Measurement of cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration in bovine tracheal smooth muscle using aequorin.
Measurement of cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration in bovine tracheal smooth muscle using aequorin.
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使用水母发光蛋白测量牛气管平滑肌中细胞质游离 Ca2 浓度。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpcell.1987.253.6.c817
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发表时间:
1987
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Rasmussen,H
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作者:
Takuwa,Y;Takuwa,N;Rasmussen,H
The cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration in bovine tracheal smooth muscle strips was measured using aequorin. Carbachol induces a rapid rise in aequorin luminescence, which reaches a peak within 1-2 min and then falls to a plateau level in 5-6 min. This plateau gradually declines but remains significantly above the base-line value after 2 h. The initial Ca2+ transient is due to Ca2+ mobilization from an intracellular caffeine-sensitive pool. The plateau appears to be due to Ca2+ influx. Histamine or 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) also induce a Ca2+ transient followed by a plateau phase which is lower than that induced by carbachol. The isometric tension generated by either of these two agonists shows a gradual decline in contrast to the sustained plateau seen in the carbachol-induced contraction. Extracellular high K+ induces a dose-dependent increase in aequorin luminescence that is totally due to Ca2+ influx across the plasma membrane and is greatly inhibited by a Ca2+-channel antagonist, nimodipine. These results suggest that two temporally and spatially different Ca2+-dependent mechanisms are involved in carbachol-induced tracheal smooth muscle contraction.