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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
Capacitative calcium entry (CCE) is the process by which intracellular calcium is replenished from the external milieu upon depletion of intracellular stores. CCE is thought to participate in chemotaxis, proliferation and cell signalling. A physical interaction between intracellular stores and the plasma membrane is postulated to regulate CCE. We hypothesized that cytoskeletal disruption alters this interaction, inhibiting CCE in enteric glia. Cultured myenteric glia from neonatal guinea-pigs were treated with cytochalasin D (10 micro mol L-1), a microfilament disrupting agent, nocodazole (20 micro mol L-1), a microtubule disrupting agent, or vehicle (dimethyl sulphoxide). Intracellular calcium changes were measured using fura-2 microfluorimetry. To evaluate the rate of cation re-entry, barium was substituted for calcium because barium is not sequestered internally. Cytochalasin D-treated glia had diminished CCE responses (57 +/- 3 nmol L-1) compared with controls (97 +/- 7 nmol L-1) as did nocodazole-treated glia (30 +/- 2 nmol L-1) vs controls (77 +/- 6 nmol L-1). The proportion of cells demonstrating CCE abolition was greater in the cytochalasin (50 +/- 8%) and nocodazole-treated (89 +/- 2%) groups compared with controls (21 +/- 2%, 40 +/- 9%, respectively). Cytochalasin D and nocodazole treatment diminished the rate of cation re-entry based on diminished barium entry in treated vs control cells. From this study, we conclude that disruption of cytoskeletal elements diminishes calcium influx essential to calcium store repletion in myenteric glia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1350-1925
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of the cytoskeleton in capacitative calcium entry in myenteric glia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0346, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.