VOLUME REGULATION OF SINGLE ASTROGLIAL CELLS IN PRIMARY CULTURE
VOLUME REGULATION OF SINGLE ASTROGLIAL CELLS IN PRIMARY CULTURE
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3940(92)90264-8
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发表时间:
1992-08-31
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
HANSSON, E
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作者:
ERIKSSON, PS;NILSSON, M;HANSSON, E
Relative volume variations in cultured astrocytes were examined by microspectrofluorimetry after loading the cells with the highly fluorescent intracellular probes 2,7-bis(carboxyethyl)-5,6-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF/AM) of fura-2/AM. At their isosbestic points. 450 nm and 358 nm, respectively, the probes were ion-insensitive and the fluorescent signals emitted related only to the intracellular dye concentration. By varying the excitation wavelengths, changes in intracellular pH or Ca2+ transients could be recorded simultaneously with the relative volume variations of the individual cells. After exposure to a hypotonic buffer, type 1 astrocytes swelled within 30 s and subsequently underwent regulatory volume decrease (RVD). When exposed to a hypertonic buffer, the astrocytes shrunk and exhibited regulatory volume increase (RVI). One mM glutamate induced an increase in astrocyte volume in 60 sec and evoked cytosolic Ca2+ transients but did not change intracellular pH.