increased and the blastocyst development rate decreased. Moreover, BAPTA-AM reduced [Ca(2+)]i and increased blastocyst development rates after IVF or parthenoactivation. We conclude that the age-associated developmental potency decline was delayed by blocking the influx of extracellular Ca(2+) or reducing ooplasmic free Ca(2+). 1-Octanol, BAPTA-AM, or Ca(2+)-free medium could be used to lengthen the fertilization windows of aged bovine oocytes.
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- Shuan Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Laboratory of Animal Embryonic Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Laboratory of Animal Embryonic Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Laboratory of Animal Embryonic Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Laboratory of genitourinary, Assisted Reproductive Technology Center, Shenzhen Zhongshan Urology Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Laboratory of Animal Embryonic Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Laboratory of Animal Embryonic Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Laboratory of Animal Embryonic Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Yantai Research Institute, China Agricultural University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Laboratory of Animal Embryonic Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
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Catacuzzeno L, Fioretti B, Franciolini F. A theoretical study on the role of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in the regulation of hormone-induced Ca2+ oscillations and their synchronization in adjacent cells. J Theor Biol 2012; 309:103-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2011] [Revised: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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De Bock M, Wang N, Bol M, Decrock E, Ponsaerts R, Bultynck G, Dupont G, Leybaert L. Connexin 43 hemichannels contribute to cytoplasmic Ca2+ oscillations by providing a bimodal Ca2+-dependent Ca2+ entry pathway. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:12250-66. [PMID: 22351781 PMCID: PMC3320976 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.299610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Revised: 02/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Many cellular functions are driven by changes in the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) that are highly organized in time and space. Ca(2+) oscillations are particularly important in this respect and are based on positive and negative [Ca(2+)](i) feedback on inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (InsP(3)Rs). Connexin hemichannels are Ca(2+)-permeable plasma membrane channels that are also controlled by [Ca(2+)](i). We aimed to investigate how hemichannels may contribute to Ca(2+) oscillations. Madin-Darby canine kidney cells expressing connexin-32 (Cx32) and Cx43 were exposed to bradykinin (BK) or ATP to induce Ca(2+) oscillations. BK-induced oscillations were rapidly (minutes) and reversibly inhibited by the connexin-mimetic peptides (32)Gap27/(43)Gap26, whereas ATP-induced oscillations were unaffected. Furthermore, these peptides inhibited the BK-triggered release of calcein, a hemichannel-permeable dye. BK-induced oscillations, but not those induced by ATP, were dependent on extracellular Ca(2+). Alleviating the negative feedback of [Ca(2+)](i) on InsP(3)Rs using cytochrome c inhibited BK- and ATP-induced oscillations. Cx32 and Cx43 hemichannels are activated by <500 nm [Ca(2+)](i) but inhibited by higher concentrations and CT9 peptide (last 9 amino acids of the Cx43 C terminus) removes this high [Ca(2+)](i) inhibition. Unlike interfering with the bell-shaped dependence of InsP(3)Rs to [Ca(2+)](i), CT9 peptide prevented BK-induced oscillations but not those triggered by ATP. Collectively, these data indicate that connexin hemichannels contribute to BK-induced oscillations by allowing Ca(2+) entry during the rising phase of the Ca(2+) spikes and by providing an OFF mechanism during the falling phase of the spikes. Hemichannels were not sufficient to ignite oscillations by themselves; however, their contribution was crucial as hemichannel inhibition stopped the oscillations.
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- Marijke De Bock
- From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Ghent University 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Ghent University 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Ghent University 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Ghent University 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, KULeuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, and
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, KULeuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, and
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- Theoretical Chronobiology Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Ghent University 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Udagawa T, Hanaoka K, Kawamura M, Hosoya T. Characteristics of spontaneous calcium oscillations in renal tubular epithelial cells. Clin Exp Nephrol 2012; 16:389-98. [PMID: 22278600 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-012-0588-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The kidney is a major organ involved in calcium (Ca(2+)) metabolism. Ca(2+) is transported through renal tubular epithelial cells. The intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) is tightly controlled at a low concentration, but transient increases and oscillations in [Ca(2+)](i) are induced by various conditions. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the spontaneous [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations observed in MDCK cells. METHODS [Ca(2+)](i) was monitored in fura-2-loaded Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells using a calcium imaging system. We investigated the mechanism by which [Ca(2+)](i) changed by applying drugs or by changing the extracellular Ca(2+) concentration. RESULTS Spontaneous [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations occurred in MDCK cells. The oscillations occurred irregularly and were not transmitted to neighboring cells. Spontaneous [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations in MDCK cells were initiated by Ca(2+) release from ryanodine/IP(3)-sensitive intracellular calcium stores, and their frequency was largely unaffected by the extracellular Ca(2+) concentration. Moreover, the frequency of the oscillations was increased by extracellular nucleotide, but was decreased when the nucleotides were removed. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggested that [Ca(2+)](i) release from ryanodine/IP(3)-sensitive intracellular calcium stores mediates spontaneous [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations in MDCK cells. Calcium oscillations may be associated with the function of the renal tubular epithelial cells.
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- Takashi Udagawa
- Division of Kidney and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Tsukamoto A, Hayashida Y, Furukawa KS, Ushida T. Spatio-temporal PLC activation in parallel with intracellular Ca2+ wave propagation in mechanically stimulated single MDCK cells. Cell Calcium 2010; 47:253-63. [PMID: 20060585 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2009.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2009] [Revised: 12/10/2009] [Accepted: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Intracellular Ca2+ transients are evoked either by the opening of Ca2+ channels on the plasma membrane or by phospholipase C (PLC) activation resulting in IP3 production. Ca2+ wave propagation is known to occur in mechanically stimulated cells; however, it remains uncertain whether and how PLC activation is involved in intracellular Ca2+ wave propagation in mechanically stimulated cells. To answer these questions, it is indispensable to clarify the spatio-temporal relations between intracellular Ca2+ wave propagation and PLC activation. Thus, we visualized both cytosolic Ca2+ and PLC activation using a real-time dual-imaging system in individual Mardin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells. This system allowed us to simultaneously observe intracellular Ca2+ wave propagation and PLC activation in a spatio-temporal manner in a single mechanically stimulated MDCK cell. The results showed that PLC was activated not only in the mechanically stimulated region but also in other subcellular regions in parallel with intracellular Ca2+ wave propagation. These results support a model in which PLC is involved in Ca2+ signaling amplification in mechanically stimulated cells.
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- Akira Tsukamoto
- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Li Q, Wang Y. Coupling and internal noise sustain synchronized oscillation in calcium system. Biophys Chem 2007; 129:23-8. [PMID: 17537568 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2007.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Revised: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 05/01/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In this work, the effects of coupling on two calcium subsystems were investigated, the cooperation between coupling and internal noise was also considered. When two non-identical subsystems are in steady state, coupling can induce oscillations, and distinctly enlarge the oscillatory region in bifurcation diagram. Besides, coupling can make the two non-identical oscillators synchronized. With the increment of the coupling strength, the cross-correlation time of the two oscillators firstly increases and then decreases to be constant, showing the synchronization without tuning coupling strength. When internal noise is considered, similar phenomena can also be obtained under the cooperation between coupling and internal noise.
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- Qianshu Li
- The Institute for Chemical Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, PR China.
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Harris AL. Connexin channel permeability to cytoplasmic molecules. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 94:120-43. [PMID: 17470375 PMCID: PMC1995164 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2007.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Connexin channels are known to be permeable to a variety of cytoplasmic molecules. The first observation of second messenger junctional permeability, made approximately 30 years ago, sparked broad interest in gap junction channels as mediators of intercellular molecular signaling. Since then, much has been learned about the diversity of connexin channels with regard to isoform diversity, tissue and developmental distribution, modes of channel regulation, assembly, expression, biochemical modification and permeability, all of which appear to be dynamically regulated. This information has expanded the potential roles of connexin channels in development, physiology and disease, and made their elucidation much more complex--30 years ago such an orchestra of junctional dynamics was unanticipated. Only recently, however, have investigators been able to directly address, in this more complex framework, the key issue: what specific biological molecules, second messengers and others, are able to permeate the various types of connexin channels, and how well? An important related issue, given the ever-growing list of connexin-related pathologies, is how these permeabilities are altered by disease-causing connexin mutations. Together, many studies show that a variety of cytoplasmic molecules can permeate the different types of connexin channels. A few studies reveal differences in permeation by different molecules through a particular type of connexin channel, and differences in permeation by a particular molecule through different types of connexin channels. This article describes and evaluates the various methods used to obtain these data, presents an annotated compilation of the results, and discusses the findings in the context of what can be inferred about mechanism of selectivity and potential relevance to signaling. The data strongly suggest that highly specific interactions take place between connexin pores and specific biological molecular permeants, and that those interactions determine which cytoplasmic molecules can permeate and how well. At this time, the nature of those interactions is unclear. One hopes that with more detailed permeability and structural information, the specific molecular mechanisms of the selectivity can be elucidated.
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- Andrew L Harris
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, New Jersey Medical School of UMDNJ, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
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De Blasio BF, Iversen JG, Røttingen JA. Intercellular calcium signalling in cultured renal epithelia: a theoretical study of synchronization mode and pacemaker activity. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2004; 33:657-70. [PMID: 15565440 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-004-0409-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2003] [Revised: 02/24/2004] [Accepted: 04/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We investigate a two-dimensional lattice model representation of intercellular Ca2+ signalling in a population of epithelial cells coupled by gap junctions. The model is based on and compared with Ca2+ imaging data from globally bradykinin-stimulated MDCK-I (Madin-Darby canine kidney)-I cell layers. We study large-scale synchronization of relevance to our laboratory experiments. The system is found to express a wealth of dynamics, including quasiperiodic, chaotic and multiply-periodic behaviour for intermediate couplings. We take a particular interest in understanding the role of "pacemaker cells" in the synchronization process. It has been hypothesized that a few highly hormone-sensitive cells control the collective frequency of oscillation, which is close to the natural frequencies (without coupling) of these cells. The model behaviour is consistent with the conjectures of the pacemaker cell hypothesis near the critical coupling where the cells lock onto a single frequency. However, the simulations predict that the frequency in globally connected systems decreases with increasing coupling. It is found that a pacemaker is not defined by its natural frequency alone, but that other intrinsic or local factors must be considered. Inclusion of partly sensitized cells that do not oscillate autonomously in the cell layer increases the coupling necessary for global synchronization. For not excessively high coupling, these cells oscillate irregularly and with distinctive lower frequencies. In summary, the present study shows that the frequency of synchronized oscillations is not dictated by one or few fast-responding cells. The collective frequency is the result of a two-way communication between the phase-advanced pacemaker and its environment.
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De Blasio BF, Røttingen JA, Sand KL, Giaever I, Iversen JG. Global, synchronous oscillations in cytosolic calcium and adherence in bradykinin-stimulated Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 180:335-46. [PMID: 15030375 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201x.2004.01261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS AND METHODS Intercellular Ca2+ oscillations are a universal mode of signalling in both excitable and non-excitable cells. Here, we study the relationship between Ca2+ signalling and coherent changes in adhesion properties by measuring the transepithelial impedance across bradykinin-stimulated Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell layers grown on a microelectrode. During hormone stimulation, the impedance is found to oscillate, reflecting that the cells undergo morphological/adhesive alterations with high spatio-temporal organization. The experiments are supplemented with parallel, digital imaging fluorescence microscopy of bradykinin-induced single-cell Ca2+ oscillations. RESULTS In agreement with previous experiments, MDCK cells are found to elicit synchronous, multicellular Ca2+ oscillations in response to hormone stimulus. The periods of the Ca2+ oscillations and the electrical fluctuations are found to coincide. Further, blocking of gap junctions by 18alpha-glycyrrhetinic acid causes a loss of synchrony in Ca2+ signals and inhibition of impedance oscillations, emphasizing the importance of gap junctions in the signal transduction process. CONCLUSION Based on these observations it is concluded that the co-ordinated adhesive changes in MDCK cells are a direct consequence of synchronized Ca2+ oscillations. Calcium signalling represents an efficient way of organizing physiological responses in a tissue. A possible functional implication of the structural changes might be to modulate transportation of various substances across the cell sheet.
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- B F De Blasio
- The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ma XD, Ma X, Sui YF, Wang WL, Wang CM. Signal transduction of gap junctional genes, connexin32, connexin43 in human hepatocarcinogenesis. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9:946-50. [PMID: 12717835 PMCID: PMC4611402 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i5.946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2002] [Revised: 06/23/2002] [Accepted: 07/15/2002] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To investigate gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines, and signal transduction mechanism of gap junction genes connexin32(cx32),connexin43(cx43) in human hepatocarcinogenesis. METHODS Scarped loading and dye transfer (SLDT) was employed with Lucifer Yellow (LY) to detect GJIC function in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines HHCC, SMMC-7721 and normal control liver cell line QZG. After Fluo-3AM loading, laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) was used to measure concentrations of intracellular calcium (Ca(2+))i in the cells. The phosphorylation on tyrosine of connexin proteins was examined by immunoblot. RESULTS SLDT showed that ability of GJIC function was higher in QZG cell than that in HHCC and SMMC-7721 cell lines. By laser scanning confocal microscopy, concentrations of intracellular free calcium (Ca(2+))i was much higher in QZG cell line (108.37 nmol/L) than those in HHCC (35.13 nmol/L) and SMMC-7721 (47.08 nmol/L) cells. Western blot suggested that only QZG cells had unphosphorylated tyrosine in Cx32 protein of 32 ku and Cx43 protein of 43 ku; SMMC-7721 cells showed phosphorylated tyrosine Cx43 protein. CONCLUSION The results indicated that carcinogenesis and development of human hepatocellular carcinoma related with the abnormal expression of cx genes and disorder of its signal transduction pathway, such as decrease of (Ca(2+))i, post-translation phosphorylation on tyrosine of Cx proteins which led to a dramatic disruption of GJIC.
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- Xiang-Dong Ma
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 17 Changle Xilu, Xi'an 710033, Shaanxi Province, China.
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Schuster S, Marhl M, Höfer T. Modelling of simple and complex calcium oscillations. From single-cell responses to intercellular signalling. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:1333-55. [PMID: 11874447 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02720.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This review provides a comparative overview of recent developments in the modelling of cellular calcium oscillations. A large variety of mathematical models have been developed for this wide-spread phenomenon in intra- and intercellular signalling. From these, a general model is extracted that involves six types of concentration variables: inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), cytoplasmic, endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial calcium, the occupied binding sites of calcium buffers, and the fraction of active IP3 receptor calcium release channels. Using this framework, the models of calcium oscillations can be classified into 'minimal' models containing two variables and 'extended' models of three and more variables. Three types of minimal models are identified that are all based on calcium-induced calcium release (CICR), but differ with respect to the mechanisms limiting CICR. Extended models include IP3--calcium cross-coupling, calcium sequestration by mitochondria, the detailed gating kinetics of the IP3 receptor, and the dynamics of G-protein activation. In addition to generating regular oscillations, such models can describe bursting and chaotic calcium dynamics. The earlier hypothesis that information in calcium oscillations is encoded mainly by their frequency is nowadays modified in that some effect is attributed to amplitude encoding or temporal encoding. This point is discussed with reference to the analysis of the local and global bifurcations by which calcium oscillations can arise. Moreover, the question of how calcium binding proteins can sense and transform oscillatory signals is addressed. Recently, potential mechanisms leading to the coordination of oscillations in coupled cells have been investigated by mathematical modelling. For this, the general modelling framework is extended to include cytoplasmic and gap-junctional diffusion of IP3 and calcium, and specific models are compared. Various suggestions concerning the physiological significance of oscillatory behaviour in intra- and intercellular signalling are discussed. The article is concluded with a discussion of obstacles and prospects.
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- Stefan Schuster
- Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Department of Bioinformatics, Berlin-Buch, Germany.
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McLean K, Schirm S, Johns A, Morser J, Light DR. FXa-induced responses in vascular wall cells are PAR-mediated and inhibited by ZK-807834. Thromb Res 2001; 103:281-97. [PMID: 11562339 DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(01)00330-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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During thrombosis, vascular wall cells are exposed to clotting factors, including the procoagulant proteases thrombin and factor Xa (FXa), both known to induce cell signaling. FXa shows dose-dependent induction of intracellular Ca(2+) transients in vascular wall cells that is active-site-dependent, Gla-domain-independent, and enhanced by FXa assembly into the prothrombinase complex. FXa signaling is independent of prothrombin activation as shown by the lack of inhibition by argatroban, hirudin and the sulfated C-terminal peptide of hirudin (Hir(54-65)(SO3(-))). This peptide binds to both proexosite I in prothrombin and exosite I in thrombin. In contrast, signaling is completely blocked by the FXa inhibitor ZK-807834 (CI-1031). No inhibition is observed by peptides which block interaction of FXa with effector cell protease 1 receptor (EPR-1), indicating that this receptor does not mediate signaling in the cells assayed. Receptor desensitization studies with thrombin or peptide agonists (PAR-1 or PAR-2) and experiments with PAR-1-blocking antibodies indicate that signaling by FXa is mediated by both PAR-1 and PAR-2. Potential pathophysiological responses to FXa include increased cell proliferation, increased production of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-6 and increased production of prothrombotic tissue factor. These cellular responses, which may complicate vascular disease, are inhibited by ZK-807834.
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- K McLean
- Berlex Biosciences, Richmond, CA 94804, USA.
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Evans JH, Spencer DM, Zweifach A, Leslie CC. Intracellular Calcium Signals Regulating Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Translocation to Internal Membranes. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:30150-60. [PMID: 11375391 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100943200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Increased intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)](i)) promote cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)) translocation to intracellular membranes. The specific membranes to which cPLA(2) translocates and the [Ca(2+)](i) signals required were investigated. Plasmids of EGFP fused to full-length cPLA(2) (EGFP-FL) or to the cPLA(2) C2 domain (EGFP-C2) were used in Ca(2+)/EGFP imaging experiments of cells treated with [Ca(2+)](i)-mobilizing agonists. EGFP-FL and -C2 translocated to Golgi in response to sustained [Ca(2+)](i) greater than approximately 100-125 nm and to Golgi, ER, and perinuclear membranes (PNM) at [Ca(2+)](i) greater than approximately 210-280 nm. In response to short duration [Ca(2+)](i) transients, EGFP-C2 translocated to Golgi, ER, and PNM, but EGFP-FL translocation was restricted to Golgi. However, EGFP-FL translocated to Golgi, ER, and PNM in response to long duration transients. In response to declining [Ca(2+)](i), EGFP-C2 readily dissociated from Golgi, but EGFP-FL dissociation was delayed. Agonist-induced arachidonic acid release was proportional to the [Ca(2+)](i) and to the extent of cPLA(2) translocation. In summary, we find that the differential translocation of cPLA(2) to Golgi or to ER and PNM is a function of [Ca(2+)](i) amplitude and duration. These results suggest that the cPLA(2) C2 domain regulates differential, Ca(2+)-dependent membrane targeting and that the catalytic domain regulates both the rate of translocation and enzyme residence.
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- J H Evans
- Program in Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, and Department of Immunology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
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Dupont G, Swillens S, Clair C, Tordjmann T, Combettes L. Hierarchical organization of calcium signals in hepatocytes: from experiments to models. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1498:134-52. [PMID: 11108957 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(00)00090-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The proper working of the liver largely depends on the fine tuning of the level of cytosolic Ca(2+) in hepatocytes. Thanks to the development of imaging techniques, our understanding of the spatio-temporal organization of intracellular Ca(2+) in this - and other - cell types has much improved. Many of these signals are mediated by a rise in the level of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP(3)), a second messenger which can activate the release of Ca(2+) from the endoplasmic reticulum. Besides the now well-known hepatic Ca(2+) oscillations induced by hormonal stimulation, intra- and intercellular Ca(2+) waves have also been observed. More recently, subcellular Ca(2+) increases associated with the coordinated opening of a few Ca(2+) channels have been reported. Given the complexity of the regulations involved in the generation of such processes and the variety of time and length scales necessary to describe those phenomena, theoretical models have been largely used to gain a precise and quantitative understanding of the dynamics of intracellular Ca(2+). Here, we review the various aspects of the spatio-temporal organization of cytosolic Ca(2+) in hepatocytes from the dual point of view provided by experiments and modeling. We first focus on the description and the mechanism of intracellular Ca(2+) oscillations and waves. Second, we investigate in which manner these repetitive Ca(2+) increases are coordinated among a set of hepatocytes coupled by gap junctions, a phenomenon known as 'intercellular Ca(2+) waves'. Finally, we focus on the so-called elementary Ca(2+) signals induced by low InsP(3) concentrations, leading to Ca(2+) rises having a spatial extent of a few microns. Although these small-scale events have been mainly studied in other cell types, we theoretically infer general properties of these localized intracellular Ca(2+) rises that could also apply to hepatocytes.
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- G Dupont
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.
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Røttingen J, Iversen JG. Ruled by waves? Intracellular and intercellular calcium signalling. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 2000; 169:203-19. [PMID: 10886035 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.2000.00732.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The field of calcium signalling has evolved rapidly the last 20 years. Physiologists had worked with cytosolic Ca2+ as the coupler of excitation and contraction of muscles and as a secretory signal in exocrine glands and in the synapses of the brain for several decades before the discovery of cellular calcium as a second messenger. Development of powerful techniques for measuring the concentration of cytosolic free calcium ions in cell suspensions and later in single cells and even in different cellular compartments, has resulted in an upsurge in the knowledge of the cellular machinery involved in intracellular calcium signalling. However, the focus on intracellular mechanisms might have led this field of study away from physiology. During the last few years there is an increasing evidence for an important role of calcium also as an intercellular signal. Via gap junctions calcium is able to co-ordinate cell populations and even organs like the liver. Here we will give an overview of the general mechanisms of intracellular calcium signalling, and then review the recent data on intercellular calcium signals. A functional coupling of cells in different tissues and organs by the way of calcium might be an important mechanism for controlling and synchronizing physiological responses
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- J Røttingen
- Laboratory of Intracellular Signalling, Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Höfer T. Model of intercellular calcium oscillations in hepatocytes: synchronization of heterogeneous cells. Biophys J 1999; 77:1244-56. [PMID: 10465739 PMCID: PMC1300416 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(99)76976-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Hepatocytes respond with repetitive cytosolic calcium spikes to stimulation by vasopressin and noradrenalin. In the intact liver, calcium oscillations occur in a synchronized fashion as periodic waves across whole liver lobules, but the mechanism of intercellular coupling remains unclear. Recently, it has been shown that individual hepatocytes can have very different intrinsic oscillation frequencies but become phase-locked when coupled by gap junctions. We investigate the gap junction hypothesis for intercellular synchronization by means of a mathematical model. It is shown that junctional calcium fluxes are effective in synchronizing calcium oscillations in coupled hepatocytes. An experimentally testable estimate is given for the junctional coupling coefficient required; it mainly depends on the degree of heterogeneity between cells. Intercellular synchronization by junctional calcium diffusion may occur also in other cell types exhibiting calcium-activated calcium release through InsP(3) receptors, if the gap junctional coupling is strong enough and the InsP(3) receptors are sufficiently sensitized by InsP(3).
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- T Höfer
- Theoretical Biophysics, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Hellmich MR, Ives KL, Udupi V, Soloff MS, Greeley GH, Christensen BN, Townsend CM. Multiple protein kinase pathways are involved in gastrin-releasing peptide receptor-regulated secretion. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:23901-9. [PMID: 10446156 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.34.23901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and its amphibian homolog, bombesin, are potent secretogogues in mammals. We determined the roles of intracellular free Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)), protein kinase C (PKC), and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in GRP receptor (GRP-R)-regulated secretion. Bombesin induced either [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations or a biphasic elevation in [Ca(2+)](i). The biphasic response was associated with peptide secretion. Receptor-activated secretion was blocked by removal of extracellular Ca(2+), by chelation of [Ca(2+)](i), and by treatment with inhibitors of phospholipase C, conventional PKC isozymes, and MAPK kinase (MEK). Agonist-induced increases in [Ca(2+)](i) were also inhibited by dominant negative MEK-1 and the MEK inhibitor, PD89059, but not by an inhibitor of PKC. Direct activation of PKC by a phorbol ester activated MAPK and stimulated peptide secretion without a concomitant increase in [Ca(2+)](i). Inhibition of MEK blocked both bombesin- and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-induced secretion. GRP-R-regulated secretion is initiated by an increase in [Ca(2+)](i); however, elevated [Ca(2+)](i) is insufficient to stimulate secretion in the absence of activation of PKC and the downstream MEK/MAPK pathways. We demonstrated that the activity of MEK is important for maintaining elevated [Ca(2+)](i) levels induced by GRP-R activation, suggesting that MEK may affect receptor-regulated secretion by modulating the activity of Ca(2+)-sensitive PKC.
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- M R Hellmich
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA.
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Evans JH, Sanderson MJ. Intracellular calcium oscillations induced by ATP in airway epithelial cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:L30-41. [PMID: 10409228 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1999.277.1.l30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In airway epithelial cells, extracellular ATP (ATP(o)) stimulates an initial transient increase in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration that is followed by periodic increases in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration (Ca(2+) oscillations). The characteristics and mechanism of these ATP-induced Ca(2+) responses were studied in primary cultures of rabbit tracheal cells with digital video fluorescence microscopy and the Ca(2+)-indicator dye fura 2. The continual presence of ATP(o) at concentrations of 0.1-100 microM stimulated Ca(2+) oscillations that persisted for 20 min. The frequency of the Ca(2+) oscillations was found to be dependent on both ATP(o) concentration and intrinsic sensitivity of each cell to ATP(o). Cells exhibited similar Ca(2+) oscillations to extracellular UTP (UTP(o)), but the oscillations typically occurred at lower UTP(o) concentrations. The ATP-induced Ca(2+) oscillations were abolished by the phospholipase C inhibitor U-73122 and by the endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-pump inhibitor thapsigargin but were maintained in Ca(2+)-free medium. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that in airway epithelial cells ATP(o) and UTP(o) act via P2U purinoceptors to stimulate Ca(2+) oscillations by the continuous production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and the oscillatory release of Ca(2+) from internal stores. ATP-induced Ca(2+) oscillations of adjacent individual cells occurred independently of each other. By contrast, a mechanically induced intercellular Ca(2+) wave propagated through a field of Ca(2+)-oscillating cells. Thus Ca(2+) oscillations and propagating Ca(2+) waves are two fundamental modes of Ca(2+) signaling that exist and operate simultaneously in airway epithelial cells.
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- J H Evans
- Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
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Hirose K, Kadowaki S, Tanabe M, Takeshima H, Iino M. Spatiotemporal dynamics of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate that underlies complex Ca2+ mobilization patterns. Science 1999; 284:1527-30. [PMID: 10348740 DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5419.1527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) is a second messenger that elicits complex spatiotemporal patterns of calcium ion (Ca2+) mobilization and has essential roles in the regulation of many cellular functions. In Madin-Darby canine kidney epithelial cells, green fluorescent protein-tagged pleckstrin homology domain translocated from the plasma membrane to the cytoplasm in response to increased concentration of IP3. The detection of translocation enabled monitoring of IP3 concentration changes within single cells and revealed spatiotemporal dynamics in the concentration of IP3 synchronous with Ca2+ oscillations and intracellular and intercellular IP3 waves that accompanied Ca2+ waves. Such changes in IP3 concentration may be fundamental to Ca2+ signaling.
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- K Hirose
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.
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