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  • Title: [Measurement of receptor-operated Ca2+ influx by microspectrofluometry combined with the whole-cell patch clamp technique].
    Author: Hashii M, Higashida H.
    Journal: Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi; 1997 Oct; 110(4):195-203. PubMed ID: 9396024.
    Abstract:
    Signal transduction from mouse bradykinin B2-receptors to Ca2+ influx was studied in single control or v-Ki-ras-transformed NIH/3T3 (DT) fibroblasts. Microspectrofluometry (fura-2) was combined with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique to study bradykinin-activated Ca2+ influx. Cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations observed at holding potentials of -20 to -80 mV were terminated by holding at -10 mV or more depolarized potentials. Bradykinin significantly enhanced the hyperpolarization-induced increases in the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration upon membrane hyperpolarization only in DT cells but not in control cells. Internal application of 10 microM inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (InsP4) mimicked membrane potential-dependent Ca2+ entry. Activation of B2-receptors resulted in a decrease of cellular fluorescence at the excitation wavelength of 340 or 360 nm after MnCl2 application in DT cells. This Mn2+ entry through the Ca2+ influx pathway increased with membrane hyperpolarization below -20 mV. The results suggest that bradykinin-induced cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations in ras-transformed NIH/3T3 cells are maintained by bradykinin-activated continuous Ca2+ influx, which may use Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 as an intracellular messenger.
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