Spatially confined diffusion of calcium in dendrites of hippocampal neurons revealed by flash photolysis of caged calcium |
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| Institution: | 1. CRA-NUT National Council for Agricultural Research, Research Center for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardetina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy;2. Laboratorio di Strutture e Materiali Intelligenti – Università La Sapienza di Roma sede distaccata di Cisterna di Latina, Palazzo Caetani ala nord Via San Pasquale snc., 04012 Cisterna di Latina, LT, Italy;3. INAIL, Via Alessandria 220/e, 00198 Rome, Italy;4. Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA 94710, USA;1. Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Avenida Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62210 Cuernavaca, Mor., México;2. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal;1. School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan;2. School of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan;1. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada;1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Escuela de Biologia, Universidad de Costa Rica, Ciudad Universitaria, Costa Rica;2. Museum of Natural History, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The extent of diffusion of a locally evoked calcium surge in dendrites of cultured hippocampal neurons was studied by flash photolysis of caged EGTA. Cells were transfected with pDsRed for visualization, preincubated with caged NP-EGTA (AM) and Fluo-4 (AM) at room temperature and imaged in a PASCAL confocal microscope. Pulses of UV laser light within an active sphere of about 1 μm2 produced a rise of Fluo-4 fluorescence transients in dendrites which peaked at 1 ms and decayed exponentially with a fast (8–10 ms) time constant. A slower decay component was uncovered following incubation with thapsigargin. Lateral diffusion of Ca2+]i did not vary significantly among different size dendrites being symmetric and reaching about 3–3.5 μm at a diffusion rate of 0.8 μm/ms on both sides of the photolysis center. Fluo-4 was also replaced by the membrane-bound Fluo-NOMO (AM) or by the ‘heavy’ Calcium Green dextran (CGd) loaded through a patch pipette. Similar rates of diffusion were found in these cases, indicating that the diffusion is not of the dye complexed to calcium but of genuine free calcium ions. Interestingly, presence of a dendritic spine at the focus of photolysis significantly reduced Ca2+]i spread while the focal transient remained unaffected. Finally, Ca2+]i diffused about twice as far from the photolysis sphere in glass tubes of a similar diameter to that of a dendrite, indicating that intrinsic calcium uptake mechanisms in the dendrite determine the diffusion of calcium away from its original site of rise. |
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