OSCILLATIONS OF CA++ CONCENTRATION DURING THE CELL-DIFFERENTIATION OF DICTYOSTELIUM-DISCOIDEUM - THEIR RELATION TO OSCILLATIONS IN CYCLIC-AMP AND OTHER COMPONENTS
OSCILLATIONS OF CA++ CONCENTRATION DURING THE CELL-DIFFERENTIATION OF DICTYOSTELIUM-DISCOIDEUM - THEIR RELATION TO OSCILLATIONS IN CYCLIC-AMP AND OTHER COMPONENTS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-0436.1986.tb00387.x
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发表时间:
1986-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
WURSTER, B
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作者:
BUMANN, J;MALCHOW, D;WURSTER, B
Periodic cyclic-AMP pulses control the cell aggregation and differentiation of Dictyostelium discoideum. Another component required for the aggregation and differentiation of these cells appears to be extracellular Ca++. Oscillations in extracellular Ca++ concentration were investigated in suspensions of differentiating cells. We observed spike-shaped and sinusoidal Ca++ oscillations preceded sinusoidal oscillations, and no phase change occurred at the transition from spike-shaped to sinusoidal Ca++ oscillations. Spike-shaped and sinusoidal Ca++ oscillations were related to oscillations in (1) the cyclic-AMP and cyclic-GMP content of cells (2) the light-scattering properties of cells, and (3) the extracellular pH. Spike-shaped Ca++ oscillations were observed together with cyclic-AMP oscillations. The minima of the extracellular Ca++ concentration trailed the maxima of the cyclic-AMP concentration by about 30 s. Sinusoidal Ca++ oscillations were not accompanied by measureable cyclic-AMP oscillations. The amplitudes of the sinusoidal Ca++ oscillations were smaller than those of the spike-shaped Ca++ oscillations. A Ca++ oscillation of small amplitude (instead of a spike-shaped oscillation) was observed when one cyclic-AMP spike was skipped. Our results provide evidence for the existence of a sinusoidal cyclic-AMP-independent Ca++ oscillation of small amplitude, and they also suggest that spike-shaped Ca++ oscillations may be superimposed on such small-amplitude oscillations. When D. discoideum cells produce cyclic-AMP spikes, the uptake of additional Ca++ is induced resulting in Ca++ oscillations of a large amplitude.