大黄素升高豚鼠结肠带细胞[Ca~(2 )]_i的特征和GDP的抑制作用

利用Fluo -3荧光探针检测细胞内自由Ca2 浓度([Ca2 ]i),研究了大黄素升高豚鼠结肠带细胞[Ca2 ]i 的量—效关系和动态变化特征,及GDP和胞外Ca2 浓度对其的影响。较低浓度大黄素随药物浓度增加使[Ca2 ]i 显著升高 ,更高浓度大黄素有超最大抑制效应。GDP对大黄素升高细胞[Ca2 ]i 的抑制作用随其浓度增加而增强。GDP和胞外Ca2 浓度影响大黄素诱发的[Ca2 ]i 动态变化的结果表明 :GDP使[Ca2 ]i 峰消失 ,胞外无Ca2 导致[Ca2 ]i 随时间显著下降 ,大黄素升高[Ca2 ]i 作用趋向消失。     

大黄素影响巨噬细胞升高[Ca2+]i 和释放TNF-α的作用特征

为了研究大黄素（emodin)对正常的和细菌脂多糖（LPS）刺激的大鼠腹腔巨噬细胞（PMφ）释放肿瘤坏死因子α（TNF－α）和升高[Ca^2 ]i的影响,应用L929细胞系和MTT法检测TNF－α量,同时用激光共焦扫描显微术检测单细胞[Ca^2 ]i变化动力学。结果显示大黄素能轻度促进正常PMφ释放TNF－α,并发现大黄素诱发PMφ[Ca^2 ]i变化呈振荡波模式。大黄紫显著抑制LPS刺激PMφ过度释放TNF－α和升高[Ca^2 ]i,10^-5mol/L大黄素抑制了10mg/L LPS刺激的TNF－α峰值的50％和[Ca^2 ]i峰值的68％。LPS诱发MPφ[Ca^2 ]i变化呈现高幅值的“平台期”,大黄素使之转变为低幅值的波动变化。以上结果说明,大黄素对PMφ释放TNF－α和升高[Ca^2 ]i表现出的双向调节作用之间有一定的相关性,大黄素对LPS诱发的[Ca^2 ]i升高的调制,可能是抑制LPS刺激PMφ释放TNF－α的信号传导通路中的重要环节。     

低浓度双氢哇巴因对豚鼠心室肌细胞内游离钙浓度的影响

用激光共聚焦显微镜检查研究低浓度双氢哇巴因（DHO）对豚鼠心室肌细胞内钙浓度（[Ca^2 ]i)的影响。DHO 1fmol/L-1 mmol/L可增加心室肌细胞的[Ca^2 ]i,尤其以10pmol/L DHO为显著,Nisoldipine,EGTA或TTX可分别部分抑制10pmol/L DHO的作用,去除胞外K^ 和Na^ 后,上述作用仍存在,以上结果表明,低浓度DHO中通过激活钙通道和TTX敏感的钠通道,或许还可直接促进胞内钙释放来增加[Ca^2 ]i,并有不依赖Na^ /K^ 泵而升高[Ca^2 ]i的作用。     

有氧运动对大鼠心肌活细胞核钙转运功能的影响

目的：研究有氧运动后心肌细胞核钙动态变化的生物学机制。方法：采用激光扫描共聚焦显微术（LSCM）对STDBT和Fluo-3Ca^2＋荧光试剂负载的急性分离的有氧运动大鼠心肌活细胞内游离Ca^2＋动态变化进行研究。结果：以胞核特异性Ca^2＋荧光探针STDBT-AM标记的心室肌细胞胞体四周荧光微弱,横纹、横小管隐约可见,但在胞体核的部位荧光分布最强,出现强绿色区域,核膜边界清晰,表明STDBT通过胞浆而特异性聚集在胞核区域,具有靶向性导入胞核区域的特征。有氧训练组与安静对照组比较,[Ca^2＋]n的基值和峰值变化特征与Fluo-3相同。有氧训练组加入异丙肾上腺素后,[Ca^2＋]n显著性增加,其变化率为33.3412%（P〈0.01〉。异丙肾上腺素作用前、后大鼠心肌细胞[Ca^2＋]n发生较明显的变化。[Ca^2＋]n有氧运动组加药后较加药前显著性增加,其变化率为33.224%。结论：本文首次研究了有氧运动训练条件下心肌活细胞核Ca^2＋的变化,证实了有氧运动训练可显著增加心肌细胞[Ca^2＋]n变化水平,并首次初步探讨了有氧运动训练条件下心肌细胞核Ca^2＋的转运功能,异丙肾上腺素可显著升高[Ca^2＋]n而降低[Ca^2＋]i。心肌细胞核也是心肌细胞内钙库之一,有氧训练可影响心肌细胞[Ca^2＋]n调控。     

pH改变对心肌细胞内Ca2+浓度和细胞长度的影响

目的：探讨细胞内pH(pHi)改变对心肌细胞内Ca^2 浓度（[Ca^2 ]i)和细胞长度的影响。方法：心肌细胞内分别灌注20mmol/L丙酸钠和15mmol/L NH4Cl ,建立细胞内酸碱中毒模型。荧光指示剂indo-1和SNARF－1载入大鼠心肌细胞内,用荧光显微镜同时测定心肌[Ca^2 ]i、pHi和细胞长度。结果：细胞内酸中毒早期,收缩期和舒张期[Ca^2 ]i轻度增加,细胞缩短（CS）降低,细胞长度增加,心肌纤维对Ca^2 的敏感性和CS／[Ca^2 ]i降低（P＜0．01）;碱中毒时,收缩期和舒张期[Ca^2 ]i均较对照组降低,CS增加,细胞长度变短,心肌纤维对Ca^2 的敏感性和CS／[Ca^2 ]i增加（P＜0．01）。结论：酸中毒早期[Ca^2 ]i和细胞长度增加,碱中毒时[Ca^2 ]i和细胞长度降低。酸、碱中毒对Ca^2＋敏感性的影响并非线性关系,即单位pHi变化时酸中毒对敏感性的影响较碱中毒小。     

柴胡皂甙(I)对胰腺腺泡的拟膜受体激动剂作用

应用检测淀粉酶分泌和单细胞[Ca^2 ]的技术,研究了Bt2-cGMP和GDP对柴胡皂甙（Ⅰ）[SA(I)]和CCK－8促大鼠胰腺腺泡分泌和增加[Ca^2 ]i的抑制作用。Bt2-cGMP对SA（I）和CCK－8促酶分泌的抑制有相似的剂量依赖性。Bt2-cGMP对SA（I）刺激的酶分泌动力学的抑制较对CCK－8滞后并持续。SA（I）诱发的胰腺腺泡单细胞[Ca^2 ]i的变化与CCK－8的作用有所不同;[Ca^2 ]i峰值上升较慢且持续较长,并在峰后[Ca^2 ]i再次升高。GDP亦抑制SA（I）刺激的酶分泌和[Ca^2 ]i增加的峰值。结果表明,SA（I）可激活胰腺腺泡细胞膜受体从而升高[Ca^2 ]i和促酶分泌。     

吗啡对培养海马神经元钙离子作用的机制研究

目的：研究吗啡对海马神经元[Ca^2 ]i影响的机制,为探索吗啡成瘾的神经生物学机制与可能的治疗途径。方法：荧光探针Fluo-4标记细胞内游离钙后,用激光共聚焦显微镜检测吗啡对大鼠原代培养海马神经元[Ca^2 ]i的影响。结果：吗啡急性刺激引起海马神经元[Ca^2 ]i升高,CTOP不能阻断吗啡引起的细胞内[Ca^2 ]i增加,而naltrindole能阻断吗啡引起的细胞内[Ca^2 ]i反应;Thapsigargin预处理阻断吗啡诱导的细胞内[Ca^2 ]i增加,Verapamil预处理不能完全抑制吗啡引起的细胞内[Ca^2 ]i增加;吗啡长时程作用后,海马神经元[Ca^2 ]i升高,加入纳络酮急性戒断后,不能阻断吗啡引起的细胞内[Ca^2 ]i升高,反而引起[Ca^2 ]i异常升高。结论：吗啡急性刺激引起的海马神经元内游离钙增加主要来源于δ2阿片受体介导的IP3敏感的钙库释放。     

fMLP诱导的中性粒细胞胞内游离钙离子浓度变化与细胞极性化过程

目的：观察不同浓度的fMLP诱导中性粒细胞的极性变化,并结合胞内游离钙离子浓度（[Ca^2＋]i）变化曲线分析不同时相细胞的极性化变化,探讨二者之间的关系。方法：使用激光共聚焦显微镜对胞内[Ca^2＋]．变化进行监测,细胞极性化情况通过倒置显微镜来分析。结果：胞内[Ca^2＋]i变化主要包括静息期（0s）、快速上升期（10s）、快速下降期（150s）、慢速下降期（250s）和终末期等5个阶段,在这5个阶段的10s时细胞膜开始皱缩,启动细胞极性化过程,之后呈现为不断的极性化和去极性化过程。结论：游离钙离子浓度升高可能启动了中性粒细胞的极性化,但对之后的极性化过程影响不明显。     

青藤碱对培养VSMC MAPK、PKC活性和细胞[Ca^2＋]i的影响

目的：观察青藤碱对血管平滑肌细胞（VSMC）丝裂素活化蛋白激酶（MAPK）、蛋白激酶C（PKC）活性和胞内游离钙浓度（[Ca^2＋i]）的影响。方法：将VSMC正常培养液、ox-LDL诱导血管内皮细胞（VEC）损伤的条件培养基、青藤碱加ox-LDL诱导VEC损伤的条件培养基等分别作用于VSMC,采用β-放射活性法等测定MAPK及PKC活性,荧光光度法检测VSMC[Ca^2＋]i。结果：VEC损伤条件培养基作用于VSMC后,与正常培养VSMC相比,细胞MAPK、PKC活性明显增加（P〈0．01）,细胞[Ca^2＋]i增加;青藤碱作用于VEC损伤条件培养基培养的VSMC后,与模型组相比,MAPK及PKC活性明显减少（P〈0．01）、细胞[Ca^2＋]i降低。结论：青藤碱抑制VSMC增殖的作用可能与拮抗MAPK、PKC活性和细胞[Ca^2＋]i的增加有关。     

血管平滑肌收缩的Ca^2＋信号调节机制

血管平滑肌细胞内Ca^2＋的浓度（[Ca^2＋]i）的变化及胞内收缩蛋白对Ca^2＋的敏感性是影响血管紧张的主要因素。研究表明细胞内Ca^2＋浓度的变化在血管平滑肌细胞的激活中发挥重要作用。在静息状态,细胞内的Ca^2＋浓度主要受膜电位的调节,同时,[Ca^2＋]i也可反馈调节膜电位。在平滑肌细胞内存在多种[Ca^2＋]i调节机制。本文概述了这些机制在调节血管平滑肌紧张中的作用,主要包括：[Ca^2＋]i在血管平滑肌收缩中的作用;环二磷酸腺苷（cADPR）在调节Ca^2＋释放中的作用;cADPR介导的肉桂碱受体的激活在调节平滑肌紧张度中的作用;血管平滑肌细胞的Ca^2＋闪烁和细胞膜Ca^2＋敏感性钾通道的激活;[Ca^2＋]i与膜电位之间的相互作用等。     

Acetylcholine-evoked increase in the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration and Ca2+ extrusion measured simultaneously in single mouse pancreatic acinar cells.

The intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([free Ca2+]i) was measured simultaneously with the Ca2+ extrusion from single isolated mouse pancreatic acinar cells placed in a microdroplet of extracellular solution using the fluorescent probes fura-2 and fluo-3. The extracellular solution had a low total calcium concentration (15-35 microM), and acetylcholine (ACh), applied by microionophoresis, therefore only evoked a transient elevation of [free Ca2+]i lasting about 2-5 min. The initial sharp rise in [free Ca2+]i from about 100 nM toward 0.5-1 microM was followed within seconds by an increase in the total calcium concentration in the microdroplet solution ([Ca]o). The rate of this rise of [Ca]o was dependent on the [free Ca2+]i elevation, and as [free Ca2+]i gradually decreased Ca2+ extrusion declined with the same time course. Ca2+ extrusion following ACh stimulation was not influenced by removal of all Na+ in the microdroplet solution indicating that the Ca2+ extrusion is not mediated by Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange but by the Ca2+ pump. The amount of Ca2+ extruded during the ACh-evoked transient rise in [free Ca2+]i corresponded to a decrease in the total intracellular Ca concentration of about 0.7 mM which is close to previously reported values (0.5-1 mM) for the total concentration of mobilizable calcium in these cells. Our results therefore demonstrate directly the ability of the Ca2+ pump to rapidly remove the large amount of Ca2+ released from the intracellular pools during receptor activation.     

Decreasing extracellular Na+ concentration triggers inositol polyphosphate production and Ca2+ mobilization

Removing extracellular Na+ (Na+o) evoked a large increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i in human skin fibroblasts. Decreasing [Na+]o from 120 to 14 mM caused the half-maximal peak increase in [Ca2+]i. Removing Na+o strongly stimulated 45Ca2+ efflux and decreased total cell Ca2+ by about 40%. Bradykinin caused changes in [Ca2+]i, total Ca2+, and 45Ca2+ fluxes similar to those evoked by removing Na+o. Prior stimulation of the cells with bradykinin prevented Na+o removal from increasing [Ca2+]i and vice versa. Na+o removal rapidly increased [3H]inositol polyphosphate production. Loading the cells with Na+ had no effect on the increase in 45Ca2+ efflux produced by Na+o removal. Therefore, decreasing [Na+]o probably stimulates a "receptor(s)" which is sensitive to extracellular, not intracellular, Na+. Removing Na+o also mobilized intracellular Ca2+ in smooth muscle and endothelial cells cultured from human umbilical and dog coronary arteries, respectively.     

Activation of AMPA/kainate receptors but not acetylcholine receptors causes Mg2+ influx into Retzius neurones of the leech Hirudo medicinalis

In Retzius neurones of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, kainate activates ionotropic glutamate receptors classified as AMPA/kainate receptors. Activation of the AMPA/kainate receptor-coupled cation channels evokes a marked depolarization, intracellular acidification, and increases in the intracellular concentrations of Na+ ([Na+]i) and Ca2+. Qualitatively similar changes are observed upon the application of carbachol, an activator of acetylcholine receptor-coupled cation channels. Using multibarrelled ion-selective microelectrodes it was demonstrated that kainate, but not carbachol, caused additional increases in the intracellular free Mg2+ concentration ([Mg2+]i). Experiments were designed to investigate whether this kainate-induced [Mg2+]i increase was due to a direct Mg2+ influx through the AMPA/kainate receptor-coupled cation channels or a secondary effect due to the depolarization or the ionic changes. It was found that: (a) Similar [Mg2+]i increases were evoked by the application of glutamate or aspartate. (b) All kainate-induced effects were inhibited by the glutamatergic antagonist DNQX. (c) The magnitude of the [Mg2+]i increases depended on the extracellular Mg2+ concentration. (d) A reduction of the extracellular Ca2+ concentration increased kainate-induced [Mg2+]i increases, excluding possible Ca2+ interference at the Mg2+-selective microelectrode or at intracellular buffer sites. (e) Neither depolarizations evoked by the application of 30 mM K+, nor [Na+]i increases induced by the inhibition of the Na+/K+ ATPase caused comparable [Mg2+]i increases. (f) Inhibitors of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels did not affect the kainate-induced [Mg2+]i increases. Moreover, previous experiments had already shown that intracellular acidification evoked by the application of 20 mM propionate did not cause changes in [Mg2+]i. The results indicate that kainate-induced [Mg2+]i increases in leech Retzius neurones are due to an influx of extracellular Mg2+ through the AMPA/kainate receptor-coupled cation channel. Mg2+ may thus act as an intracellular signal to distinguish between glutamatergic and cholinergic activation of leech Retzius neurones.     

Calcium Dependency of Muscarinic and Nicotinic Agonist-Induced ATP and Catecholamine Secretion from Porcine Adrenal Chromaffin Cells

The secretion of catecholamines and ATP induced by cholinergic agonists and its dependence on extracellular Ca2+ were studied in cultured porcine adrenal chromaffin cells. Both nicotine and methacholine (a selective muscarinic agonist) induced secretion and increases in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]in), although the activation of nicotinic receptors produced responses that were larger than those produced by activation of muscarinic receptors. The secretion and the increase in [Ca2+]in evoked by nicotine were completely dependent on extracellular Ca2+ and were blocked by prior depolarization of the cells with high extracellular K+ levels. In addition, nicotine induced significant 45Ca2+ influx. In contrast, the secretion and the increase in [Ca2+]in evoked by methacholine were partially dependent on extracellular Ca2+; methacholine also induced 45Ca2+ influx. Prior depolarization of the cells with high extracellular K+ levels did not block methacholine-induced secretion. In general, nicotinic responses were mediated by Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent pathways. In contrast, muscarinic responses were dependent on both Ca2+ influx through an unknown mechanism that could not be inactivated by high K+ concentration-induced depolarization and presumably also intracellular Ca2+ mobilization.     

Endothelin evoked Ca2+ transients and oscillations in A10 vascular smooth muscle cells

Endothelin (200 nM) evoked a rapid rise in [Ca2+]i which was then followed by a maintained elevation of [Ca2+]i. The initial transient can be explained by the release of stored Ca2+ whilst the maintained plateau is likely to be an influx of Ca2+ as it was partially inhibited by nifedipine (5 microM) and the remaining component abolished by the removal of extracellular Ca2+. Vasopressin (1 nM) evoked a similar response which also showed a nifedipine insensitive component to it's plateau phase. Endothelin also evoked oscillations in [Ca2+]i; these where characterised by a rapid rising phase followed by a slower decline, with no 'pacemaker' rise in [Ca2+]i preceding the rising phase. The oscillations were inhibited by the addition of 5 microM nifedipine or the removal of extracellular Ca2+ suggesting they are at least in part dependent on voltage gated Ca2+ entry.     

The T-cell antigen receptor regulates sustained increases in cytoplasmic free Ca2+ through extracellular Ca2+ influx and ongoing intracellular Ca2+ mobilization.

Signal transduction by the T-cell antigen receptor involves the turnover of polyphosphoinositides and an increase in the concentration of cytoplasmic free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i). This increase in [Ca2+]i is due initially to the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores, but is sustained by the influx of extracellular Ca2+. To examine the regulation of sustained antigen-receptor-mediated increases in [Ca2+]i, we studied the relationships between extracellular Ca2+ influx, the mobilization of Ca2+ from intracellular stores, and the contents of inositol polyphosphates after stimulation of the antigen receptor on a human T-cell line, Jurkat. We demonstrate that sustained antigen-receptor-mediated increases in [Ca2+]i are associated with ongoing depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores. When antigen-receptor-ligand interactions are disrupted, [Ca2+]i and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate return to basal values over 3 min. Under these conditions, intracellular Ca2+ stores are repleted if extracellular Ca2+ is present. There is a tight temporal relationship between the fall in [Ca2+]i, the return of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate to basal values, and the repletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Reversal of the increase in [Ca2+]i preceeds any fall in inositol tetrakisphosphate by 2 min. These studies suggest that sustained antigen-receptor-induced increases in [Ca2+]i, although dependent on extracellular Ca2+ influx, are also regulated by ongoing inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-mediated intracellular Ca2+ mobilization. In addition, an elevated concentration of inositol tetrakisphosphate in itself is insufficient to sustain an increase in [Ca2+]i within Jurkat cells.     

Rapid kinetics of agonist-evoked changes in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration in fura-2-loaded human neutrophils.

The initial kinetics of agonist-evoked rises in the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration [Ca2+]i were investigated in fura-2-loaded human neutrophils by stopped-flow fluorimetry. The rises in [Ca2+]i evoked by chemotactic peptide (fMet-Leu-Phe), platelet-activating factor and ADP all lagged behind agonist addition by 1-1.3 s. Lag times were not significantly different in the presence and in the absence of external Ca2+. Stimulation of the cells in the presence of extracellular Mn2+ resulted in a quench of fluorescence with a similar lag time to [Ca2+]i rise. The delay in onset of the rise in [Ca2+]i evoked by fMet-Leu-Phe was dependent on concentration, becoming longer at lower concentrations of agonist. These results indicate that both the agonist-evoked discharge of the intracellular Ca2+ stores and the generation of bivalent-cation influx lag behind agonist-receptor binding in neutrophils. Both pathways thus appear to be mediated by indirect mechanisms, rather than by a directly coupled process such as a receptor-operated channel. The temporal coincidence of the onset of store discharge with the commencement of bivalent-cation influx suggests that the two events may be causally linked.     

Rapid mobilization of cellular Ca2+ in bovine parathyroid cells evoked by extracellular divalent cations. Evidence for a cell surface calcium receptor

The concentration of intracellular free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) was measured in dissociated bovine parathyroid cells using the fluorescent indicator quin-2 or fura-2. Small increases in the concentration of extracellular Ca2+ produced relatively slow, monophasic increases in [Ca2+]i in quin-2-loaded cells, but rapid and transient increases followed by lower, yet sustained (steady-state), [Ca2+]i increases in fura-2-loaded cells. The different patterns of change in [Ca2+]i reported by quin-2 and fura-2 appear to result from the greater intracellular Ca2+-buffering capacity present within quin-2-loaded cells, which tends to damp rapid and transient changes in [Ca2+]i. In fura-2-loaded parathyroid cells, other divalent cations (Mg2+, Sr2+, Ba2+) also evoked transient increases in [Ca2+]i, and their competitive interactions suggest that they all affect Ca2+ transients by acting on a common site. In contrast, divalent cations failed to cause increases in steady-state levels of cytosolic Ca2+. Low concentrations of La3+ (0.5-10 microM) depressed steady-state levels of cytosolic Ca2+ elicited by extracellular Ca2+ but were without effect on transient increases in [Ca2+]i elicited by extracellular Ca2+, Mg2+ or Sr2+, suggesting that increases in the steady-state [Ca2+]i arise from the influx of extracellular Ca2+. Mg2+- and Sr2+-induced cytosolic Ca2+ transients persisted in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ but were abolished by pretreatment with ionomycin. These results show that cytosolic Ca2+ transients arise from the mobilization of cellular Ca2+ from a nonmitochondrial pool. Extracellular divalent cations thus appear to act at some site on the surface of the cell, and this site can be considered a "Ca2+ receptor" which enables the parathyroid cell to detect small changes in the concentration of extracellular Ca2+.     

Parasite-induced processes for adenosine permeation in mouse erythrocytes infected with the malarial parasite Plasmodium yoelii.

In fura-2-loaded A10 vascular smooth-muscle cells, 1 nM-vasopressin and 200 nM-endothelin evoked a rapid transient rise in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration [( Ca2+]i), which was then followed by a maintained elevation of [Ca2+]i. The maintained elevation of [Ca2+]i was only partially inhibited by 5 microM-nifedipine, but completely abolished in the presence of 1 mM-EGTA. When extracellular Ca2+ was replaced with 1 mM-Mn2+ (Mn2+ quenches fura-2 fluorescence), both endothelin and vasopressin evoked an Mn2+ quench of the fluorescence from the intracellularly trapped fura-2, even in the presence of 5 microM-nifedipine. These data suggest that both vasopressin and endothelin promote a bivalent-cation influx and provide further evidence for receptor-mediated Ca2+ entry in vascular smooth muscle.