Identification and spatiotemporal characterization of spontaneous Ca2+ sparks and global Ca2+ oscillations in retinal arteriolar smooth muscle cells.
Identification and spatiotemporal characterization of spontaneous Ca2+ sparks and global Ca2+ oscillations in retinal arteriolar smooth muscle cells.
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10.1167/iovs.04-0719
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发表时间:
2004-12
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
McGeown JG
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作者:
Curtis TM;Tumelty J;Dawicki J;Scholfield CN;McGeown JG
To identify spontaneous Ca2+ sparks and global Ca2+ oscillations in microvascular smooth muscle cells (MVSM) within intact retinal arterioles and to characterize their spatiotemporal properties and physiological functions. Retinal arterioles were mechanically dispersed from freshly isolated rat retinae and loaded with the Ca2+-sensitive dye Fluo-4. Changes in [Ca2+]i were imaged in MVSM cells in situ using confocal scanning laser microscopy in XY or line scan mode. XY scans revealed both discretely localised, spontaneous Ca2+ events resembling Ca2+ sparks, and more global and prolonged Ca2+ transients which sometimes led to cell contraction. In line-scans, Ca2+ sparks were similar to those previously described in other types of smooth muscle with an amplitude (ΔF/F0) of 0.81±0.04 (mean±SE), Full Duration Half Maximum (FDHM) of 23.62±1.15 ms, Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM) of 1.25±0.05μm and frequency of 0.56±0.06 s−1. Approximately 35% of sparks had a prolonged tail (>80ms), similar to Ca2+ ‘embers’ described in skeletal muscle. Sparks often summated to generate global and prolonged Ca2+ elevations on which Ca2+ sparks were superimposed. These sparks occurred more frequently (2.86±025 s−1) and spread further across the cell (FWHM=1.67±0.08μm), but were smaller (ΔF/F0 = 0.69±0.04). Retinal arterioles generate Ca2+ sparks whose characteristics vary during different phases of the spontaneous Ca2+-signalling cycle. Sparks summate to produce sustained Ca2+-transients associated with contraction and thus may play an important excitatory role in initiating vessel constriction. This deserves further study, not least because Ca2+ sparks appear to inhibit contraction in many other smooth muscle cells.
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DOI:
10.1085/jgp.20028514
发表时间:
2002-06
期刊:
The Journal of general physiology
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
56.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.5.h2399
发表时间:
2001-05-01
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.6.c1755
发表时间:
1998-06-01
影响因子:
5.5
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
5.5
作者:
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