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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
1. The mammalian brain ventricles are lined with ciliated ependymal cells. As yet little is known about the mechanisms by which neurotransmitters regulate cilia beat frequency (CBF). 2. Application of 5-HT to ependymal cells in cultured rat brainstem slices caused CBF to increase. 5-HT had an EC50 of 30 microM and at 100 microM attained a near-maximal CBF increase of 52.7 +/- 4.1 % (mean +/- s.d.) (n = 8). 3. Bathing slices in Ca2+-free solution markedly reduced the 5-HT-mediated increase in CBF. Fluorescence measurements revealed that 5-HT caused a marked transient elevation in cytosolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]c) that then slowly decreased to a plateau level. Analysis showed that the [Ca2+]c transient was due to release of Ca2+ from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-sensitive stores; the plateau was probably due to extracellular Ca2+ influx through Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels. 4. Application of ATP caused a sustained decrease in CBF. ATP had an EC50 of about 50 microM and 100 microM ATP resulted in a maximal 57.5 +/- 6.5 % (n = 12) decrease in CBF. The ATP-induced decrease in CBF was unaffected by lowering extracellular [Ca2+], and no changes in [Ca2+]c were observed. Exposure of ependymal cells to forskolin caused a decrease in CBF. Ciliated ependymal cells loaded with caged cAMP exhibited a 54.3 +/- 7.5 % (n = 9) decrease in CBF following uncaging. These results suggest that ATP reduces CBF by a Ca2+-independent cAMP-mediated pathway. 5. Application of 5-HT and adenosine-5'-O-3-thiotriphosphate (ATP-gamma-S) to acutely isolated ciliated ependymal cells resulted in CBF responses similar to those of ependymal cells in cultured slices suggesting that these neurotransmitters act directly on these cells. 6. The opposite response of ciliated ependymal cells to 5-HT and ATP provides a novel mechanism for their active involvement in central nervous system signalling.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3751
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
531
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Intracellular pathways regulating ciliary beating of rat brain ependymal cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Bioengineering, Physiology & Biophysics and Medicine, University of Washington, Box 357962, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't