Extracellular Calcium Causes the Release of Calcium from Intracellular Stores in Chick Osteocytes

Autor: Kahori Tagami, Kazuo Hosoi, Koji Sumitani, Yoshiki Miki, Terushige Kawata, Hiroshi Kamioka, Kunihiro Terai
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 212:692-696
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1995.2024
Popis: We have recently demonstrated that a rise in the extracellular divalent cation concentration induces a rapid elevation of cytosolic calcium in chick osteocytes. Here, we demonstrate that cytosolic calcium elevation that occurs in osteocytes on exposure to elevated extracellular calcium is independent of membrane voltage and is insensitive to modulation by organic calcium channel modulators, namely, BAY K 8644, nicardipine, and nifedipine. However, the calcium elevation was sensitive to modulation by an intracellular calcium antagonist, TMB-8, suggesting that the cytosolic calcium elevation was due to mobilization of this cation from an intracellular store.
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