Mechanisms of spontaneous cytosolic Ca2+ transients in differentiated human neuronal cells
Mechanisms of spontaneous cytosolic Ca2+ transients in differentiated human neuronal cells
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00252.x
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发表时间:
1998-07-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Wolf, BA
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作者:
Gao, ZY;Chen, M;Wolf, BA
We have studied Ca2+ homeostasis in a unique model of human neurons, the NT2N cell, which differentiates from a human teratocarcinoma cell line, NTera2/C1.D1 by retinoic acid treatment. When perifused with Krebs-HEPES burier containing 2.5 mM CaCl2, fura-2 loaded NT2N cells produced spontaneous cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations, or Ca2+ transients. These cytosolic Ca2+ transients were not blocked by antagonists of glutamate (6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione and D(-)-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid) or muscarinic (atropine) receptors. Omission of extracellular Ca2+ completely abolished Ca2+ oscillations and decreased the average Ca2+ level from 106 +/- 14 nM to 59 +/- 8 nM. Addition of the L-type Ca2+ channel blocker nifedipine (1 or 10 mu M) or of the N-type inhibitor omega-conotoxin GVIA (5 mu M) significantly, although incompletely, suppressed Ca2+ oscillations, while omega-conotoxin MVIIC (5 mu M), a selective antagonist of P- and Q-channels, had no effect. Ni2+, at 100 mu M, a concentration selective for T-type channels, did not inhibit Ca2+ transients. Non-specific blockage of Ca2+ channels by higher concentrations of Ni2+ (2-5 mM) or Co2+ (1 mM) abolished Ca2+ oscillations completely The endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor, thapsigargin (1 mu M), slightly decreased Ca2+ oscillation frequency and induced a small transitory increase in the average cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. The mRNAs of L- (alpha(1D) subunit) and N-type (alpha(1B) subunit) Ca2+ channel were present in NT2N cells, while that of a T-type Ca2+ channel (alpha(1)-subunit) was not present in the NT2N cells as shown by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. In conclusion, NT2N neuronal cells generate cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations mainly by influx of extracellular Ca2+ through multiple channels, which include L- and N-type channels, and do not require activation of glutamate or muscarinic receptors.