Lanthanum increases the rat thymocyte cytoplasmic free calcium concentration by enhancing calcium influx.
Lanthanum increases the rat thymocyte cytoplasmic free calcium concentration by enhancing calcium influx.
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10.1016/0167-4889(86)90144-8
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1986-04
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Joseph Segal
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作者:
Joseph Segal
In the present study, I have examined the effect of lanthanum (La3+) on cytoplasmic free calcium concentration in isolated rat thymocytes employing the quin2 technique. As with its effect on15Ca accumulation in rat thymocytes (Segal, J. and Ingbar, S.H. (1984) Endocrinology, 115, 160–166), La3+produced a concentration-related increase in thymocyte cytoplasmic free calcium concentration. This effect of La3+was very prompt in onset, evident within about 30 s from the time of addition of La3+. The lowest effective concentration of La3+was 6 μM (+22.7% above control), and it increased progressively to reach maximal values at 25 μM (+100% above control). La3+added to quin2-loaded thymocytes suspended in a calcium-free medium was without effect. In addition, La3+had no significant effect on45Ca efflux, and La3+did not inhibit calcium-ATPase activity in the rat thymocytes. These results demonstrate that in rat thymocytes La3+increases cytoplasmic free calcium concentration by increasing the extracellular calcium influx into the cell rather than the release of calcium from an intracellular pool.