EXTENT OF INCREASE IN INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM-CONCENTRATION IN ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED CHICK-EMBRYO HEART-CELLS DOES NOT DEPEND ON RESTING INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM-CONCENTRATION

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作者
AHLEMEYER, B
WEINTRAUT, H
SCHONER, W
机构
[1] JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIV GIESSEN,STRAHLENZENTRUM,D-35392 GIESSEN,GERMANY
[2] JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIV GIESSEN,INST BIOCHEM & ENDOKRINOL,D-35392 GIESSEN,GERMANY
关键词
DIGITAL IMAGING MICROSCOPY; FURA-2; CULTURED CHICK EMBRYO HEART CELLS; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; CA-2+](I);
D O I
10.1159/000175948
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Using Fura-2 digital imaging microscopy, we found two cell populations in chick embryo heart with different resting intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). Electrical stimulation of the cells led to the same increase in [Ca2+]i in both cell types, e.g. from 118 +/- 24 nM up to a peak of 243 +/- 67 nM (SD, n = 18) and from 44 +/- 15 nM up to a peak of 135 +/- 59 nM (SD, n = 13) in cells with high and low resting [Ca2+]i, respectively. All the cells showed the same rate of decline in [Ca2+]i. Due to synchronic stimulation and contraction, this method is suitable to measure [Ca2+]i transients at a high time resolution in individual cells.
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