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Blau A, Neumann T, Ziegler C, Benfenati F. Replica-moulded polydimethylsiloxane culture vessel lids attenuate osmotic drift in long-term cell cultures. J Biosci 2009; 34:59-69. [PMID: 19430119 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0009-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An imbalance in medium osmolarity is a determinant that affects cell culture longevity. Even in humidified incubators, evaporation of water leads to a gradual increase in osmolarity over time. We present a simple replica-moulding strategy for producing self-sealing lids adaptable to standard, small-size cell-culture vessels. They are made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a flexible, transparent and biocompatible material, which is gas-permeable but largely impermeable to water. Keeping cell cultures in a humidified 5% CO2 incubator at 37 degrees C, medium osmolarity increased by +6.86 mosmol/kg/day in standard 35 mm Petri dishes, while PDMS lids attenuated its rise by a factor of four to changes of +1.72 mosmol/kg/ day. Depending on the lid membrane thickness,pH drifts at ambient CO2 levels were attenuated by a factor of 4 to 9. Comparative evaporation studies at temperatures below 60 degrees C yielded a 10-fold reduced water vapour flux of 1.75 g/day/ dm 2 through PDMS lids as compared with 18.69 g/day/dm 2 with conventional Petri dishes. Using such PDMS lids,about 2/3 of the cell cultures grew longer than 30 days in vitro. Among these,the average survival time was 69 days with the longest survival being 284 days under otherwise conventional cell culture conditions.
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- Axel Blau
- The Italian Institute of Technology, Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy.
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Salierno M, Cabrera R, Filevich O, Etchenique R. Encapsulated Petri dish system for single-cell drug delivery and long-term time lapse microscopy. Anal Biochem 2007; 371:208-14. [PMID: 17884006 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2007] [Accepted: 08/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have developed a system that allows focal drug application for cell culture microscopy. Single-cell drug delivery is achieved through the insertion of a patch-clamp-like micropipette in a microenvironment-controlled chamber mounted on a standard 35-mm Petri dish. The system has precise control of temperature, CO(2) concentration, and humidity, while preventing contamination during experiments. The use of standard Petri dishes allows long-term experiments by alternating in situ microscopy with incubator growth. Modern biological long-term experiments such as the characterization of drug effects on cell movement, axonal guidance, mitosis, apoptosis, differentiation, or volume regulation can be performed. The chamber is compatible with any inverted microscope without significant modifications.
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- Marcelo Salierno
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, INQUIMAE, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Petronis S, Stangegaard M, Christensen CBV, Dufva M. Transparent polymeric cell culture chip with integrated temperature control and uniform media perfusion. Biotechniques 2006; 40:368-76. [PMID: 16568825 DOI: 10.2144/000112122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Modern microfabrication and microfluidic technologies offer new opportunities in the design and fabrication of miniaturized cell culture systems for online monitoring of living cells. We used laser micromachining and thermal bonding to fabricate an optically transparent, low-cost polymeric chip for long-term online cell culture observation under controlled conditions. The chip incorporated a microfluidic flow equalization system, assuring uniform perfusion of the cell culture media throughout the cell culture chamber. The integrated indium-tin-oxide heater and miniature temperature probe linked to an electronic feedback system created steady and spatially uniform thermal conditions with minimal interference to the optical transparency of the chip. The fluidic and thermal performance of the chip was verified by finite element modeling and by operation tests under fluctuating ambient temperature conditions. HeLa cells were cultured for up to 2 weeks within the cell culture chip and monitored using a time-lapse video recording microscopy setup. Cell attachment and spreading was observed during the first 10-20 h (lag phase). After approximately 20 h, cell growth gained exponential character with an estimated doubling time of about 32 h, which is identical to the observed doubling time of cells grown in standard cell culture flasks in a CO2 incubator.
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de Jong AS, Visch HJ, de Mattia F, van Dommelen MM, Swarts HG, Luyten T, Callewaert G, Melchers WJ, Willems PH, van Kuppeveld FJ. The coxsackievirus 2B protein increases efflux of ions from the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi, thereby inhibiting protein trafficking through the Golgi. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:14144-50. [PMID: 16540472 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511766200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Coxsackievirus infection leads to a rapid reduction of the filling state of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi Ca2+ stores. The coxsackievirus 2B protein, a small membrane protein that localizes to the Golgi and to a lesser extent to the ER, has been proposed to play an important role in this effect by forming membrane-integral pores, thereby increasing the efflux of Ca2+ from the stores. Here, evidence is presented that supports this idea and that excludes the possibility that 2B reduces the uptake of Ca2+ into the stores. Measurement of intra-organelle-free Ca2+ in permeabilized cells revealed that the ability of 2B to reduce the Ca2+ filling state of the stores was preserved at steady ATP. Biochemical analysis in a cell-free system further showed that 2B had no adverse effect on the activity of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase, the Ca2+-ATPase that transports Ca2+ from the cytosol into the stores. To investigate whether 2B specifically affects Ca2+ homeostasis or other ion gradients, we measured the lumenal Golgi pH. Expression of 2B resulted in an increased Golgi pH, indicative for the efflux of H+ from the Golgi lumen. Together, these data support a model that 2B increases the efflux of ions from the ER and Golgi by forming membrane-integral pores. We have demonstrated that a major consequence of this activity is the inhibition of protein trafficking through the Golgi complex.
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- Arjan S de Jong
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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van der Wees CGC, Bax WH, van der Valk EJM, van der Laarse A. Integrin stimulation induces calcium signalling in rat cardiomyocytes by a NO-dependent mechanism. Pflugers Arch 2005; 451:588-95. [PMID: 16284742 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-005-1402-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2004] [Revised: 02/08/2005] [Accepted: 02/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The myocardial stretch-induced increase in intracellular [Ca(2+)] ([Ca(2+)](i)) is considered to be caused by integrin stimulation. Myocardial stretch is also associated with increased nitric oxide (NO) formation. We hypothesised that NO is implicated in calcium signalling following integrin stimulation. Integrins of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were stimulated with a pentapeptide containing the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequence. [Ca(2+)](i) was measured with Fura2, [NO](i) was measured with DAF2 and phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) was monitored with immunofluorescence techniques. Integrin stimulation increased both [NO](i) and [Ca(2+)](i), the latter response being inhibited by ryanodine receptor-2 (RyR2) blockers and by N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), an inhibitor of NOS, but resistant to GdCl(3), diltiazem and wortmannin. Integrin-induced intracellular Ca(2+) release thus appears to be independent of the influx of extracellular Ca(2+) and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase activity. In addition, integrin stimulation induced phosphorylation of FAK. Our results provide evidence for an integrin-induced Ca(2+) release from RyR2 which is mediated by NO formation, probably via FAK-induced NOS activation.
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- C G C van der Wees
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, RC, The Netherlands.
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Ho CL, Mou TY, Chiang PS, Weng CL, Chow NH. Mini chamber system for long-term maintenance and observation of cultured cells. Biotechniques 2005; 38:267-73. [PMID: 15727133 DOI: 10.2144/05382rr03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We constructed a mini chamber system that was able to maintain cell culture on a microscope for long periods. It is a modified closed system with medium perfusion and CO2 circulation. The closed CO2 circulation and ample air inside the chamber distinguish it from other closed systems. Using different cell lines, the system was shown to be able to support long-term, time-lapse recording. After 229 hours of time-lapse recording, A2058 cells (a melanoma cell line) became overconfluent but still multiplied. Many CAD cells (a murine neuron-like cell line) still moved their cell bodies and kept their neurite-like processes after 28 days of recording. The entire healing process of a scratch-wounded 124 (a bladder cancer cell line) monolayer can be monitored. Such a modified closed system should find many applications in developmental biology, cell biology, and cancer biology where long-term, time-lapse recording is required or when the health of cells is important.
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Koopman WJH, Renders M, Oosterhof A, van Kuppevelt TH, van Engelen BGM, Willems PHGM. Upregulation of Ca2+ removal in human skeletal muscle: a possible role for Ca2+-dependent priming of mitochondrial ATP synthesis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003; 285:C1263-9. [PMID: 12839829 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00097.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In muscle, ATP is required for the powerstroke of the myosin head, the detachment of actin and myosin filaments, and the reuptake of Ca2+ into the sarcoplasmic reticulum. During contraction-relaxation, large amounts of ATP are consumed at the sites of action of the myosin-ATPase and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. The present study addresses the consequences of a reduction in mitochondrial ATP production capacity on sarcoplasmic Ca2+ handling. To this end, myotubes were cultured from patient quadriceps with a biochemically defined decrease in the maximal rate of mitochondrial ATP production and were loaded with indo 1 for imaging of sarcoplasmic Ca2+ changes in real time by confocal microscopy. Myotubes were field-stimulated with 10-ms pulses of 16 V to evoke transient rises in sarcoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]S). Three single pulses, two pulse trains (1 Hz), and one single pulse were applied in succession to mimic changing workloads. Control myotubes displayed [Ca2+]S transients with an amplitude that was independent of the strength of the stimulus. Intriguingly, the rate of sarcoplasmic Ca2+ removal (CRR) was significantly upregulated during the second and subsequent transients. In myotubes with a reduced mitochondrial ATP production capacity, the amplitude of the [Ca2+]S transients was markedly increased at higher stimulus intensities. Moreover, upregulation of the CRR was significantly decreased compared with control. Taken together, these results are in good agreement with a tight coupling between mitochondrial ATP production and sarcoplasmic Ca2+ handling. Moreover, they support the existence of a relatively long-lasting mitochondrial memory for sarcoplasmic [Ca2+] rises. This memory, which manifested itself as an increase in CRR upon recurrent stimulation, was impaired in patient myotubes with a reduced mitochondrial ATP production capacity.
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- Werner J H Koopman
- 160 Biochemistry NCMLS, University Medical Center Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Jenniskens GJ, Ringvall M, Koopman WJH, Ledin J, Kjellén L, Willems PHGM, Forsberg E, Veerkamp JH, van Kuppevelt TH. Disturbed Ca2+ kinetics in N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase-1 defective myotubes. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:2187-93. [PMID: 12692154 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The biosynthesis of heparan sulfate, present on the cell surface and in the basal lamina surrounding cells, is a multistep process in which each step is mediated by a specific enzyme. The initial modification of the precursor polysaccharide, N-deacetylation followed by N-sulfation of selected N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues, is catalyzed by the enzyme glucosaminyl N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase (NDST). This event is a key step that regulates the overall sulfate content of the polysaccharide. Here, we report on the effects of NDST deficiency on Ca2+ kinetics in myotubes from NDST-1- and NDST-2-deficient mice, indicating a novel role for heparan sulfate in skeletal muscle physiology. Immunostaining for specific heparan sulfate epitopes showed major changes in the heparan sulfate composition in skeletal muscle tissue derived from NDST-1-/- mice and NDST-/- cultured myotubes. Biochemical analysis indicates a relative decrease in both N-sulfation and 2-O-sulfation of skeletal muscle heparan sulfate. The core protein of heparan sulfate proteoglycan perlecan was not affected, as judged by immunohistochemistry. Also, acetylcholine receptor clustering and the occurrence of other ion channels involved in excitation-contraction coupling were not altered. In NDST-2-/- mice and heterozygous mice no changes in heparan sulfate composition were observed. Using high-speed UV confocal laser scanning microscopy, aberrant Ca2+ kinetics were observed in NDST-1-/- myotubes, but not in NDST-2-/- or heterozygous myotubes. Electrically induced Ca2+ spikes had significantly lower amplitudes, and a reduced removal rate of cytosolic Ca2+, indicating the importance of heparan sulfate in muscle Ca2+ kinetics.
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- Guido J Jenniskens
- Department of Biochemistry 194, University Medical Center, NCMLS, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Jenniskens GJ, Koopman WJH, Willems PHGM, Pecker I, Veerkamp JH, van Kuppevelt TH. Phenotypic knock out of heparan sulfates in myotubes impairs excitation-induced calcium spiking. FASEB J 2003; 17:878-80. [PMID: 12626439 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0572fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Little is known about the physiological functions of heparan sulfates (HSs), which are present in the basal lamina surrounding skeletal muscle fibers. Here, we present a new system in which HS is phenotypically knocked out by endogenous expression of epitope-specific anti-HS antibodies. Single-chain antibodies, containing an immunoglobulin leader peptide, were produced by using various expression systems. Antibodies were detected in the Golgi apparatus, the site of HS biosynthesis. Likewise, the HS-degrading enzyme heparanase was expressed. Endogenous expression of antibodies or heparanase in myoblasts resulted in HS-defective myotubes. Excitability and calcium kinetics of HS-defective myotubes were severely compromised, as determined by analysis of electrically induced calcium spikes via video-speed UV confocal laser scanning microscopy. Phenotypically knocking out of individual HS epitopes resulted in specific effects on excitability and calcium kinetics. These data indicate important roles for HSs in skeletal muscle calcium kinetics.
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- Guido J Jenniskens
- Department of Biochemistry 194, University Medical Center, NCMLS, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Koopman WJH, Bosch RR, van Emst-de Vries SE, Spaargaren M, De Pont JJHHM, Willems PHGM. R-Ras alters Ca2+ homeostasis by increasing the Ca2+ leak across the endoplasmic reticular membrane. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:13672-9. [PMID: 12586830 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211256200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Evidence in the literature implicating both Ras-like Ras (R-Ras) and intracellular Ca(2+) in programmed cell death and integrin-mediated adhesion prompted us to investigate the possibility that R-Ras alters cellular Ca(2+) handling. Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing the cholecystokinin (CCK)-A receptor were loaded with indo-1 to study the effects of constitutively active V38R-Ras and dominant negative N43R-Ras on the kinetics of the thapsigargin (Tg)- and CCK(8)-induced Ca(2+) rises using high speed confocal microscopy. In the absence of extracellular Ca(2+), both 1 microm Tg, a potent and selective inhibitor of the Ca(2+) pump of the intracellular Ca(2+) store, and 100 nm CCK(8) evoked a transient rise in Ca(2+), the size of which was decreased significantly after expression of V38R-Ras. At 0.1 nm, CCK(8) evoked periodic Ca(2+) rises. The frequency of these Ca(2+) oscillations was reduced significantly in V38R-Ras-expressing cells. In contrast to V38R-Ras, N43R-Ras did not alter the kinetics of the Tg- and CCK(8)-induced Ca(2+) rises. The present findings are compatible with the idea that V38R-Ras expression increases the passive leak of Ca(2+) of the store leading to a decrease in Ca(2+) content of this store, which, in turn, leads to a decrease in frequency of the CCK(8)-induced cytosolic Ca(2+) oscillations. The effect of V38R-Ras on the Ca(2+) content of the intracellular Ca(2+) store closely resembles that of the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 observed earlier. Together with reports on the role of dynamic Ca(2+) changes in integrin-mediated adhesion, this leads us to propose that the reduction in endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) content may underlie the antiapoptotic effect of R-Ras, whereas the decrease in frequency of stimulus-induced Ca(2+) oscillations may play a role in the inhibitory effect of R-Ras on stimulus-induced cell detachment and migration.
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- Werner J H Koopman
- Department of Biochemistry, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, The Netherlands
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Hoogduijn MJ, Smit NP, van der Laarse A, van Nieuwpoort AF, Wood JM, Thody AJ. Melanin has a role in Ca2+ homeostasis in human melanocytes. PIGMENT CELL RESEARCH 2003; 16:127-32. [PMID: 12622789 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00018.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We have examined whether melanin affects Ca2+ homeostasis in cultured normal human melanocytes. Intracellular Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i), were measured in four Caucasian and in three Negroid melanocyte cultures. Under resting conditions [Ca2+]i was around 100 nM in all cultures, but differences between cells within cultures were observed. All cultures responded to endothelin-1 (ET-1) with increases in [Ca2+]i and there were no differences between Caucasian and Negroid cultures. However, large differences in responses between cells within cultures were observed, indicating that melanocyte cultures are very heterogeneous. The addition of 2.5 mM CaCl2 to melanocytes kept in Ca2+-free medium resulted in rapid and transient increases in [Ca2+]i of up to 1500 nM. These increases were on average more than two times smaller in melanocyte cultures established from Negroid donors compared with Caucasian cultures. In addition, well melanized Caucasian melanocytes, cultured in the presence of 400 microM tyrosine and 10 mM NH4Cl, showed a reduced increase in cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration upon the addition of extracellular Ca2+. The difference in maintaining Ca2+ homeostasis between poorly and well melanized melanocytes may be the result of the clearance of cytoplasmic Ca2+ into melanosomes and the greater capacity for this in the more pigmented melanocytes.
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- M J Hoogduijn
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
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Cornelisse LN, Deumens R, Coenen JJA, Roubos EW, Gielen CCAM, Ypey DL, Jenks BG, Scheenen WJJM. Sauvagine regulates Ca2+ oscillations and electrical membrane activity of melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis. J Neuroendocrinol 2002; 14:778-87. [PMID: 12372002 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2002.00838.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ca2+ oscillations regulate secretion of the hormone alpha-melanphore-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) by the neuroendocrine pituitary melanotrope cells of the amphibian Xenopus laevis. These Ca2+ oscillations are built up by discrete increments in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration, the Ca2+ steps, which are generated by electrical membrane bursting firing activity. It has been demonstrated that the patterns of Ca2+ oscillations and kinetics of the Ca2+ steps can be modulated by changing the degree of intracellular Ca2+ buffering. We hypothesized that neurotransmitters known to regulate alpha-MSH secretion also modulate the pattern of Ca2+ oscillations and related electrical membrane activity. In this study, we tested this hypothesis for the secretagogue sauvagine. Using high temporal-resolution Ca2+ imaging, we show that sauvagine modulated the pattern of Ca2+ signalling by increasing the frequency of Ca2+ oscillations and inducing a broadening of the oscillations through its effect on various Ca2+ step parameters. Second, we demonstrate that sauvagine caused a small but significant decrease in K+ currents measured in the whole-cell voltage-clamp, whereas Ca2+ currents remained unchanged. Third, in the cell-attached patch-clamp mode, a stimulatory effect of sauvagine on action current firing was observed. Moreover, sauvagine changed the shape of individual action currents. These results support the hypothesis that the secretagogue sauvagine stimulates the frequency of Ca2+ oscillations in Xenopus melanotropes by altering Ca2+ step parameters, an action that likely is evoked by an inhibition of K+ currents.
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- L N Cornelisse
- Department of Cellular Animal Physiology and Department of Biophysics, Nijmegen Institute for Neurosciences, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Lieste JR, Schoenmakers TJM, Scheenen WJJM, Willems PHGM, Roubos EW, Jenks BG. TRH signal transduction in melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2002; 127:80-8. [PMID: 12161205 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-6480(02)00028-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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TRH is a neuropeptide that activates phospholipase C and, when acting on secretory cells, usually induces a biphasic response consisting of a transitory increase in secretion (due to IP(3) mobilization of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores), followed by a sustained plateau phase of stimulated secretion (by protein kinase C-dependent influx of extracellular Ca(2+) through voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels). The melanotrope cell of the amphibian Xenopus laevis displays a unique secretory response to TRH, namely a broad transient but no sustained second phase, consistent with the observation that TRH induces a single Ca(2+) transient rather than the classic biphasic increase in [Ca(2+)](i). The purpose of the present study was to determine the signal transduction mechanism utilized by TRH in generating this Ca(2+) signaling response. Our hypothesis was that the transient reflects the operation of only one of the two signaling arms of the lipase (i.e., either IP(3)-induced mobilization of internal Ca(2+) or PKC-dependent influx of external Ca(2+)). Using video-imaging microscopy it is shown that the TRH-induced Ca(2+) transient is dramatically attenuated under Ca(2+)-free conditions and that thapsigargin has no noticeable effect on the TRH-induced transient. These observations indicate that an IP(3)-dependent mechanism plays no important role in the action of TRH. PKC also does not seem to be involved because an activator of PKC did not induce a Ca(2+) transient and an inhibitor of PKC did not affect the TRH response. Experiments with a bis-oxonol membrane potential probe showed that the TRH response also does not underlie a PKC-independent mechanism that would induce membrane depolarization. We conclude that the action of TRH on the Xenopus melanotrope does not rely on the classical phospholipase C-dependent mechanism.
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- J R Lieste
- Department of Cellular Animal Physiology, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, The Netherlands
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de Groof AJC, Fransen JAM, Errington RJ, Willems PHGM, Wieringa B, Koopman WJH. The creatine kinase system is essential for optimal refill of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ store in skeletal muscle. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:5275-84. [PMID: 11734556 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108157200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Muscle function depends on an adequate ATP supply to sustain the energy consumption associated with Ca(2+) cycling and actomyosin sliding during contraction. In this regulation of energy homeostasis, the creatine kinase (CK) circuit for high energy phosphoryl transfer between ATP and phosphocreatine plays an important role. We earlier established a functional connection between the activity of the CK system and Ca(2+) homeostasis during depolarization and contractile activity of muscle. Here, we show how CK activity is coupled to the kinetics of spontaneous and electrically induced Ca(2+) transients in the sarcoplasm of myotubes. Using the UV ratiometric Ca(2+) probe Indo-1 and video-rate confocal microscopy in CK-proficient and -deficient cultured cells, we found that spontaneous and electrically induced transients were dependent on ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+) release channels, sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase pumps, extracellular calcium, and functional mitochondria in both cell types. However, at increasing sarcoplasmic Ca(2+) load (induced by electrical stimulation at 0.1, 1, and 10 Hz), the Ca(2+) removal rate and the amount of Ca(2+) released per transient were gradually reduced in CK-deficient (but not wild-type) myotubes. We conclude that the CK/phosphocreatine circuit is essential for efficient delivery of ATP to the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase pumps and thereby directly influences sarcoplasmic reticulum refilling and the kinetics of the sarcoplasmic Ca(2+) signals.
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- Ad J C de Groof
- Department of Cell Biology, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, University Medical Center St. Radboud, University of Nijmegen, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Koopman WJ, Scheenen WJ, Errington RJ, Willems PH, Bindels RJ, Roubos EW, Jenks BG. Membrane-initiated Ca(2+) signals are reshaped during propagation to subcellular regions. Biophys J 2001; 81:57-65. [PMID: 11423394 PMCID: PMC1301491 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)75679-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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An important aspect of Ca(2+) signaling is the ability of cells to generate intracellular Ca(2+) waves. In this study we have analyzed the cellular and subcellular kinetics of Ca(2+) waves in a neuroendocrine transducer cell, the melanotrope of Xenopus laevis, using the ratiometric Ca(2+) probe indo-1 and video-rate UV confocal laser-scanning microscopy. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how local Ca(2+) changes contribute to a global Ca(2+) signal; subsequently we quantified how a Ca(2+) wave is kinetically reshaped as it is propagated through the cell. The combined kinetics of all subcellular Ca(2+) signals determined the shape of the total cellular Ca(2+) signal, but each subcellular contribution to the cellular signal was not constant in time. Near the plasma membrane, [Ca(2+)](i) increased and decreased rapidly, processes that can be described by a linear and exponential function, respectively. In more central parts of the cell slower kinetics were observed that were best described by a Hill equation. This reshaping of the Ca(2+) wave was modeled with an equation derived from a low-pass RC filter. We propose that the differences in spatial kinetics of the Ca(2+) signal serves as a mechanism by which the same cellular Ca(2+) signal carries different regulatory information to different subcellular regions of the cell, thus evoking differential cellular responses.
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- W J Koopman
- Department of Cellular Animal Physiology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Ruwhof C, van Wamel JT, Noordzij LA, Aydin S, Harper JC, van der Laarse A. Mechanical stress stimulates phospholipase C activity and intracellular calcium ion levels in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Cell Calcium 2001; 29:73-83. [PMID: 11162845 DOI: 10.1054/ceca.2000.0158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To investigate how mechanical stress is sensed by cardiomyocytes and translated to cardiac hypertrophy, cardiomyocytes were subjected to stretch while measuring phospholipase C (PLC) and phospholipase D (PLD) activities and levels of intracellular calcium ions ([Ca2+]i) and pH. In stretched cardiomyocytes, PLC activity increased 2-fold after 30 min, whereas PLD activity hardly increased at all. Mechanical stress induced by prodding or by cell stretch increased [Ca2+](i)by a factor 5.2 and 4, respectively. Gadolinium chloride (stretch-activated channel blocker) attenuated the prodding-induced and stretch-induced [Ca2+](i)rise by about 50%. Blockade of ryanodine receptors by a combination of Ruthenium Red and procaine reduced the [Ca2+](i)rise only partially. Diltiazem (L-type Ca2+ channel antagonist) blocked the prodding-induced [Ca2+](i)rise completely, and reduced the stretch-induced [Ca2+](i)rise by about 50%. The stretch-induced [Ca2+](i)rise was unaffected by U73122, an inhibitor of PLC activity. Stretch did not cause cellular alkalinization. In conclusion, in cardiomyocytes, PLC and [Ca2+](i)levels are involved in the stretch-induced signal transduction, whereas PLD plays apparently no role. The stretch-induced rise in [Ca2+](i)in cardiomyocytes is most probably caused by [Ca2+](i)influx through L-type Ca2+ channels and stretch-activated channels, leading to Ca2+-induced Ca2+ -release from the SR via the ryanodine receptor.
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- C Ruwhof
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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van Loo ND, Fortunati E, Ehlert E, Rabelink M, Grosveld F, Scholte BJ. Baculovirus infection of nondividing mammalian cells: mechanisms of entry and nuclear transport of capsids. J Virol 2001; 75:961-70. [PMID: 11134309 PMCID: PMC113992 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.2.961-970.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2000] [Accepted: 10/15/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have studied the infection pathway of Autographa californica multinuclear polyhedrosis virus (baculovirus) in mammalian cells. By titration with a baculovirus containing a green fluorescent protein cassette, we found that several, but not all, mammalian cell types can be infected efficiently. In contrast to previous suggestions, our data show that the asialoglycoprotein receptor is not required for efficient infection. We demonstrate for the first time that this baculovirus can infect nondividing mammalian cells, which implies that the baculovirus is able to transport its genome across the nuclear membrane of mammalian cells. Our data further show that the virus enters via endocytosis, followed by an acid-induced fusion event, which releases the nucleocapsid into the cytoplasm. Cytochalasin D strongly reduces the infection efficiency but not the delivery of nucleocapsids to the cytoplasm, suggesting involvement of actin filaments in cytoplasmic transport of the capsids. Electron microscopic analysis shows the cigar-shaped nucleocapsids located at nuclear pores of nondividing cells. Under these conditions, we observed the viral genome, major capsid protein, and electron-dense capsids inside the nucleus. This suggests that the nucleocapsid is transported through the nuclear pore. This mode of transport seems different from viruses with large spherical capsids, such as herpes simplex virus and adenovirus, which are disassembled before nuclear transport of the genome. The implications for the application of baculovirus or its capsid proteins in gene therapy are discussed.
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- N D van Loo
- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Eizema K, Fechner H, Bezstarosti K, Schneider-Rasp S, van der Laarse A, Wang H, Schultheiss HP, Poller WC, Lamers JM. Adenovirus-based phospholamban antisense expression as a novel approach to improve cardiac contractile dysfunction: comparison of a constitutive viral versus an endothelin-1-responsive cardiac promoter. Circulation 2000; 101:2193-9. [PMID: 10801761 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.18.2193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND A decrease in sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pump (SERCA2) activity is believed to play a role in the impairment of diastolic function of the failing heart. Because the expression ratio of phospholamban (PL) to SERCA2 may be a target to improve contractile dysfunction, a PL antisense RNA strategy was developed under the control of either a constitutive cytomegalovirus (CMV) or an inducible atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) promoter. The latter is upregulated in hypertrophied and failing heart, allowing "induction-by-disease" gene therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS Part of the PL cDNA was cloned in antisense and sense directions into adenovectors under the control of either a CMV (Ad5CMVPLas and Ad5CMVPLs, respectively) or ANF (Ad5ANFPLas and Ad5ANFPLs, respectively) promoter. Infection of cultured rat neonatal cardiomyocytes with Ad5CMVPLas reduced PL mRNA to 30+/-7% of baseline and PL protein to 24+/-3% within 48 and 72 hours, respectively. The effects were vector dose dependent. Ad5CMVPLas increased the Ca(2+) sensitivity of SERCA2 and reduced the time to 50% recovery of the Ca(2+) transient. A decrease of PL protein was also achieved by infection with Ad5ANFPLas, and the presence of the hypertrophic stimulus, endothelin-1, led to enhanced downregulation of PL. The adenovectors expressing PL sense RNA had no effect on any of the tested parameters. CONCLUSIONS Vector-mediated PL antisense RNA expression may become a feasible approach to modulate myocyte Ca(2+) homeostasis in the failing heart. The inducible ANF promoter for the first time offers the perspective for induction-by-disease gene therapy, ie, selective expression of therapeutic genes in hypertrophied and failing cardiomyocytes.
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- K Eizema
- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute COEUR, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Bosma PT, Rebers FE, Dijk WV, Willems PH, Goos HJ, Schulz RW. Inhibitory and stimulatory interactions between endogenous gonadotropin-releasing hormones in the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). Biol Reprod 2000; 62:731-8. [PMID: 10684817 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.3.731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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In the brain of all vertebrate classes, chicken (c) GnRH-II ([His(5), Trp(7),Tyr(8)]GnRH, cGnRH-II) is expressed in the mesencephalon. In addition, at least one other form of GnRH is expressed in the preoptical area/hypothalamus. In the human pituitary stalk and the mouse median eminence, cGnRH-II is present together with mammalian GnRH. Similarly, in the pituitary of several teleost fish (e.g., goldfish and eel, but not salmon or trout), a teleost GnRH is found together with cGnRH-II. These GnRHs are not colocalized in the same cells. Hence, these GnRH peptides may differentially regulate gonadotropin secretion and, in addition, may exert their effects simultaneously. The current study therefore investigated the effects of combinations of the two forms of GnRH present in the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) pituitary-cGnRH-II and catfish GnRH ([His(5),Asn(8)]GnRH, cfGnRH)-on the cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) in single, Fura-2-loaded catfish gonadotrophs, as well as their effects on both in vitro and in vivo LH secretion. Both inhibitory and stimulatory effects of combinations of cfGnRH and cGnRH-II on [Ca(2+)](i) were observed, which were mirrored by their effects on both in vitro and in vivo LH secretion. The following pattern became apparent. The effect of intermediate or maximal effective cfGnRH doses was inhibited by the simultaneous presence of subthreshold or borderline effective cGnRH-II doses. Conversely, subthreshold or borderline effective concentrations of cfGnRH enhanced the effects of intermediate and maximal concentrations of cGnRH-II. In addition, combinations of cfGnRH and cGnRH-II concentrations that were equally active when tested separately showed an additive effect. The observed interactions between the two GnRHs may be of particular physiological relevance in the control of seasonal LH levels in the African catfish, as well as in other teleost species. Moreover, the occurrence of mutual inhibitory and stimulatory interactions between endogenous GnRHs may be a widespread aspect of GnRH action in vertebrates.
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- P T Bosma
- University of Utrecht, Faculty of Biology, Department of Experimental Zoology, Research Group Reproductive Endocrinology, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Kong SK, Ko S, Lee CY, Lui PY. Practical considerations in acquiring biological signals from confocal microscope. Methods Enzymol 1999; 307:20-6. [PMID: 10506965 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(99)07004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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- S K Kong
- Department of Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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Koopman WJ, Hink MA, Visser AJ, Roubos EW, Jenks BG. Evidence that Ca2+-waves in Xenopus melanotropes depend on calcium-induced calcium release: a fluorescence correlation microscopy and linescanning study. Cell Calcium 1999; 26:59-67. [PMID: 10892571 DOI: 10.1054/ceca.1999.0051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The neuroendocrine melanotrope cell displays Ca2+ oscillations that are build up by several discrete Ca2+ rises ('steps'). Each step is linked to Ca2+-entry across the plasma membrane via voltage-operated calcium channels and associated with a fast Ca2+-wave travelling from the plasma membrane to the central parts of the cell. Previously, linescanning with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) supported that these waves have high speeds (between 30 and 80 microm/s), which is considered indicative of the involvement of a calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) mechanism in fast-wave propagation. However, to firmly establish the presence of a CICR mechanism one must rule out the possibility that the Ca2+ signal is artifactually accelerated by the presence of a highly mobile Ca2+ probe and also eliminate imaging artifacts inherent to single wavelength imaging. In the present study both problems are addressed. Mobility and intracellular distribution of a generally used Ca2+ probe, Oregon-green 488 BAPTA-1 (O-green-1), were established using fluorescence correlation microscopy. We then used the ratio signal of co-loaded O-green-1 and Fura-Red to quantify the relative [Ca2+]i during linescanning. It was found that O-green-1 displays different diffusion times when regions near the plasma membrane and in the center of the cell are compared. However, the calculated diffusion constant of the probe was too low to account for the observed high speed of the Ca2+ wave. In conclusion, we established the authenticity of the high speed of Ca2+-waves in Xenopus melanotropes, providing evidence for the involvement of a CICR mechanism in wave propagation.
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- W J Koopman
- Department of Cellular Animal Physiology, Nijmegen Institutes of Cellular Signalling and Neurosciences, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Wubbolts R, Fernandez-Borja M, Jordens I, Reits E, Dusseljee S, Echeverri C, Vallee RB, Neefjes J. Opposing motor activities of dynein and kinesin determine retention and transport of MHC class II-containing compartments. J Cell Sci 1999; 112 ( Pt 6):785-95. [PMID: 10036229 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.112.6.785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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MHC class II molecules exert their function at the cell surface by presenting to T cells antigenic fragments that are generated in the endosomal pathway. The class II molecules are targetted to early lysosomal structures, termed MIIC, where they interact with antigenic fragments and are subsequently transported to the cell surface. We previously visualised vesicular transport of MHC class II-containing early lysosomes from the microtubule organising centre (MTOC) region towards the cell surface in living cells. Here we show that the MIIC move bidirectionally in a ‘stop-and-go’ fashion. Overexpression of a motor head-deleted kinesin inhibited MIIC motility, showing that kinesin is the motor that drives its plus end transport towards the cell periphery. Cytoplasmic dynein mediates the return of vesicles to the MTOC area and effectively retains the vesicles at this location, as assessed by inactivation of dynein by overexpression of dynamitin. Our data suggest a retention mechanism that determines the perinuclear accumulation of MIIC, which is the result of dynein activity being superior over kinesin activity. The bidirectional nature of MIIC movement is the result of both kinesin and dynein acting reciprocally on the MIIC during its transport. The motors may be the ultimate targets of regulatory kinases since the protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine induces a massive release of lysosomal vesicles from the MTOC region that is morphologically similar to that observed after inactivation of the dynein motor.
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- R Wubbolts
- Netherlands Cancer Institute, Department of Tumor Biology, Plesmanlaan 121, The Netherlands
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Georgakoudi I, Foster TH. Effects of the Subcellular Redistribution of Two Nile Blue Derivatives on Photodynamic Oxygen Consumption. Photochem Photobiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb03261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zirpel L, Lippe WR, Rubel EW. Activity-dependent regulation of [Ca2+]i in avian cochlear nucleus neurons: roles of protein kinases A and C and relation to cell death. J Neurophysiol 1998; 79:2288-302. [PMID: 9582205 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Neurons of the cochlear nucleus, nucleus magnocellularis (NM), of young chicks require excitatory afferent input from the eighth nerve for maintenance and survival. One of the earliest changes seen in NM neurons after deafferentation is an increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). This increase in [Ca2+]i is due to loss of activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR) that activate second-messenger cascades involved in [Ca2+]i regulation. Because mGluRs are known to act via the phospholipase C and adenylate cyclase signal transduction pathways, the goal of this study was to determine the roles of protein kinases A (PKA) and C (PKC) activities in the regulation of NM neuron [Ca2+]i by eighth nerve stimulation. Additionally, we sought to determine the relationship between increased [Ca2+]i and cell death as measured by propidium iodide incorporation. [Ca2+]i of individual NM neurons in brain stem slices was monitored using fura-2 ratiometric fluorescence imaging. NM field potentials were monitored in experiments in which the eighth nerve was stimulated. Five hertz orthodromic stimulation maintained NM neuron [Ca2+]i at approximately 110 nM for 180 min. In the absence of stimulation, NM neuron [Ca2+]i increased steadily to a mean of 265 nM by 120 min. This increase was attenuated by superfusion of PKC activators phorbol-12,13-myristate acetate (100 nM) or dioctanoylglycerol (50 microM) and by activators of PKA: 1 mM 8-bromoadenosine-3',5'-cyclophosphate sodium (8-Br-cAMP), 50 microM forskolin or 100 microM Sp-adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphothioate triethylamine. Inhibition of PKA (100 microM Rp-cAMPS) or PKC (50 nM bisindolymaleimide or 10 microM U73122) during continuous orthodromic stimulation resulted in an increase in NM neuron [Ca2+]i that exceeded 170 and 180 nM, respectively, by 120 min. Nonspecific kinase inhibition with 1 microM staurosporine during stimulation resulted in an [Ca2+]i increase that was greater in magnitude than that seen with either PKA or PKC inhibition alone, equal to that seen in the absence of stimulation, but much smaller than that seen with inhibition of mGluRs. In addition, manipulations that resulted in a [Ca2+]i increase >/=250 nM resulted in an increase in number and percentage of propidium iodide-labeled NM neurons. These results suggest that eighth nerve activity maintains [Ca2+]i of NM neurons at physiological levels in part via mGluR-mediated activation of PKA and PKC and that increases in [Ca2+]i due to activity deprivation or interruption of the PKA and PKC [Ca2+]i regulatory mechanisms are predictive of subsequent cell death.
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- L Zirpel
- The Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center and The Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 98195, USA
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Rieder CL, Cole RW. Perfusion chambers for high-resolution video light microscopic studies of vertebrate cell monolayers: some considerations and a design. Methods Cell Biol 1998; 56:253-75. [PMID: 9500142 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)60430-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- C L Rieder
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509, USA
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Lieste JR, Scheenen WJ, Willems PH, Jenks BG, Roubos EW. Calcium oscillations in melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis are differentially regulated by cAMP-dependent and cAMP-independent mechanisms. Cell Calcium 1996; 20:329-37. [PMID: 8939352 DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4160(96)90038-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Intracellular Ca2+ oscillations play an important role in the induction of alpha-MSH release from pituitary melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis. Oscillatory, secretory and adenylyl cyclase activities are all inhibited by dopamine, neuropeptide Y (NPY) and baclofen (a GABAB receptor agonist) and stimulated by sauvagine. In this study, we test the hypothesis that these neural messengers regulate the Ca2+ oscillations via a cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent mechanism. To this end, video-imaging microscopy was applied to single Xenopus melanotropes loaded with the Ca2+ indicator Fura-2. The cAMP-dependent PKA inhibitor H89 blocked Ca2+ oscillations as well as the stimulatory actions of 8-Br-cAMP and sauvagine. Treatment of cells inhibited by baclofen with either 8-Br-cAMP or sauvagine led to a reappearance of Ca2+ oscillations. A similar result was found for cells inhibited by NPY. Neither 8-Br-cAMP nor sauvagine induced Ca2+ oscillations in cells inhibited by dopamine. Depolarizing dopamine-inhibited cells with high potassium also failed to induce oscillations, but combining 8-Br-cAMP with membrane depolarization induced oscillations. It is concluded that sauvagine, baclofen and NPY work primarily through a cAMP/PKA-pathway while dopamine inhibits Ca2+ oscillations in a dual fashion, namely via both a cAMP-dependent and a cAMP-independent mechanism, the latter probably involving membrane hyperpolarization.
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- J R Lieste
- Department of Cellular Animal Physiology, Nijmegen Institute for Neurosciences, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Scheenen WJ, Makings LR, Gross LR, Pozzan T, Tsien RY. Photodegradation of indo-1 and its effect on apparent Ca2+ concentrations. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 1996; 3:765-74. [PMID: 8939693 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(96)90253-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fluorescent indicators that show alterations in excitation and/or emission spectra in response to changes in [Ca2+] are widely used for quantitative cytosolic [Ca2+] measurements. There are several reports of changes in apparent [Ca2+] due only to illumination, however. These results have been attributed either to photodamage to the cells or to photodegradation of the indicator. Light-induced alteration in the behavior of the dye or cells would severely hamper the interpretation of experimental data. We examined this phenomenon in indo-1 loaded cells using confocal laser scanning microscopy. RESULTS Illumination of indo-1 loaded GH3 cells leads to a decrease in apparent basal [Ca2+] and decreased peaks after depolarization with KCl. When cells were double loaded with indo-1 and fluo-3, the effect of UV illumination was noticed only with the former dye. UV irradiation of indo-1 in simple buffers caused overall photobleaching and conversion to a fluorescent but Ca2+-insensitive species. The latter effect cannot be canceled by ratiometric calibration and is due to loss of carboxymethyl groups from the anilino nitrogens. This photodegradation was inhibited by extracellular administration of 10 to 100 microM Trolox, a water-soluble vitamin E analog. CONCLUSIONS Photodegradation processes like that observed for indo-1 are likely to be possible for all cation indicators that contain bis(carboxymethyl)anilino moieties, which include essentially all fluorescent indicators for Ca2+ and Mg2+ currently in biological use. If unrecognized, this photochemical dealkylation leads to an underestimation of the analyte concentrations depending on the intensity and duration of illumination. The problem can be avoided by including cell-permeant antioxidants such as Trolox in the bathing solution. The ultimate solution would be to redesign the indicators to minimize photodegradation in the absence of antioxidants.
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- W J Scheenen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Trieste 75, 35121 Padova, Italy.
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Scheenen WJ, Jenks BG, van Dinter RJ, Roubos EW. Spatial and temporal aspects of Ca2+ oscillations in Xenopus laevis melanotrope cells. Cell Calcium 1996; 19:219-27. [PMID: 8732262 DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4160(96)90023-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Spatio-temporal aspects of Ca2+ signaling in melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis have been studied with confocal laser-scanning microscopy. In the whole-frame scanning mode, two major intracellular Ca2+ compartments, the cytoplasm and the nucleus, were visualized. The basal [Ca2+] in the nucleus appeared to be lower than that in the cytoplasm and Ca2+ oscillations seemed to arise synchronously in both compartments. The N-type channel blocker omega-conotoxin eliminated oscillations in both regions, indicating a strong coupling between the two compartments with respect to Ca2+ dynamics. Line-scanning mode, which gives higher time resolution, revealed that the rise phase of a Ca2+ oscillation is not a continuous process but consists of 3 or 4 discrete steps. Each step can be seen as a Ca(2+)-wave starting at the cell membrane and going through the cytoplasm at a speed of 33.3 +/- 4.3 microns/s. Before the Ca(2+)-wave enters the nucleus, a delay of 120.0 +/- 24.1 ms occurred. In the nucleus, the speed of a wave was 80.0 +/- 3.0 microns/s. Treatment with the Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin (1 MicroM) almost completely eliminated the apparent difference in the basal [Ca2+] in the cytoplasm and the nucleus, reduced the delay of a Ca(2+)-wave before entering the nucleus to 79.8 +/- 8.7 ms, and diminished the nuclear wave speed to 35.0 +/- 4.9 microns/s. These results indicate that a cytoplasmic thapsigargin-sensitive ATPase near the nuclear envelope is involved in buffering Ca2+ before the Ca2+ wave enters the nucleus. After sensitizing IP3 receptors by thimerosal (10 microM) the speed of the cytoplasmic Ca(2+)-wave was increased to 70.3 +/- 3.6 microns/s, suggesting that IP3 receptors may be involved in the propagation of the cytoplasmic Ca2+ wave. Our results indicate that in melanotropes the generation and propagation of Ca2+ oscillations is a complex event involving influx of Ca2+ through N-type Ca2+ channels, propagation of the cytoplasmic Ca2+ wave through mobilization of intracellular stores and a regulated Ca2+ entry into the nucleus. We propose that Ca(2+)-binding proteins may act as a Ca2+ store for propagation of the wave in the nucleus.
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- W J Scheenen
- Department of Animal Physiology, Nijmegen Institute for Neurosciences, The Netherlands
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Vogelzang SA, Prins HB. Kinetic analysis of two simultaneously activated K+ currents in root cell protoplasts of Plantago media L. J Membr Biol 1995; 146:59-71. [PMID: 7563037 DOI: 10.1007/bf00232680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Two different, simultaneously activated outward rectifying K+ currents were analyzed in the plasmalemma of root cortex protoplasts of Plantago media. Their gating is dependent on the diffusion potential for K+(EK). The threshold potential was more negative than EK allowing small inward currents at potentials below EK thereby keeping cells with little pump activity in the K state (Vogelzang & Prins, 1994). Time and voltage dependence of the outward rectifying K+ currents have been analyzed with Hodgkin-Huxley-like (HH) models. Dynamic responses of whole cell currents to pulse potentials were analyzed with two voltage dependent functions, the Boltzmann distribution for open probability per gate and the transition rate towards the open state (alpha). The transition rate in the opposite direction (beta), was calculated from alpha and the Boltzmann distribution. These functions were used for an integral analysis of activation and deactivation currents measured over a range of pulse potentials. Both whole cell and single channel data were used for the determination of the number of closed and open states. The effects of single channel flickering on time response and amplitude of tail currents were added to the model. The dominant K+ channel present in the plasmalemma of P. media has a characteristic nonlinear single channel I-V curve reducing the amplitude of whole cell currents at positive potentials. To compensate for this nonlinearity, a four state translocator model was added to the whole cell open probability model. The analysis presented here provides a general basis for the study and comparison of K+ channel kinetics in plant protoplasts.
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- S A Vogelzang
- ECOTRANS, Dept of Plant Biology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Draijer R, Atsma DE, van der Laarse A, van Hinsbergh VW. cGMP and nitric oxide modulate thrombin-induced endothelial permeability. Regulation via different pathways in human aortic and umbilical vein endothelial cells. Circ Res 1995; 76:199-208. [PMID: 7834830 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.76.2.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that cGMP and cAMP reduce the endothelial permeability for fluids and macromolecules when the endothelial permeability is increased by thrombin. In this study, we have investigated the mechanism by which cGMP improves the endothelial barrier function and examined whether nitric oxide (NO) can serve as an endogenous modulator of endothelial barrier function. Thrombin increased the passage of macromolecules through human umbilical vein and human aortic endothelial cell monolayers and concomitantly increased [Ca]2+ in vitro. Inhibition of these increases by the intracellular Ca2+ chelator BAPTA indicated that cytoplasmic Ca2+ elevation contributes to the thrombin-induced increase in endothelial permeability. The cGMP-dependent protein kinase activators 8-bromo-cGMP (8-Br-cGMP) and 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)cGMP (8-PCPT-cGMP) decreased the thrombin-induced passage of macromolecules. Two pathways accounted for this observation. Activation of cGMP-dependent protein kinase by 8-PCPT-cGMP decreased the accumulation of cytoplasmic Ca2+ in aortic endothelial cells and hence reduced the thrombin-induced increase in permeability. On the other hand, in umbilical vein endothelial cells, cGMP-inhibited phosphodiesterase (PDE III) activity was mainly responsible for the cGMP-dependent reduction of endothelial permeability. The PDE III inhibitors Indolidan (LY195115) and SKF94120 decreased the thrombin-induced increase in permeability by 50% in these cells. Thrombin treatment increased cGMP formation in the majority of, but not all, cell cultures. Inhibition of NO production by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) enhanced the thrombin-induced increase in permeability, which was restricted to those cell cultures that displayed an increased cGMP formation after addition of thrombin. Simultaneous elevation of the endothelial cGMP concentration by atrial natriuretic factor, sodium nitroprusside, or 8-Br-cGMP prevented the additional increase in permeability induced by L-NAME. These data indicate that cGMP reduces thrombin-induced endothelial permeability by inhibition of the thrombin-induced Ca2+ accumulation and/or by inhibition of cAMP degradation by PDE III. The relative contribution of these mechanisms differs in aortic and umbilical vein endothelial cells. NO can act in vitro as an endogenous permeability-counteracting agent by raising cGMP in endothelial cells of large vessels.
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- R Draijer
- Gaubius Laboratory TNO-PG, University Hospital, Leiden, Netherlands
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Scheenen WJ, Yntema HG, Willems PH, Roubos EW, Lieste JR, Jenks BG. Neuropeptide Y inhibits Ca2+ oscillations, cyclic AMP, and secretion in melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis via a Y1 receptor. Peptides 1995; 16:889-95. [PMID: 7479331 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(95)00049-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The melanotrope cells in the pituitary gland of Xenopus laevis are innervated by neurons containing neuropeptide Y (NPY). In the present study, the mechanism of action of NPY on the melanotropes has been investigated. NPY inhibited in vitro secretion from melanotropes in intact neurointermediate lobes as well as from isolated, single melanotropes. Inhibition of secretion from neurointermediate lobes was mimicked by the NPY analogues PYY and [Leu31,Pro34]NPY, whereas NPY(13-36) was inactive. Secretion from isolated melanotropes was inhibited by [Leu31,Pro34]NPY and NPY(13-36), but NPY(13-36) was 10-fold less potent than [Leu31,Pro34]NPY. Studies on isolated cells revealed that NPY and its analogues inhibited the occurrence of intracellular Ca2+ oscillations with the same potency as they inhibited secretion from isolated cells. In addition to inhibiting basal secretion and spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations, NPY inhibited the basal production of cyclic AMP. On the basis of these results it is proposed that NPY inhibits secretion from Xenopus melanotropes by inhibiting cyclic AMP-dependent spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations through a Y1-like receptor.
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- W J Scheenen
- Department of Animal Physiology, Nijmegen Institute for Neurosciences, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Atsma DE, Bastiaanse EM, Ince C, van der Laarse A. A novel two-compartment culture dish allows microscopic evaluation of two different treatments in one cell culture simultaneously. Influence of external pH on Na+/Ca2+ exchanger activity in cultured rat cardiomyocytes. Pflugers Arch 1994; 428:296-9. [PMID: 7816552 DOI: 10.1007/bf00724510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A new type of culture dish containing two separate compartments is described, that can be used in high-magnification microscopy. Using the dish, two halves of a single-cell culture, grown on a standard coverslip, can be exposed to different treatments simultaneously, allowing the effect of one treatment to be compared with that of the other treatment in the same culture. This way, the natural variability that might exist between different individual cultures is circumvented. In addition, by simultaneously conducting two experiments per dish, the number of experiments needed can be decreased. This both reduces the time to complete a series of experiments and allows the optimal use of specimens that are difficult to obtain, such as human material. We found there is an excellent barrier between the two compartments for lipophilic and hydrophilic compounds, and for low-molecular-mass cations. To illustrate the use of the dish we describe the influence of external pH on the activity of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in intact cultured neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes. The intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in the cardiomyocytes, measured using fura-2 and imaging fluorescence microscopy, was studied during sodium-free incubation. The resulting rise in [Ca2+]i at pH 7.4 in one compartment was compared with that in the other compartment in which the pH was either 6.0, 7.0, 7.4 or 8.0. It was found that below pH 7.4, Na+/Ca2+ exchanger activity was diminished, whereas at pH higher than 7.4 the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger activity was increased.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D E Atsma
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Boltz RC, Sirotina A, Blake T, Kath G, Uhrig B, McKeel J, Quinn C. A disposable-chamber temperature-regulation system for the study of intracellular calcium levels in single live T cells using fluorescence digital-imaging microscopy. CYTOMETRY 1994; 17:128-34. [PMID: 7835162 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.990170204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Utilizing flow cytometry, we previously demonstrated that the potassium channel blocker margatoxin (MgTX) inhibits the [Ca2+]i transient involved in T-cell activation. We wished to extend these studies to single-cell transients using florescence digital-imaging microscopy (DIM). However, the most currently available temperature-regulation chambers reuse part or all of the apparatus and introduce compounds via perfusion. Thus, these apparatuses are not suitable for studies involving compounds that are particularly sticky. We have designed a dual-temperature regulation system that will maintain Nunc, eight-well, coverglass-bottom, disposable chambers, and three disposable addition pipets at 37 degrees C for physiological studies on an inverted digital-imaging microscope. We have demonstrated that calcium transients of human T lymphocytes can be initiated and monitored reproducibly during the addition of three distinct chemical species. The DIM results correlate with flow cytometry measurements in the number of responding cells and the heterogeneity of the response in both control and MgTX-inhibited cultures. Additionally, DIM revealed that the [Ca2+]i transient is more rapid than the flow-cytometric measurement indicated. The correlation between flow cytometry and DIM permits the amalgamation of these results in the interpretation of studies on the regulation of T-cell activation.
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- R C Boltz
- Department of Immunology Research (R.C.B., A.S., T.B., Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065
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Modderman WE, Weidema AF, Vrijheid-Lammers T, Wassenaar AM, Nijweide PJ. Permeabilization of cells of hemopoietic origin by extracellular ATP4-: elimination of osteoclasts, macrophages, and their precursors from isolated bone cell populations and fetal bone rudiments. Calcif Tissue Int 1994; 55:141-50. [PMID: 7953980 DOI: 10.1007/bf00297190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Skeletal tissues contain, apart from cells of the osteogenic and chondrogenic lineage, cells of hemopoietic origin, e.g., macrophages, osteoclasts, and their precursors. In the present study we examined the sensitivity for extracellular ATP4- of the above-mentioned cell types in freshly isolated, bone-derived cell populations and in explanted fetal metatarsal bones. Cells of hemopoietic origin reacted to the presence of ATP4- with an increased permeability for impermeant cytotoxic molecules, e.g., ethidium bromide (EB), thiocyanate (KSCN), and an increased non-ion selective membrane conductance. As a consequence, these cells could be killed by a short treatment with adenosine-5' triphosphate (ATP)+KSCN. On the other hand, cells of nonhemopoietic origin (e.g., osteoblasts, chondrocytes) were found to be insensitive to ATP4- in this respect. These cells survived the treatment without apparent damage to their alkaline phosphatase activities, osteogenic potentials, and osteoclast induction capacities. The elimination of the endogenous cells of hemopoietic origin from bone tissue or cell populations derived therefrom offers the possibility to study the properties and functions of osteogenic or chondrogenic cells without interference by the presence of cells of hemopoietic origin. It also allows the study of interactions between osteogenic cells and selected cell populations of hemopoietic origin in coculture experiments.
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- W E Modderman
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
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Van Duijn B, Heimovaara-Dijkstra S. Intracellular microelectrode membrane potential measurements in tobacco cell-suspension protoplasts and barley aleurone protoplasts: interpretation and artifacts. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1193:77-84. [PMID: 8038197 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(94)90335-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Intracellular microelectrode measurements in plant cell protoplasts have been widely used to study hormone signal transduction processes. However, the interpretation and reliability of such measurements are largely dependent on a detailed evaluation of the measurement conditions, as investigated in the present paper. Upon microelectrode penetration of tobacco cell suspension protoplasts and of barley aleurone protoplasts a fast negative going impalement-induced potential transient of less than a few ms duration could be observed. After reaching a steady-state potential at the ms time scale the measured potential hyperpolarized again and, in most cases, subsequently depolarized to a new steady-state value. Analysis of the electrical equivalent circuit of the measurement configuration showed that the occurrence of the impalement-induced potential transient indicates that these measurements suffer from a microelectrode-induced shunt resistance which loads the measurement. In addition, it is shown that the peak-value of the potential transient is the most reliable indicator of the true membrane potential and of true membrane potential changes of the protoplast, since this value is rather membrane resistance independent. For correct interpretation of steady-state measurements of membrane potential and stimulus-induced membrane potential changes data on membrane and shunt resistance are essential. As an example of the measurement of membrane potential changes the effects of 1-NAA on measured potential values in tobacco protoplasts and the effect of extracellular pH changes on barley aleurone protoplasts are analyzed with regard to the above described conclusions.
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- B Van Duijn
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Clusius Laboratory, AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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Persoon-Rothert M, Egas-Kenniphaas JM, van der Valk-Kokshoorn EJ, Buys JP, van der Laarse A. Oxidative stress-induced perturbations of calcium homeostasis and cell death in cultured myocytes: role of extracellular calcium. Mol Cell Biochem 1994; 136:1-9. [PMID: 7854326 DOI: 10.1007/bf00931598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The role of extracellular calcium in the process of oxidative stress-induced calcium overload and cell death was investigated in cultured neonatal rat myocytes. Oxidative stress was induced by addition of cumene hydroperoxide (CHPO), a toxic organic hydroperoxide, in combination with varying extracellular calcium concentrations (1. normal calcium buffer: 2.5 mM Ca2+, 2. low calcium buffer: 5 microM Ca2+, 3. zero calcium buffer: 2.5 mM EGTA, no CaC12). Intracellular free calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+]i) was measured with fura-2 using a spectrofluorometer. To study the toxicant-induced changes in [Ca2+]i in more detail, single cell imaging was performed using digital imaging fluorescence microscopy (DIFM). In control experiments (in the absence of CHPO, but under different extracellular Ca2+ conditions) the [Ca2+]i remained at the basal level and cell viability was preserved. Administration of CHPO (50 microM) to the myocyte cultures generated a sustained increase in [Ca2+]i followed by loss of cell viability. A low extracellular calcium concentration (5 microM), in the absence or presence of diltiazem (10 microM), induced a delay in the rise in [Ca2+]i but was not able to prevent the CHPO-induced calcium overload and cell necrosis. Addition of EGTA (2.5 mM) to the low calcium buffer resulted also in CHPO-induced cell death, although no increase in [Ca2+]i was observed. In normal and low calcium buffers, DIFM revealed that CHPO produced a temporally and spatially heterogeneous distribution of [Ca2+]i in a group of myocytes. So, in the presence of normal or low extracellular Ca2+, CHPO intoxication of cultured myocytes leads to an increase of [Ca2+]i prior to the onset of cell death. If extracellular Ca2+ is chelated by EGTA, CHPO also induces cell death which is not preceded by cellular calcium overload. Apparently a disturbance in the calcium homeostasis is not causally related with oxidative stress-induced myocardial cell death.
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- M Persoon-Rothert
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Scheenen WJ, Jenks BG, Willems PH, Roubos EW. Action of stimulatory and inhibitory alpha-MSH secretagogues on spontaneous calcium oscillations in melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis. Pflugers Arch 1994; 427:244-51. [PMID: 8072842 DOI: 10.1007/bf00374530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The secretion of alpha-melanophore-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) from melanotrope cells in the pituitary gland of Xenopus laevis is regulated by various neural factors, both classical neurotransmitters and neuropeptides. The majority of these cells (80%) display spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations. In order to gain a better understanding of the external regulation of intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) in the melanotrope cell, we have examined the action of well known alpha-MSH secretagogues on the Ca2+ oscillations. It is shown that all secretagogues tested also control the oscillatory state of Xenopus melanotropes, that is, the secreto-inhibitors dopamine, isoguvacine (gamma-aminobutyric acid, GABAA agonist), baclofen (GABAB agonist) and neuropeptide Y evoked a rapid quenching of the spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations, whereas the secreto-stimulant sauvagine, an amphibian peptide related to corticotropin releasing hormone, induced oscillatory activity in non-oscillating cells. Supporting argument is given for the idea that the regulation of Ca2+ oscillations is a focal point in the regulation of secretory activity of melanotrope cells. There was considerable heterogeneity among melanotrope cells in the threshold of their Ca2+ response to secretagogue treatment. This heterogeneity may be the basis for melanotrope cell recruitment observed during physiological adaptations of the animal to the light intensity of its background.
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- W J Scheenen
- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Scheenen WJ, Jenks BG, Roubos EW, Willems PH. Spontaneous calcium oscillations in Xenopus laevis melanotrope cells are mediated by omega-conotoxin sensitive calcium channels. Cell Calcium 1994; 15:36-44. [PMID: 8149404 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4160(94)90102-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The dynamics of intracellular Ca2+ signalling in single melanotrope cells of the pituitary gland of the amphibian Xenopus laevis have been studied by means of a digital imaging technique using the fluorescent dye Fura-2. When placed in vitro, the majority of the cells (77%) displayed spontaneous oscillatory changes in the free cytosolic Ca2+ concentration with a frequency of 1 +/- 0.25 (SD) min-1. The oscillations rapidly stopped when extracellular Ca2+ was reduced to nanomolar concentrations, revealing their complete dependence on Ca2+ influx. The fact that the Ca2+ oscillations were blocked by 1 microM omega-conotoxin, but not by nifedipine, at concentrations up to 50 microM, indicated that Ca2+ entered the cell via N-type rather than L-type voltage operated Ca2+ channels. Thapsigargin, a putative inhibitor of intracellular Ca(2+)-ATPase activity, elevated the baseline Ca2+ concentration but had no effect on the occurrence of the spontaneous oscillations. This suggests that intracellular Ca2+ pools are not involved in the mechanism underlying spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations. This is the first report showing spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations mediated by N-type Ca2+ channels in melanotrope cells.
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- W J Scheenen
- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Wiltink A, van den Brink AM, Herrmann-Erlee MP, van der Meer JM, van der Plas A, Willems PH, Van Duijn B, Nijweide PJ, Ypey DL. Heterogeneity of intracellular calcium responses to parathyroid hormone and thrombin in primary osteoblast-like cells and UMR106-01 cells: correlations with culture conditions, intracellular calcium concentration and differentiation state. Cell Calcium 1993; 14:591-600. [PMID: 8299139 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4160(93)90059-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The present study evaluates the effect of parathyroid hormone (PTH) on intracellular calcium. Intracellular calcium ion concentrations ([Ca2+]i) in fetal rat osteoblasts in primary culture (ROB) and in UMR106-01 osteogenic sarcoma cells were monitored as changes in the ratio (R) of Fura-2 fluorescence intensities in single cells as well as populations of cells. In both single ROB and UMR106-01 cells, addition of 10(-7) M rat PTH1-34 and 3 NIH units/ml human thrombin resulted in heterogeneous responses in R values and therefore [Ca2+]i. PTH-induced calcium responsiveness of ROB was dependent on culture conditions, such that response frequencies were positively correlated with the percentage of fetal calf serum in the culture medium. PTH responsive ROB and UMR106-01 cells had significantly higher resting [Ca2+]i than unresponsive cells. PTH- or thrombin-mediated calcium signalling appeared not to be correlated to alkaline phosphatase activity in single ROB. Low percentages of cells responded to PTH in comparison to thrombin suggesting that an increase in [Ca2+]i is not a common PTH signalling pathway in osteoblasts in primary culture. Our data suggest that activation of this signalling pathway by PTH is culture condition dependent, possibly via a cell-cycle related increase in sensitivity of the pathway.
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- A Wiltink
- Department of Physiology and Physiological Physics, Clusius Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Weidema AF, Ravesloot JH, Panyi G, Nijweide PJ, Ypey DL. A Ca(2+)-dependent K(+)-channel in freshly isolated and cultured chick osteoclasts. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1149:63-72. [PMID: 8318532 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(93)90025-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Calcium-activated potassium channels were found in embryonic chick osteoclasts using the patch-clamp technique. The activity of the channel was increased by both membrane depolarisation and an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration in the range 10(-5) to 10(-3) M. In the cell-attached-patch configuration the channel was only active at extreme depolarising potentials. Ca2+ addition to the cytoplasm via ionomycin increased channel activity at the resting membrane potential of the osteoclast. The channel had a single-channel conductance of 150 pS in the inside-out patch under symmetrical K+ conditions (150 mM) and was selective for potassium ions. During sustained application of increased [Ca2+] at the cytoplasmic side of inside-out patches, channel activity sometimes decreased again after the initial increases (desensitization). The results established the properties of the single channels underlying an outward rectifying K+ conductance in chick osteoclasts described previously by us.
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- A F Weidema
- Department of Physiology and Physiological Physics, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Jalink K, Moolenaar WH, Van Duijn B. Lysophosphatidic acid is a chemoattractant for Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:1857-61. [PMID: 8383331 PMCID: PMC45979 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.5.1857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The naturally occurring phospholipid lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) can induce a number of physiological responses in vertebrate cells, including platelet aggregation, smooth muscle contraction, and fibroblast proliferation. LPA is thought to activate a specific G-protein-coupled receptor, thereby triggering classic second messenger pathways such as stimulation of phospholipase C and inhibition of adenylate cyclase. Here we report that 1-oleoyl-LPA, at submicromolar concentrations, evokes a chemotactic response in amoebae of the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. LPA-induced chemotaxis is specific in that other lysophospholipids, phosphatidic acid, and monoacylglycerol have no effect. We show that the response to LPA is not secondary to the accumulation of extracellular cAMP, a well-established chemoattractant for nutrient-starved D. discoideum. Compared with cAMP-induced chemotaxis, LPA-induced chemotaxis has a somewhat lower efficiency and is not accompanied by the characteristic cellular elongation and orientation along the gradient. These results indicate that LPA has a previously unsuspected role as a chemoattractant for D. discoideum and imply that its biological function as a "first messenger" is not restricted to vertebrate cells.
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- K Jalink
- Division of Cellular Biochemistry, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
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van Graft M, Oosterhuis B, van der Werf KO, de Grooth BG, Greve J. A simple optical fiber device for quantitative fluorescence microscopy of single living cells. J Immunol Methods 1993; 159:145-51. [PMID: 8445247 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(93)90152-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A simple and relatively inexpensive system is described for obtaining quantitative fluorescence measurements on single living cells loaded with a fluorescent probe to study cell physiological processes. The light emitted from the fluorescent cells is captured by and transported through an optical fiber. After passage through appropriate filters the light is measured using a photomultiplier tube. The optical fiber is mounted in one of the microscope outlets. Signals derived from the photomultiplier are converted to voltage, amplified, and displayed on a recorder. In the excitation pathway a shutter control unit is mounted. With this control unit the period that the excitation pathway is 'opened' and 'closed' can be adjusted, to reduce cell damage and/or bleaching of the probe. This option allows time-lapse recording of experiments up to 1 h. We have used this set-up with a single and dual emission fluorescent probe to determine intracellular calcium concentrations and pH, respectively. In Fluo-3-loaded K562 target cells bound to natural killer cells, a temporary rise in [Ca2+]i was accompanied by bleb formation. The simple construction of this set-up is interchangeable between different types of fluorescence microscopes and can easily be combined with other microscopy techniques, e.g., patch clamp.
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- M van Graft
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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Meijer JH, Albus H, Weidema F, Ravesloot JH. The effects of glutamate on membrane potential and discharge rate of suprachiasmatic neurons. Brain Res 1993; 603:284-8. [PMID: 8096424 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)91249-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is a major pacemaker for circadian rhythms in mammals. Photic entrainment of the circadian pacemaker is mediated by the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT). Most likely, excitatory amino acids function as neurotransmitters in this pathway. We have now investigated the effect of glutamate on the membrane potential of cultured SCN cells of the rat with the aid of the patch clamp technique. It was found that 1 mM glutamate depolarizes the cells by about +44 mV. In spontaneously active neurons, the glutamate induced depolarization caused either an increase in discharge or a depolarization block. We then investigated the effect of 1 mM glutamate on SCN discharge in the acutely prepared hypothalamic slice of the hamster. In most cells glutamate induced an increase in discharge whilst in a few cells discharge was suppressed. Both series of experiments indicate that glutamate in the used dosage was effective and its effect reversible. The data are discussed with respect to the failure of 1 mM glutamate injections to mimic the effect of light on the circadian activity rhythm of the hamster.
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- J H Meijer
- Department of Physiology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Liu K, Massaeli H, Pierce G. The action of oxidized low density lipoprotein on calcium transients in isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53591-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Liu K, Pierce G. The effects of low density lipoprotein on calcium transients in isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53760-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Willems PH, Van Emst-De Vries SE, Van Os CH, De Pont JJ. Dose-dependent recruitment of pancreatic acinar cells during receptor-mediated calcium mobilization. Cell Calcium 1993; 14:145-59. [PMID: 7681361 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4160(93)90084-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Digital-imaging microscopy of Fura-2-loaded rabbit pancreatic acinar cells was used to simultaneously monitor the cholecystokinin-octapeptide (CCK8)-induced changes in free cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, [Ca2+]i, in large numbers of individual acinar cells. CCK8 typically evoked a switchlike increase in [Ca2+]i which was preceded by a concentration-dependent latency. The threshold concentration for the CCK8-induced rise in [Ca2+]i differed greatly among individual acinar cells, resulting in the dose-dependent recruitment of acinar cells in terms of CCK8-induced Ca2+ mobilization. The EC50 value for CCK8-induced cell-recruitment was estimated to be 15 pM. The hormone was equally potent in stimulating amylase secretion from acinar cells in suspension. At a CCK8 concentration of 100 pM, virtually all cells responded to the hormone with an increase in [Ca2+]i and the number of responding cells remained unchanged upon further increase of the CCK8 concentration. The dose-response curve for cell-recruitment coincides with that of the apparent [Ca2+]i increase in a suspension of acinar cells. This suggests that the most likely interpretation of the latter dose-response curve is not a generalized increase in [Ca2+]i but an increase in the number of responding cells. The initial rise in [Ca2+]i, which was transient by nature, was followed by repetitive [Ca2+]i transients of long duration. The dose-response curve for the effect of CCK8 on the percentage of acinar cells displaying these distinct [Ca2+]i oscillations was biphasic. A maximum of 99% of the cells showing oscillatory behaviour was reached at 100 pM CCK8, beyond which concentration the number of oscillating cells dose-dependently decreased again. The latter decrease was paralleled by a dose-dependent increase of the percentage responding but non-oscillating cells, indicating that beyond 100 pM CCK8 an increasing number of acinar cells became desensitized towards hormonal induction of oscillatory changes in [Ca2+]i. CCK8 was approximately 100-fold more potent in reducing the percentage of oscillating cells than in inhibiting amylase secretion. Oscillating acinar cells responded to a stepwise increase of the medium CCK8 concentration with a rapid change in amplitude and frequency of the oscillations. Thus, with increasing CCK8 concentration the frequency gradually increased, whereas the amplitude only slightly increased at first, reached a maximum, and decreased thereafter. In some cells full extinction was reached. Again, large differences in dose-dependency were observed among individual acinar cells. The observations presented demonstrate the existence of a marked functional heterogeneity among pancreatic acinar cells in terms of CCK8-induced Ca2+ mobilization.
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- P H Willems
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Ypey DL, Weidema AF, Höld KM, Van der Laarse A, Ravesloot JH, Van Der Plas A, Nijweide PJ. Voltage, calcium, and stretch activated ionic channels and intracellular calcium in bone cells. J Bone Miner Res 1992; 7 Suppl 2:S377-87. [PMID: 1283043 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650071404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Embryonic chick bone cells express various types of ionic channels in their plasma membranes for as yet unresolved functions. Chick osteoclasts (OCL) have the richest spectrum of channel types. Specific for OCL is a K+ channel, which activates (opens) when the inside negative membrane potential (Vm) becomes more negative (hyperpolarization). This is consistent with findings of others on rat OCL. The membrane conductance constituted by these channels is called the inward rectifying K+ conductance (GKi), or inward rectifier, because the hyperpolarization-activated channels cause cell-inward K+ current to pass more easily through the membrane than outward K+ current. Besides GKi channels, OCL may express two other types of voltage-activated K+ channels. One constitutes the transient outward rectifying K+ conductance (GKto), which is activated upon making the membrane potential less negative (depolarization) but has a transient nature. This conductance favors transient K+ conduction in the cell-outward direction. The GKto also occurs in a small percentage of cells in osteoblast (OBL) and periosteal fibroblast (PFB) cultures. The other OCL K+ conductance, the GKCa, is activated by both membrane depolarization and a rise in [Ca2+]i. GKCa channels are also present in the other chick bone cell types, that is, OBL, osteocytes (OCY), and PFB. Furthermore, in excised patches of all bone cell types, channels have been found that conduct anions, including Cl- and phosphate ions. These channels are only active around Vm = 0 mV. While searching for a membrane mechanism for adaptation of bone to mechanical loading, we found stretch-activated channels in chick osteoclasts; other investigators have found stretch-activated cation channels (K+ or aselective) in rat and human osteogenic cell lines. In contrast to other studies on cell lines or OBL from other species, we have not found any of the classic macroscopic voltage-activated calcium conductances (GCa) in any of the chick bone cells under our experimental conditions. However, our fluorescence measurements of [Ca2+]i in single cells indicate the presence of Ca2+ conductive pathways through the plasma membrane of osteoblastic cells and osteoclasts, consistent with other studies. We discuss possible roles for GKi, GKCa, and anion channels in acid secretion by OCL and for stretch-activated channels in OCL locomotion.
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- D L Ypey
- Department of Physiology, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Struwe DP, Wang Z, Droog A, van Graft M, Deenen M, Marani E, Ypey DL. A simple electronic device for time-lapse recording of neural and other cell movements using a home video cassette recorder. J Neurosci Methods 1992; 44:157-65. [PMID: 1474849 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(92)90008-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This article describes a simple electronic unit to obtain time-lapse recordings with the use of a common remote-controlled home video cassette recorder, for example a VHS recorder. The electronic unit is a timer to be connected to the remote-control unit. The video cassette recorder itself remains unchanged. Replay of the recorded images speeds up the original process by a factor of 2-100 x or more. This technique has been applied in video micrographic studies of (1) the development of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells in culture, including growth cone and Schwann cell movements, and (2) tumor cell killing by natural killer (NK) cells.
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- D P Struwe
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Muller A, van Hardeveld C, Simonides WS, van Rijn J. Ca2+ homeostasis and fast-type sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase expression in L6 muscle cells. Role of thyroid hormone. Biochem J 1992; 283 ( Pt 3):713-8. [PMID: 1534220 PMCID: PMC1130944 DOI: 10.1042/bj2830713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The effect of thyroid hormone (L-tri-iodothyronine; T3) on the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in L6 myotubes was studied at rest and during activation to explore the possible mediating role of [Ca2+]i in the T3-induced net synthesis of fast-type sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-ATPase. The mean [Ca2+]i at rest was approx. 115 nM in myoblasts, control myotubes and T3-treated myotubes. Therefore it is unlikely that the T3-induced elevation of Ca(2+)-ATPase levels is mediated by [Ca2+]i changes. To investigate the influence of the 4-fold higher Ca(2+)-ATPase levels in T3-treated myotubes (compared with controls) on [Ca2+]i, interventions with caffeine (10 mM) and a high extracellular K+ concentration ([K+]o) (30 mM) were applied which initially mobilize Ca2+ predominantly from the SR. The results showed a lower (caffeine) or not significantly different (high [K+]o) increase in [Ca2+]i in T3-treated myotubes compared with controls. No rise in [Ca2+]i was found in myoblasts with caffeine or high [K+]o. The role of [Ca2+]i in the regulation of Ca(2+)-ATPase levels was investigated by varying [Ca2+]i through exposure of cells to different concentrations of extracellular Ca2+ (0.2-1.8 mM) and ionomycin (0.1-0.25 microM). At subnormal [Ca2+]i (55 nM) the T3-induced net synthesis of Ca(2+)-ATPase was virtually abolished, and at supranormal [Ca2+]i (195 nM) it was greatly depressed. Intermediate stimulation of net Ca(2+)-ATPase synthesis was found at [Ca2+]i of 95 and 165 nM, with an optimum at approx. 125 nM. Similar but less pronounced effects were found for the basal Ca(2+)-ATPase levels. In contracting primary rat myotubes, Ca(2+)-ATPase levels were significantly lower than in tetrodotoxin-arrested myotubes. The same results were obtained in the presence of T3. Since the mean [Ca2+]i in contracting cells is higher than in resting cells, these data agree with those obtained in the L6 cells with ionomycin. A major conclusion of this study is the existence of a [Ca2+]i optimum, near resting levels, for the expression of the fast-type Ca(2+)-ATPase in the L6 muscle cell line.
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- A Muller
- Laboratory for Physiology, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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