Contribution of endoplasmic reticulum to Ca2+ signals in Dictyostelium depends on extracellular Ca2+
Contribution of endoplasmic reticulum to Ca2+ signals in Dictyostelium depends on extracellular Ca2+
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00180.x
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发表时间:
2006-04-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Wilczynska, Z
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作者:
Fisher, PR;Wilczynska, Z
We recently reported the first molecular genetic evidence that Dictyostelium Ca2+ responses to chemoattractants include a contribution from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) - responses are enhanced in mutants lacking calreticulin or calnexin, two major Ca2+-binding proteins in the ER, even though the influx of Ca2+ into the mutants is reduced. Compared with wild-type cells, the ER in the mutants contributes at least 30-70 nM additional Ca2+ to the responses. Here we report that this additional ER contribution to the cytosolic Ca2+ signal depends upon extracellular Ca2+- it does not occur in the absence of extracellular Ca2+, increases to a maximum as the extracellular Ca2+ levels rise to 10 mu M and then remains constant at extracellular Ca2+ concentrations up to at least 250 mu M. These results suggest that Ca2+ influx causes the intracellular release, in the simplest scenario by a mechanism involving Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release from the ER. By way of contrast, we show that Ca2+ responses to mechanical stimulation are reduced, but still occur in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. Unlike the responses to chemoattractants, mechanoresponses thus include contributions from the ER that are independent of extracellular Ca2+.