T-CELL MITOGENS CAUSE EARLY CHANGES IN CYTOPLASMIC FREE CA(2+) AND MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL IN LYMPHOCYTES
T-CELL MITOGENS CAUSE EARLY CHANGES IN CYTOPLASMIC FREE CA(2+) AND MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL IN LYMPHOCYTES
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DOI:
10.1038/295068a0
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
RINK, TJ
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作者:
TSIEN, RY;POZZAN, T;RINK, TJ
One of the best models for studying the control of mammalian cell growth and proliferation is the response of lymphocytes to mitogenic agents1–4, which stimulate growth, DNA synthesis and division. How mitogens work remains obscure, although it has been hypothesized that they increase cytoplasmic free calcium, [Ca2+]i, as a trigger for the cascade of intracellular processes necessary for proliferation3–6. However, lymphocyte [Ca2+]ihas not previously been measurable. A new technique7for loading a novel Ca2+-specific indicator8into the cytoplasm of intact small cells has now made possible the first direct measurements of [Ca2+]iin mouse thymocytes and pig node lymphocytes. We show here that lectins known to stimulate T cells raise average [Ca2+]1approximately twofold within a few minutes. Deprivation of external Ca2+or elevation of cyclic AMP, conditions known to inhibit mitogenesis, prevented the [Ca2+]iresponse. Rises in [Ca2+]iwere accompanied by hyper-polarization of the membrane potential, apparently due to a Ca2+-activated K+conductance. The co-carcinogen 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) seems to stimulate cell functions normally activated by Ca2+.