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To elucidate the relationship between intracellular free Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) and Ca 2+-signalling by the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in Ca 2+-overloaded heart muscle cells, the direct effects of “basal” [Ca 2+] i on calcium waves were investigated by altering the membrane potential. When basal inter-calcium wave (BCW) [Ca 2+] i was maintained at a high level, (i) calcium waves showed more gradual and more rapidly suppressed increase in [Ca 2+]-profile ( P < 0.005), and (ii) calcium waves occurred at a significantly higher frequency and velocity (259% and 137%), than when low BCW [Ca 2+] i was maintained. Similar investigations on inhibition of the Na +-Ca 2+ exchanger, however, showed that membrane potential did not elicit direct effects on calcium waves. These results showed that the elevation of BCW [Ca 2+] i per se directly influences Ca 2+-signalling in heart muscle cells through non-equilibrated release-restoration Ca 2+-handling by the SR. 相似文献
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Measurements of Ca 2+ influx and [Ca 2+] i changes in Fura-2/AM-loaded prothoracic glands (PGs) of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, were used to identify Ca 2+ as the actual second messenger of the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) of this insect. Dose-dependent increases of [Ca 2+] i in PG cells were recorded in the presence of recombinant PTTH (rPTTH) within 5 minutes. The rPTTH-mediated increases of [Ca 2+] i levels were dependent on extracellular Ca 2+. They were not blocked by the dihydropyridine derivative, nitrendipine, an antagonist of high-voltage-activated (HVA) Ca 2+ channels, and by bepridil, an antagonist of low-voltage-activated (LVA) Ca 2+ channels. The trivalent cation La 3+, a non-specific blocker of plasma membrane Ca 2+ channels, eliminated the rPTTH-stimulated increase of [Ca 2+] i levels in PG cells and so did amiloride, an inhibitor of T-type Ca 2+ channels. Incubation of PG cells with thapsigargin resulted in an increase of [Ca 2+] i levels, which was also dependent on extracellular Ca 2+ and was quenched by amiloride, suggesting the existence of store-operated plasma membrane Ca 2+ channels, which can also be inhibited by amiloride. Thapsigargin and rPTTH did not operate independently in stimulating increases of [Ca 2+] i levels and one agent’s mediated increase of [Ca 2+] i was eliminated in the presence of the other. TMB-8, an inhibitor of intracellular Ca 2+ release from inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate (IP 3)-sensitive Ca 2+ stores, blocked the rPTTH-stimulated increases of [Ca 2+] i levels, suggesting an involvement of IP 3 in the initiation of the rPTTH signaling cascade, whereas ryanodine did not influence the rPTTH-stimulated increases of [Ca 2+] i levels. The combined results indicate the presence of a cross-talk mechanism between the [Ca 2+] i levels, filling state of IP 3-sensitive intracellular Ca 2+ stores and the PTTH-receptor’s-mediated Ca 2+ influx. 相似文献
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Isolated hepatocytes and the isolated perfused rat liver have been used to study the alterations of cytosolic free Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) produced by 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-l.4-benzohydroquinone (tBuBHQ), a potent inhibitor of hepatic microsomal Ca 2+ sequestration (Moore. G.A., McConkey. D.J., Kass, G.E.N., OBrien, P.J. and Orrenius, S. FEBS Lett., 224, 331-336). (1987). Addition of tBuBHQ to isolated hepatocytes caused a rapid increase in [Ca 2+] i which was similar in magnitude to the [Ca 2+] i elevation induced by the Ca 2+ mobilizing hormone, vasopressin. In contrast with vasopressin which caused a Ca 2+ transient, tBuBHQ elevated [Ca 2+] i to a new steady state that was maintained for up to 15-20min. When vasopressin was administered during the tBuBHQ-induced period of elevated [Ca 2+] i. [Ca 2+] i, rapidly returned to basal levels. Similarly, if vasopressin was administered just prior to tBuBHQ, the resultant tBuBHQ-dependent change in [Ca 2+] i was transient. and not sustained. The hydroquinone mobilized the same intracellular Ca 2+ pool as inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. but tBuBHQ did not produce any detectable inositol polyphosphate accumulation. IBuBHQ stimulated glucose release from perifused hepatocytes. mimicking the effect of vasopressin. In the perfused liver, tBuBHQ infusion produced a single, slow and prolonged release of Ca 2+ into the perfusate and inhibition of subsequent vasopressin-induced Ca 2+ effluxes. Inhibition of the response to vasopressin was reversed over time, and closely correlated with the extent of inhibition of both Ca 2+ sequestration and (Ca 2+-Mg 2+)-ATPase activity in microsomes isolated from the isolated perfused liver. The present results are consistent with tBuBHQ inhibiting ATP-dependent Ca 2+ sequestration by a direct effect on the endoplasmic reticular Ca 2+ pump, which results in net Ca 2+ release and elevation of [Ca 2+] i. Furthermore. vasopressin appears to stimulate active removal of increased [Ca 2+] from the hepatocyte cytosol by a mechanism which does not depend on reuptake of Ca 2+ into the endoplasmic reticulum
2,5-Di( tert-butyl) -l,4-benmhydroquinone. calcium. hepatocytes. perfused liver, endoplasmic reticulum 相似文献
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We investigated the effect of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a bioactive phospholipid, on the response in cytosolic free Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) to mechanical stress in cultured bovine lens epithelial cells. Spritzing of bath solution onto cells as mechanical stress caused marked increase in [Ca 2+] i in the presence of LPA and this increase was concentration-dependent (1–10 μM), whereas neither addition of LPA alone nor the mechanical stress in the absence of LPA affected [Ca 2+] i. The mechanical stress-induced increase in [Ca 2+] i in the presence of LPA was inhibited by removing extracellular Ca 2+ or by addition of Gd 3+, a blocker of mechanosensitive cation channels, but not by nicardipine, thapsigargin, an inhibitor of endoplasmic reticulum-ATPase pump, or U73122, a phospholipase C inhibitor. These results show that LPA sensitises Ca 2+ influx through cation-selective mechanosensitive channels, but does not sensitise Ca 2+ release from intracellular stores, triggered by changes in mechanical stress. On the other hand, phosphatidic acid had less of a sensitising effect than LPA, and neither lysophosphatidylcholine nor chlorpromazine had any effect. Also Ca 2+ mobilising agonists, ATP, histamine and carbachol, did not sensitise Ca 2+ response to the mechanical stress. These results show that LPA sensitises mechanoreceptor-linked response in lens epithelial cells, suggesting that it plays a role in the development of cataracts due to increases in [Ca 2+] i induced by mechanical stress. 相似文献
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We investigated the restoration of [Ca 2+] i in fura-2-loaded human platelets following discharge of internal Ca 2+ stores in the absence of external Ca 2+. After stimulation by thrombin [Ca 2+] i returned from a peak level of 0.6 μM to resting levels within 4 min. When ionomycin discharged the internal stores the recovery was slower with [Ca 2+] i still elevated at around 0.5 μM after 5 min. Thrombin added shortly after ionomycin could accelerate the recovery of [Ca 2+] i and restore resting levels within 5 min, an effect that was mimicked by phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA). Since the continued presence of ionomycin precluded reuptake into the internal stores we conclude that thrombin and PMA stimulate Ca 2+ efflux, perhaps via protein kinase C actions on a plasma membrane Ca 2+ pump. 相似文献
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Glucose-induced insuline release, glucose-induced rises in intracellular free Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i), and voltage-dependent Ca 2+ channel activity were assessed in monolayer cultures of β-vells 3–5 day-old rats. The glucose-stimulated insulin secretory responses and [Ca 2+] i rises were like those in adult rat β-cells rather than fetal rat β-cells. Voltage-dependent Ca 2+ channel antagonists decreased glucose-induced insulin secretion, aborted the [Ca 2+] 2 rise and, like deprivation of extracellular Ca 2+, prevented the glucose-induced rise in [Ca 2+] i when added before the glucose challenge. The presence of nifedipine-sensitive, voltage-dependent Ca 2+ channels was demonstrated directly by measuring Ca 2+ currents using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique and indirectly by measuring [Ca 2+] 1 after membrane depolarization by 45 mMm K + or 200 μM tolbutamide. Thus, in cultured β-cells of 3–5 day-old rats the coupling of glucose stimulation to Ca 2+ influx is essentially mature, in contrast to what has been reported for fetal or very early neonatal cells. 相似文献
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The effect of clomiphene, an ovulation-inducing agent, on cytosolic free Ca 2+ levels ([Ca 2+] i) in populations of PC3 human prostate cancer cells was explored by using fura-2 as a Ca 2+ indicator. Clomiphene at concentrations between 10-50 μM increased [Ca 2+] i in a concentration-dependent manner. The [Ca 2+] i signal was biphasic with an initial rise and a slow decay. Ca 2+ removal inhibited the Ca 2+ signal by 41%. Adding 3 mM Ca 2+ increased [Ca 2+] i in cells pretreated with clomiphene in Ca 2+-free medium, confirming that clomiphene induced Ca 2+ entry. In Ca 2+-free medium, pretreatment with 50 μM brefeldin A (to permeabilize the Golgi complex), 1 μM thapsigargin (to inhibit the endoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ pump), and 2 μM carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (to uncouple mitochondria) inhibited 25% of 50 μM clomiphene-induced store Ca 2+ release. Conversely, pretreatment with 50 μM clomiphene in Ca 2+-free medium abolished the [Ca 2+] i increase induced by brefeldin A, thapsigargin or carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone. The 50 μM clomiphene-induced Ca 2+release was unaltered by inhibiting phospholipase C with 2 μM 1-(6-((17β-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione (U73122). Trypan blue exclusion assay suggested that incubation with clomiphene (50 μM) for 2-15 min induced time-dependent decrease in cell viability by 10-50%. Collectively, the results suggest that clomiphene induced [Ca 2+] i increases in PC3 cells by releasing store Ca 2+ from multiple stores in an phospholipase C-independent manner, and by activating Ca 2+ influx; and clomiphene was of mild cytotoxicity. 相似文献
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The effects of PACAPs on [Ca 2+] i were compared to those of carbachol in human neuroblastoma NB-OK-1 cells. PACAP(1–27) and PACAP(1–38) increased [Ca 2+] i in a biphasic manner: a transient rise and a secondary plateau. The transient phase reflected the mobilization of [Ca 2+] i pool(s) via the inositol phosphate pathway. The modest sustained plateau required extracellular Ca 2+. Carbachol also increased [Ca 2+] i in a biphasic manner, but it mobilized intracellular Ca 2+ pool(s) with a higher efficacy than PACAPs, then greatly increased Ca 2+ entry, this being accompanied by a more marked and prolonged elevation of IP 3 and IP 4 than with PACAPs. It is likely that cAMP-mediated phosphorylations due to PACAPs facilitated desensitization at the PACAP receptor-phospholipase C level, so that there was less Ca 2+ handling through PACAP receptors than with muscarinic M 1 receptors. 相似文献
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Glucose-induced insulin secretion is pulsatile. We investigated how the triggering pathway (rise in β-cell [Ca 2+] i) and amplifying pathway (greater Ca 2+ efficacy on exocytosis) influence this pulsatility. Repetitive [Ca 2+] i pulses were imposed by high K ++ diazoxide in single mouse islets. Insulin secretion (measured simultaneously) tightly followed [Ca 2+] i changes. Lengthening [Ca 2+] i pulses increased the duration but not the amplitude of insulin pulses. Increasing glucose (5–20 mmol/l) augmented the amplitude of insulin pulses without changing that of [Ca 2+] i pulses. Larger [Ca 2+] i pulses augmented the amplitude of insulin pulses at high, but not low glucose. In conclusion, the amplification pathway ensures amplitude modulation of insulin pulses whose time modulation is achieved by the triggering pathway. 相似文献
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A wasp venom, mastoparan, rapidly increased the cytosolic free Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) and activated phosphorylase in rat hepatocytes in a concentration-dependent manner. Mastoparan could increase [Ca 2+] i even in the absence of extracellular Ca 2+, but a larger increase was observed in the presence of extracellular Ca 2+. Thus, mastoparan mobilized Ca 2+ from intracellular and extracellular Ca 2+ stores. It also activated inositol triphosphate (IP 3) accumulation, but did not stimulate cAMP production. From these results, we conclude that mastoparan activates rat hepatic glycogenolysis mediated by the accumulation of IP 3, which causes an increase of [Ca 2+] i but not that mediated by cAMP. 相似文献
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Stretch of the myocardium influences the shape and amplitude of the intracellular Ca 2+([Ca 2+] i) transient. Under isometric conditions stretch immediately increases myofilament Ca 2+ sensitivity, increasing force production and abbreviating the time course of the [Ca 2+] i transient (the rapid response). Conversely, muscle shortening can prolong the Ca 2+ transient by decreasing myofilament Ca 2+ sensitivity. During the cardiac cycle, increased ventricular dilation may increase myofilament Ca 2+ sensitivity during diastolic filling and the isovolumic phase of systole, but enhance the decrease in myofilament Ca 2+ sensitivity during the systolic shortening of the ejection phase. If stretch is maintained there is a gradual increase in the amplitude of the Ca 2+ transient and force production, which takes several minutes to develop fully (the slow response). The rapid and slow responses have been reported in whole hearts and single myocytes. Here we review stretch-induced changes in [Ca 2+] i and the underlying mechanisms. Myocardial stretch also modifies electrical activity and the opening of stretch-activated channels (SACs) is often used to explain this effect. However, the myocardium has many ionic currents that are regulated by [Ca2+]i and in this review we discuss how stretch-induced changes in [Ca2+]i can influence electrical activity via the modulation of these Ca2+-dependent currents. Our recent work in single ventricular myocytes has shown that axial stretch prolongs the action potential. This effect is sensitive to either SAC blockade by streptomycin or the buffering of [Ca2+]i with BAPTA, suggesting that both SACs and [Ca2+]i are important for the full effects of axial stretch on electrical activity to develop. 相似文献
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In cultured pituatary gonadotrophs, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) caused dose-dependent and biphasic increases in cytoplasmic calcium concentration ([Ca 2+] i) and LH release. Both extra- and intracellular calcium pools participate in GnRH-induced elevation of [Ca 2+] i and LH secretion. The spike phase of the [Ca 2+] i response represents the primary signal derived predominantly from the rapid mobilization of intracellular Ca 2+. In contrast, the prolonged phase of the Ca 2+ signal depends exclusively on Ca 2+ entry from the extracellular pool. The influx of Ca 2+ occurs partially through dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels. Both [Ca 2+] i and LH responses to increasing concentrations of GnRH occur over very similar time scales, suggesting that increasing degrees of receptor occupancy are transduced into amplitude-modulated Ca 2+ responses, which in turn activate exocytosis in a linear manner. However, several lines of evidence indicated the complexity over the relationship between Ca 2+ signaling and LH exocytosis. In contrast to [Ca 2+] i measurements in cell suspension, single cell Ca 2+ measurements revealed the existence of a more complicated pattern of Ca 2+ response to GnRH, with a biphasic response to high agonist doses and prominent oscillatory responses to lower GnRH concentrations, with a log-linear correlation between GnRH dose and the frequency of Ca 2+ spiking. In addition, analysis of the magnitudes of the magnitudes of the [Ca 2+] i and LH responses of gonadotrophs to a wide range of GnRH concentrations in the presence and absence of extracellular Ca 2+, and to K + and phorbol ester stimulation, showed non-linearity between these parameters with amplification of [Ca 2+] i-mediated exocytosis. Studies on cell depleted of protein kinase C under conditions that did not change the LH pool suggested the participation of protein kinase C in this amplication, especially during the plateau phase of the secretory response to GnRH. 相似文献
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We have investigated the modulation of the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca 2+] i) in rat C6 glioma cells following their activation by the agonists 5-hydroxytryptamine·HCl (5-HT) and bradykinin, using single cell imaging of [Ca 2+] i with the calcium-sensitive dye Fura-2. The majority of the signals observed involved release of calcium from intracellular stores, and after prolonged application of 5-HT, but not bradykinin, the cells exhibited oscillations in [Ca 2+] i levels. These calcium oscillations were dependent on the presence of extracellular calcium, and were unaffected by the calcium channel antagonists nifedipine and verapamil. Caffeine, which in other cell types is able to release calcium from inositol trisphosphate-insentive stores, had very little effect on [Ca 2+] i levels in C6 cells. On the other hand, bradykinin, although able to elevate [Ca 2+] i probably by acting via the B 2-receptor subtype, was unable to induce any calcium oscillations in these cells. 相似文献
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DMSO differentiated U937 cells responded to 10 −6 M LTD 4, LTB 4 and FMLP with an increase in both InsP formation and [Ca 2+] i. FMLP caused a greater rise in InsPs than either LTD 4 or LTB 4, which were equivalent. LTD 4, however, caused a greater increase in [Ca 2+] i than LTB 4 (4-fold) or FMLP. The FMLP [Ca 2+] i and InsP responses were abolished by pertussis toxin (100 ng/ml for 4 h) but were unaffected by PMA (10 −7 M for 3 min). In contrast, the LTD 4 [Ca 2+] i and InsP responses were reduced by only 50% by pertussis toxin, whilst PMA reduced the [Ca 2+] i and InsP responses to LTD 4 by 75 and 30%, respectively. These results suggest that mechanisms additional to InsP formation exist for mediating LTD 4 evoked increases in [Ca 2+] i. 相似文献
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The relationship between the agonist-sensitive Ca 2+ pool and those discharged by the Ca 2+-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin (TG) were investigated in canine tracheal smooth muscle cells (TSMCs). In fura-2-loaded TSMCs, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) stimulated a rapid increase in intracellular Ca 2+ ([Ca 2+] i), followed by a sustained plateau phase that was dependent on extracellular Ca 2+. In such cells, TG produced a concentration-dependent increase in [Ca 2+] i, which remained elevated over basal level for several minutes and was substantially attenuated in the absence of extracellular Ca 2+. Application of 5-HT after TG demonstrated that the TG-sensitive compartment partly overlapped the 5-HT-sensitive stores. Pre-treatment of TSMCs with TG significantly inhibited the increase in [Ca 2+] i induced by 5-HT in a time-dependent manner. Similar results were obtained with two other Ca 2+-ATPase inhibitors, cyclopiazonic acid and 2,5-di- t-butylhydroquinone. Although these inhibitors had no effect on phosphoinositide hydrolysis, Ca 2+-influx was stimulated by these agents. These results suggest that depletion of the agonist-sensitive Ca 2+ stores is sufficient for activation of Ca 2+ influx. Some characteristics of the Ca 2+-influx activated by depletion of internal Ca 2+ stores were compared with those of the agonist-activated pathway. 5-HT-stimulated Ca 2+ influx was inhibited by La 3+, membrane depolarisation, and the novel Ca 2+-influx blocker 1-{β-[3-(4-methoxyphenyl) propoxy]-4-methoxyphenethyl}-1H-imidazole hydrochloride (SKF96365). Likewise, activation of Ca 2+ influx by TG also was blocked by La 3+, membrane depolarisation, and SKF96365. These results suggest that (1) in the absence of PI hydrolysis, depletion of the agonist-sensitive internal Ca 2+ stores in TSMCs is sufficient for activation of Ca 2+ influx, and (2) the agonist-activated Ca 2+ influx pathway and the influx pathway activated by depletion of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive Ca 2+ pool are indistinguishable. 相似文献
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Using a new fluorescence imaging technique, LAMP, we recently reported that Ca 2+ influx through store operated Ca 2+ channels (SOCs) strongly inhibits cell coupling in primary human fibroblasts (HF) expressing Cx43. To understand the mechanism of inhibition, we studied the involvement of cytosolic pH (pH i) and Ca 2+([Ca 2+] i) in the process by using fluorescence imaging and ion clamping techniques. During the capacitative Ca 2+ influx, there was a modest decline of pH i measured by BCECF. Decreasing pH i below neutral using thioacetate had little effect by itself on cell coupling, and concomitant pH i drop with thioacetate and bulk [Ca 2+i rise with ionomycin was much less effective in inhibiting cell coupling than Ca 2+ influx. Moreover, clamping pH i with a weak acid and a weak base during Ca 2+ influx largely suppressed bulk pH i drop, yet the inhibition of cell coupling was not affected. In contrast, buffering [Ca 2+i with BAPTA, but not EGTA, efficiently prevented cell uncoupling by Ca 2+ influx. We concluded that local Ca 2+ elevation subjacent to the plasma membrane is the primary cause for closing Cx43 channels during capacitative Ca 2+ influx. To assess how Ca 2+ influx affects junctional coupling mediated by other types of connexins, we applied the LAMP assay to Hela cells expressing Cx26. Capacitative Ca 2+ influx also caused a strong reduction of cell coupling, suggesting that the inhibitory effect by Ca 2+ influx may be a more general phenomenon. 相似文献
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The study of Ca 2+ sparks has led to extensive new information regarding the gating of the Ca 2+ release channels underlying these events in skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle cells, as well as the possible roles of these local Ca 2+ release events in muscle function. Here we review basic procedures for studying Ca 2+sparks in skeletal muscle, primarily from frog, as well as the basic results concerning the properties of these events, their pattern and frequency of occurrence during fiber depolarization and the mechanisms underlying their termination. Finally, we also consider the contribution of different ryanodine receptor (RyR) isoforms to Ca 2+ sparks and the number of RyR Ca 2+ release channels that may contribute to the generation of a Ca 2+ spark. Over the decade since their discovery, Ca 2+ sparks have provided a wealth of information concerning the function of Ca 2+ release channels within their intracellular environment. 相似文献
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We investigated the initiation of Ca 2+waves underlying triggered propagated contractions (TPCs) occurring in rat cardiac trabeculae under conditions that simulate the functional non-uniformity caused by mechanical or ischemic local damage of the myocardium. A mechanical discontinuity along the trabeculae was created by exposing the preparation to a small constant flow jet of solution with a composition that reduces excitation–contraction coupling in myocytes within that segment. Force was measured and sarcomere length as well as [Ca 2+] i were measured regionally. When the jet-contained Caffeine, BDM or Low-[Ca 2+], muscle-twitch force decreased and the sarcomeres in the exposed segment were stretched by shortening of the normal regions outside the jet. During relaxation the sarcomeres in the exposed segment shortened rapidly. Short trains of stimulation at 2.5 Hz reproducibly caused Ca 2+-waves to rise from the borders exposed to the jet. Ca 2+-waves started during force relaxation of the last stimulated twitch and propagated into segments both inside and outside of the jet. Arrhythmias, in the form of non-driven rhythmic activity, were triggered when the amplitude of the Ca 2+-wave increased by raising [Ca 2+] o. The arrhythmias disappeared when the muscle uniformity was restored by turning the jet off. We have used the four state model of the cardiac cross bridge (Xb) with feedback of force development to Ca 2+ binding by Troponin-C (TnC) and observed that the force–Ca 2+ relationship as well as the force–sarcomere length relationship and the time course of the force and Ca 2+ transients in cardiac muscle can be reproduced faithfully by a single effect of force on deformation of the TnC·Ca complex and thereby on the dissociation rate of Ca 2+. Importantly, this feedback predicts that rapid decline of force in the activated sarcomere causes release of Ca 2+ from TnC.Ca 2+,which is sufficient to initiate arrhythmogenic Ca 2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. These results show that non-uniform contraction can cause Ca 2+-waves underlying TPCs, and suggest that Ca 2+ dissociated from myofilaments plays an important role in the initiation of arrhythmogenic Ca 2+-waves. 相似文献
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Ca 2+ mobilization elicited by simulation with brief pulses of high K + were monitored with confocal laser scanned microscopy in intact, guinea pig cardiac myocytes loaded with the calcium indicator fluo-3. Single wavelength ratioing of fluorescence images obtained after prolonged integration times revealed non-uniformities of intracellular Ca 2+ changes across the cell, suggesting the presence of significant spatial Ca 2+ gradients. Treatment with 20 μM ryanodine, an inhibitor of Ca 2+ release from the SR, and 10 μM verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, reduced by 42% and 76% respectively the changes in [Ca 2+] i elicited by membrane depolarization. The overall spatial distribution of [Ca 2+] i changes appeared unchanged. Ca 2+ transients recorded in the presence of verapamil and ryanodine (about 20% of the size of control responses), diminished in the presence of 50 μM 2-4 Dichlorbenzamil (DCB) or 5 mM nickel, two relatively specific inhibitors of the
exchange mechanism. Conversely, when the reversal potential of the
exchange was shifted to negative potentials by lowering [Na +] 0 or by increasing [Na +] i by treatment with 20 μM monensin, the amplitude of these Ca 2+ transients increased. Ca 2+ transients elicited by membrane depolarization and largely mediated by reverse operation of Na +-Ca 2+ exchange could be recorded in the presence of ryanodine, verapamil and monensin. These findings suggest that in intact guinea pig cardiac cells, Ca 2+ influx through the
exchange mechanism activated by a membrane depolarization in the physiological range can be sufficient to play a significant role in excitation-contraction coupling. 相似文献
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To examine the involvement of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) and extra-cellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in the oxidative stress-induced increase of permeability in endothelial cells, the effects of a p38 MAPK inhibitor (SB203580) and ERK inhibitor (PD90859) on the H 2O 2-induced increase of permeability in bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAEC) were investigated using a two-compartment system partitioned by a semi-permeable filter. H 2O 2 at 1 mM caused an increase of the permeation rate of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled dextran 40 through BPAEC monolayers. SB203580 inhibited the H 2O 2-induced increase of permeability but PD98059 did not, though activation (phosphorylation) of both p38 MAPK and ERK was observed in H 2O 2-treated cells in Western blot analysis. An H 2O 2-induced increase of the intracellular Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i) was also observed and an intracellular Ca 2+ chelator (BAPTA-AM) significantly inhibited the H 2O 2-induced increase of permeability. However, it showed no inhibitory effects on the H 2O 2-induced phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and ERK. The H 2O 2-induced increase of [Ca 2+] i was not influenced by SB203580 and PD98059. These results indicate that the activation of p38 MAPK and the increase of [Ca 2+] i are essential for the H 2O 2-induced increase of endothelial permeability and that ERK is not. 相似文献
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