ATP刺激巨噬细胞[Ca2+]i升高和氧自由基增加及大黄酸的抑制作用研究

研究了ATP刺激的大鼠腹腔巨噬细胞[Ca2 ]i升高与氧自由基(ROS)产生的关系和大黄酸抑制作用特征.提取大鼠腹腔巨噬细胞,利用Ca2 探针Fura-2检测单细胞胞内自由Ca2 浓度([Ca2 ]i)变化,同时利用NBT还原反应强度检测同一细胞ROS产生能力.结果发现无ATP刺激的巨噬细胞的ROS产生量较低;1mmol/L ATP刺激巨噬细胞单细胞后诱发[Ca2 ]i显著升高由胞内Ca2 释放和胞外Ca2 内流组成,同时ROS产生增强2倍;胞外无Ca2 条件下ROS产生随着[Ca2 ]i下降而减少.10-5和10-4mol/L浓度大黄酸对1mmol/L ATP刺激巨噬细胞单细胞的[Ca2 ]i升高和ROS产生有剂量依赖性的抑制作用;多细胞的统计分析表明10-5和10-4mol/L浓度大黄酸分别抑制了[Ca2 ]i峰值的49%和84%,同时抑制了ROS产生的59%和81%.因此认为ATP刺激大鼠腹腔巨噬细胞诱发的[Ca2 ]i升高介导了ROS的产生,大黄酸剂量依赖性的抑制ATP刺激的细胞[Ca2 ]i升高和ROS产生能力,并提示大黄酸抑制细胞[Ca2 ]i升高是其抑制ROS产生的重要机制.     

啤酒花中蛇麻酮诱导细胞凋亡及机制研究

通过体外抗肿瘤实验观察啤酒花(Humulus LupulusL.)中成分蛇麻酮(lupulone)对肿瘤细胞SGC-7901和HepG-2诱导细胞凋亡的作用,并揭示其作用机制.采用MTT法观察蛇麻酮体外抗肿瘤作用;采用流式细胞仪观察蛇麻酮对肿瘤细胞周期及细胞凋亡的影响;采用Fluo-3AM探针标记,激光共聚焦技术观测细胞内[Ca2 ]i变化.蛇麻酮对肿瘤细胞SGC-7901及HepG-2均有较好的疗效.蛇麻酮作用于SGC-7901和HepG-2细胞48 h后,肿瘤细胞均有明显凋亡峰出现.蛇麻酮可以将肿瘤细胞SGC-7901和HepG-2的细胞周期阻滞在G0/G1和S细胞期,升高细胞凋亡指数(APO).蛇麻酮可使SGC-7901细胞内[Ca2 ]i升高,使HepG-2细胞内[Ca2 ]i先升高后降低.蛇麻酮通过诱导细胞凋亡来发挥抗肿瘤作用.蛇麻酮通过升高肿瘤细胞内[Ca2 ]i启动肿瘤细胞凋亡机制,[Ca2 ]i升高时Ca2 来源于细胞内钙库释放.     

滑膜细胞[Ca2＋]i变化的理论模型研究

以滑膜细胞内钙离子浓度变化为研究对象,通过分析整合影响滑膜细胞内钙离子浓度变化的模块来建立滑膜细胞[Ca2+]i变化的理论模型.先考虑参与钙调节的质膜上钙泵、内质网上钙泵和渗漏、IP3受体、Na+/K+泵、延迟整流钾通道、TRPV1通道等各个模块在网络中的作用,确定钙调控过程中各模块的数学模型.在此基础上,引入钙缓冲系统的参量,并重点突出[Ca2+]i和膜电位的相互作用,建立起滑膜细胞上胞浆[Ca2+]i变化的动力学模型.最后,调整模型参数,使得模型处于稳定的初始状态,并保证模型参数的取值在合理的范围,给出滑膜细胞响应刺激所对应的[Ca2+]i随时间变化的模拟结果,并简要分析了某些参数对模型的影响.研究结果表明:IP3受体的调控机制在辣椒素刺激滑膜细胞胞浆[Ca2+]i变化的动力学模型中有明显作用;[Ca2+]i和膜电位的相互作用对滑膜细胞钙网络调控至关重要;质膜上钙泵的密度、活性,IP3受体通道密度,TRPV1通道密度等的变化对[Ca2+]i模拟曲线形状有明显影响.     

龙葵糖蛋白对MCF -7细胞内[Ca2+]i的影响

研究龙葵糖蛋白对乳腺癌MCF -7细胞内[Ca2+]i的影响.通过MTT法测定龙葵糖蛋白对MCF -7细胞的细胞毒作用;Hoechst33258染色荧光显微镜下观察龙葵糖蛋白作用MCF -7细胞的形态学变化;采用Fluo - 3/AM探针标记,激光共聚焦技术观测龙葵糖蛋白对MCF -7细胞内[Ca2+]i的影响.结果表...     

中药柴胡提取物对人肝癌细胞BEL-7402细胞内游离钙离子浓度的影响

目的测定中药柴胡(Bupleurun Chinese DC, BCDC)提取物对人肝癌细胞BEL-7402细胞内游离钙离子浓度([Ca2 ]i)的影响,以探索柴胡逆转BEL-7402细胞多药耐药的机制.方法以Fura-2/AM为细胞内钙离子的荧光指示剂,用双波长荧光分光光度计分别测定不同条件下的BEL-7402细胞内[Ca2 ]i.结果柴胡可使人肝癌细胞BEL-7402细胞内游离钙离子浓度下降(P<0.001).结论柴胡可使人肝癌细胞BEL-7402细胞内游离钙离子浓度下降,为一种钙离子通道阻滞剂(Calcium channel blocker, CCB),提示钙离子通道阻滞作用为柴胡逆转BEL-7402细胞多药耐药的机制之一.     

荧光分析技术在细胞内Ca~(2+)研究中的应用及钙离子比率荧光测量方法

Ca2 作为重要的细胞信号,在细胞信息传递中发挥着广泛而重要的作用,对活细胞内Ca2 进行准确、实时、原位的测量,是对其定量分析的关键.由于胞内Ca2 的浓度很低,并呈现复杂的时 空特异性等特点,因此,灵敏度较高的荧光分析技术在活细胞内Ca2 研究中的应用越来越广泛.综 述了这一方法的原理、应用价值、研究意义,并重点介绍了其中一种先进的技术方法--Ca2 比率 荧光测量方法.     

大黄酸对IL-2诱发T淋巴细胞增殖和细胞[Ca2+]i变化的作用

研究大黄酸对IL-2引起大鼠T淋巴细胞增殖和细胞内[Ca2+]i变化的影响.采用MTT法检测细胞增殖,用单细胞钙成像系统记录胞内游离Ca2+浓度([Ca2+]i).结果表明,大黄酸对IL-2引起的细胞增殖有显著抑制作用,且抑制效果与剂量有关;IL-2引起[Ca2+]i升高,并持续维持高[Ca2+]i水平,[Ca2+]i升高的机制包括胞内Ca2+释放和胞外Ca2+内流;大黄酸显著抑制IL-2引起的[Ca2+]i升高.结果提示大黄酸可抑制T淋巴细胞增殖,作用机制可能与抑制细胞内[Ca2+]i升高相关.     

胰腺腺泡细胞胞浆游离钙浓度的测定及药物作用的研究

本文建立了用荧光指示利Fura－2测定胰腺腺泡细胞胞浆游离Ca2＋浓度（［Ca2＋］i）的实验技术,包括：胰腺腺泡的分离制备;Fura—2／AM的负载;腺泡悬液的荧光光谱测量等．测定了胰腺腺泡细胞［Ca2＋］i。的静息值和卡巴可促腺泡细胞［Ca2＋］i升高的剂量—效应关系及动力学过程,并研究了柴胡总皂甙对胰腺腺泡细胞［Ca2＋i］的影响．发现0．01mg／ml浓度的柴胡总皂甙使胰腺腺泡细胞［Ca2＋］。明显升高,0．1mg／ml浓度时可使［Ca2＋］。升高到静息值的3倍,提示柴胡总皂甙的促酶分泌作用是通过胞内［Ca2＋］i升高介导的．     

黄芩苷诱导Jurkat T细胞凋亡的体外研究

目的:研究黄芩苷(BA)抑制Jurkat T细胞(人T淋巴细胞白血病细胞株)的生长和诱导其凋亡的作用及机制。方法:以噻唑兰(MTT)比色法测定BA对细胞生长的抑制率;胞内[Ca2 ]i和线粒体跨膜电势(ΔΨm)分别用F luo-4/AM和D iOC6(3)荧光探针标记,流式细胞仪检测;PI染色流式细胞术分析细胞周期分布及凋亡率;凋亡细胞形态以Hoechst33342/PI染色后荧光显微镜观察。结果:BA明显抑制Jurkat细胞增殖(P<0.01),并呈时间、浓度依赖性;BA可浓度依赖的诱导Jurkat细胞[Ca2 ]i浓度上升、线粒体膜电势ΔΨm降低,将细胞周期阻滞在S期,凋亡率增加,荧光显微镜下可见经BA(100 mg/L)作用的细胞呈现典型的凋亡核固缩表现,胞核呈致密浓染的颗粒状荧光。结论:BA体外显著抑制Jurkat T细胞增殖及诱导其凋亡,其机制可能与胞内[Ca2 ]i及线粒体依赖的凋亡通路有关。     

Zn2+、Ca2+及其相互作用对大蒜根尖生长和细胞分裂的影响

用不同浓度的Zn2+、Ca2+和Zn2++Ca2+溶液处理大蒜鳞茎发现;Ca2+能抑制Zn2+的毒害,明显提高细胞分裂比率,促进根尖生长,降低异常细胞比率.基本趋势为根的长度和细胞分裂比率为Ca2+>Zn2++Ca2+>Zn2+,异常细胞比率为Ca2+>Zn2+>Ca2++Zn2+.     

Na-Ca exchange current in mammalian heart cells

Electrogenic Na-Ca exchange has been known to act in the cardiac sarcolemma as a major mechanism for extruding Ca ions. Ionic flux measurements in cardiac vesicles have recently suggested that the exchange ratio is probably 3 Na:1 Ca, although a membrane current generated by such a process has not been isolated. Using the intracellular perfusion technique combined with the whole-cell voltage clamp, we were able to load Na+ inside and Ca2+ outside the single ventricular cells of the guinea pig and have succeeded in recording an outward Na-Ca exchange current while blocking most other membrane currents. The current is voltage-dependent, blocked by La3+ and does not develop in the absence of intracellular free Ca2+. This report presents the first direct measurement of the cardiac Na-Ca exchange current, and should facilitate the study of Ca2+ fluxes during cardiac activity, together with various electrical changes attributable to the Na-Ca exchange and the testing of proposed models.     

Activation of Ca2+ entry into acinar cells by a non-phosphorylatable inositol trisphosphate.

In many cell types, receptor activation of phosphoinositidase C results in an initial release of intracellular Ca2+ stores followed by sustained Ca2+ entry across the plasma membrane. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate is the mediator of the initial Ca2+ release, although its role in the mechanism underlying Ca2+ entry remains controversial. We have now used two techniques to introduce inositol phosphates into mouse lacrimal acinar cells and measure their effects on Ca2+ entry: microinjection into cells loaded with Fura-2, a fluorescent dye which allows the measurement of intracellular free calcium concentration by microspectrofluorimetry, and perfusion of patch clamp pipettes in the whole-cell configuration while monitoring the activity of Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels as an indicator of intracellular Ca2+. We report here that inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate serves as a signal that is both necessary and sufficient for receptor activation of Ca2+ entry across the plasma membrane in these cells.     

Augmentation of cardiac calcium current by flash photolysis of intracellular caged-Ca2+ molecules

The entry of calcium ions into cells through voltage-activated Ca2+ channels in the plasma membrane triggers many important cellular processes. The activity of these channels is regulated by several hormones and neurotransmitters, as well as intracellular messengers such as Ca2+ itself (for examples, see refs 1-9). In cardiac muscle, myoplasmic Ca2+ has been proposed to potentiate Ca2+ influx, although a direct effect of Ca2+ on these channels has not yet been demonstrated. Photosensitive 'caged-Ca2+' molecules such as nitr-5, however, provide powerful tools for investigating possible regulatory roles of Ca2+ on the functioning of Ca2+ channels. Because its affinity for Ca2+ is reduced by irradiation, nitr-5 can be loaded into cells and induced to release Ca2+ with a flash of light. By using this technique we found that the elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration directly augmented Ca2+-channel currents in isolated cardiac muscle cells from both frog and guinea pig. The time course of the current potentiation was similar to that seen with beta-adrenergic stimulation. Thus Ca2+ may work through a similar pathway, involving phosphorylation of a regulatory Ca2+-channel protein. This mechanism is probably important for the accumulation of Ca2+ and the amplification of the contractile response in cardiac muscle, and may have a role in other excitable cells.     

Oscillations of intracellular Ca2+ in mammalian cardiac muscle

Contraction of cardiac muscle depends on a transient rise of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) which is initiated by the action potential. It has, however, also been suggested that [Ca2+]i can fluctuate in the absence of changes in membrane potential. The evidence for this is indirect and comes from observations of (1) fluctuations of contractile force in intact cells, (2) spontaneous cellular movements, and (3) spontaneous contractions in cells which have been skinned to remove the surface membrane. The fluctuations in force are particularly prominent when the cell is Ca2+-loaded, and have been attributed to a Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. In these conditions of Ca2+-loading the normal cardiac contraction is followed by an aftercontraction which has been attributed to the synchronization of the fluctuations. The rise of [Ca2+]i which is thought to underlie the aftercontraction also produces a transient inward current. This current, which probably results from a Ca2+-activated nonspecific cation conductance, has been implicated in the genesis of various cardiac arrhythmias. However, despite the potential importance of such fluctuations of [Ca2+]i their existence has, so far, only been inferred from tension measurements. Here we present direct measurements of such oscillations of [Ca2+]i.     

Identification of Na-Ca exchange current in single cardiac myocytes

In cardiac muscle the exchange of intracellular Ca2+ for extracellular Na+ is an important transport mechanism for regulation of the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration [( Ca]i) and hence the contractile strength of the heart. Due to its stoichiometry of greater than or equal to 3:1 Na+/Ca2+ (refs 3,5), Na-Ca exchange is supposed to generate a current across the cell membrane. It is thought that such a current may contribute to cardiac action potential and physiological or pathological pacemaker activity. Although the occurrence of Na-Ca exchange is well documented, a membrane current generated by this transport has not been identified unequivocally. Previous attempts to detect such a current in multicellular preparations, for example, by measuring small current differences after varying the extracellular ionic composition, although providing evidence, did not rule out other possible interpretations. Here we demonstrate that a transient rise in [Ca]i caused by release of Ca from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) generates a membrane current in cardiac myocytes. The dependence of this current on the transmembrane gradients for Na+ and Ca2+ and on membrane potential meets the criteria for a current produced by electrogenic Na-Ca exchange. Cyclic activation of this current by release of Ca from the SR can cause maintained spontaneous activity, suggesting that Na-Ca exchange contributes to certain forms of cardiac pacemaking.     

Use of chlorotetracycline fluorescence to demonstrate Ca2+-induced release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skinned cardiac cells.

It has been proposed that the trans-sarcolemmal influx of Ca2+ occurring during the plateau of the mammalian cardiac action potentials is insufficient in itself to activate the myofilaments, but can trigger a release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) which is sufficient for activation. The demonstration of this Ca2+-induced release of Ca2+ relied entirely on experiments in which the tension developed by the myofilaments was used as a sensor of the changes of myoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([free Ca2+]) in segments of single cardiac cells from which the sarcolemma had been removed by microdissection (skinned cardiac cells). The small size of these preparations has previously prevented the use of more direct methods for the detection of myoplasmic Ca2+ movements. The present study is a direct demonstration of Ca2+-induced release of Ca2+ from the SR of skinned cardiac cells treated with chlorotetracycline (CTC), a fluorescent chelate probe which enables changes in the amount of Ca2+ bound to a variety of biological membranes or micelles to be monitored. The fluorescence increases when more Ca2+ is bound.     

Intracellular Ca indicator Quin-2 inhibits Ca2+ inflow via Na/Ca exchange in squid axon

Until recently, intracellular free calcium has been amenable to measurement and investigation only in cells large enough to permit either microinjection of a suitable Ca sensor such as a aequorin or arsenazo III or insertion of a Ca-sensitive microelectrode. This constraint on cell size was removed by the development of the fluorescent Ca2+ -sensitive dye Quin-2 and its acetoxymethyl ester, which can be introduced into a wide range of cell types. A major requirement of any intracellular Ca2+ indicator is that it should not disturb intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and Quin-2 is generally considered to be satisfactory in this respect. We now report that injection of Quin-2 into squid (Loligo forbesi) axons can almost completely abolish one component of Ca2+ entry--intracellular Na+ (Nai)-dependent Ca2+ inflow, which occurs via Na/Ca exchange. Mixtures of Ca and Quin-2 that buffer an ionized Ca2+ at close to physiological concentrations also block Nai-dependent Ca2+ influx but these same mixtures fail to block the extracellular Na+ (Na0)-dependent extrusion of Ca2+, showing that Quin-2 acts specifically on Ca2+ inflow.     

Local cytoplasmic calcium gradients in living mitotic cells

Cytoplasmic free calcium has been proposed as a regulator of many microtubule-mediated processes, including mitosis. It has been difficult to test this hypothesis because methods for local measurement of free Ca2+ in the living cell have not been available. We have used the fluorescent calcium indicator dye Quin-2 (methoxyquinoline-1bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N' -tetra acetic acid), which allows such observations to be made by digital processing of fluorescent images from the light microscope. Here we report the application of this technique to the study of local Ca2+ concentrations in mitotic endosperm cells of Haemanthus sp., and show that there is transient increase in free Ca2+ at the mitotic spindle poles during anaphase. This locally high Ca2+ may provide a mechanism for the regional control of microtubules and other cytoskeletal elements during anaphase.     

NO诱导血管平滑肌细胞凋亡中Ca~(2 )的作用

探讨了ＮＯ诱导血管平滑肌细胞凋亡与细胞内游离Ｃａ２＋之间的关系．通过粘附式细胞仪和Ｃａ２＋ 荧光探针Ｆｌｕｏ－３／ＡＭ,检测分析了ＮＯ在供体ＳＮＡＰ的作用下,血管平滑肌细胞中游离Ｃａ２＋浓度的变化; 又通过ＳＮＡＰ与维拉帕米、ＥＧＴＡ、肝素钠、普鲁卡因共同孵育的方法,观测了Ｃａ２＋浓度变化在细胞凋亡中 的作用．得出ＳＮＡＰ能使细胞中游离Ｃａ２＋浓度升高,而胞外Ｃａ２＋内流在其中起主要作用;并且阻断胞外 Ｃａ２＋内流能够抑制ＳＮＡＰ所诱导的血管平滑肌细胞的凋亡．提示了胞内Ｃａ２＋浓度升高可能是ＳＮＡＰ诱导血管 平滑肌细胞凋亡的一条途径．