Calcium changes in isolated peptidergic neurons during activation by a cAMP analog.
Calcium changes in isolated peptidergic neurons during activation by a cAMP analog.
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在 cAMP 类似物激活过程中,分离的肽能神经元中的钙发生变化。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(88)90906-7
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发表时间:
1988
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Strumwasser,F
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作者:
Woolum,JC;Strumwasser,F
The bag cell neurons of intactAplysiacontrol egg-laying by producing an approximately 30 min afterdischarge of action potentials, during which the neuropeptide egg-laying hormone is released. Previous studies have shown that cAMP, protein phosphorylation and Ca2+are involved in the mechanisms of the afterdischarge. Spontaneous discharge and afterdischarge can be produced in dissociated bag cells by treatment with cAMP analogs. While pharmacological evidence exists for a large calcium cn the action potentials of bag cells, direct evidence by measuring (Ca2+)ihas not appeared, nor has Ca-buffering during cAMP activation been examined. Our studies were directed at measuring (Ca2+)ichanges in isolated bag cells in attached cell culture using the metallochronic indicator, arsenazo III, simultaneously with voltage recordings across the cell membrene. It was found that a single induced action potential causes a negligible rise in (Ca2+)iwhile a train of 35 spikes causes a significant rise (about 3 × 10−4absorbance units). Increasing external (Ca2+) enhances the action potential and Ca2+signal while cobaltous ions block both the action potentials and the rise in (Ca2+)i. Lengthening the duration of spikes by TEA (50 mM) or 8-benzylthio cAMP (8-BTcAMP; 0.5 mM) enhances Ca2+influx and allows the detection of Ca2+transients due to single spikes. During spontaneous groups of action potentials in either TEA or 8-BTcAMP, (Ca2+)iincreases but the bag cell's Ca-buffering systems are able to restore the Ca2+levels with a half-time of about 20 s. cAMP did not appear to alter the ability of the Ca-buffering systems in the cell to handle the extra load of Ca2+influx due to the spontaneous activity that it induces.