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  • Title: Ca2+-dependent capacitance increases in rat basophilic leukemia cells following activation of store-operated Ca2+ entry and dialysis with high-Ca2+-containing intracellular solution.
    Author: Artalejo AR, Ellory JC, Parekh AB.
    Journal: Pflugers Arch; 1998 Nov; 436(6):934-9. PubMed ID: 9799410.
    Abstract:
    Ca2+-dependent vesicular fusion was studied in single whole-cell patch-clamped rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cells using the capacitance technique. Dialysis of the cells with 10 microM free Ca2+ and 300 microM guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP[gamma-S]) resulted in prominent capacitance increases. However, dialysis with either Ca2+ (225 nM to 10 microM) or GTP[gamma-S] alone failed to induce a capacitance change. Under conditions of weak Ca2+ buffering (0.1 mM EGTA), activation of Ca2+-release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels by dialysis with inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) failed to induce a capacitance increase even in the presence of GTP[gamma-S]. However, when Ca2+ATPases were inhibited by thapsigargin, InsP3 and GTP[gamma-S] led to a pronounced elevation in membrane capacitance. This increase was dependent on a rise in intracellular Ca2+ because it was abolished when cells were dialysed with a high level of EGTA (10 mM) in the recording pipette. The increase was also dependent on Ca2+ influx because it was effectively suppressed when external Ca2+ was removed. Our results demonstrate that ICRAC represents an important source of Ca2+ for triggering a secretory response.
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