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Patch Clamp and Perfusion Techniques for Studying Ion Channels Expressed in Xenopus oocytes
Published on: January 10, 2011
La activación de la corriente de Ca2+ operada por el almacén en los ovocitos de Xenopus requiere SNAP-25 pero no un
Y Yao1, A V Ferrer-Montiel, M Montal
1Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0647, USA.
Cell
|September 11, 1999
Resumen
El agotamiento de las reservas de calcio (Ca2+) en los ovocitos de Xenopus desencadena la entrada de Ca2+ en la membrana plasmática (I(soc)). Este proceso involucra SNAP-25 y probablemente exocitosis, no mensajeros difusibles.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- Fisiología de los canales iónicos.
- La señalización molecular.
Sus antecedentes:
- La señalización del calcio (Ca2+) es crucial para la función de los ovocitos.
- La entrada de calcio operado por almacenamiento (SOC) es un mecanismo clave para la afluencia de Ca2+.
- La maquinaria molecular precisa que regula la entrada de SOC en los ovocitos sigue siendo incompletamente entendida.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el mecanismo de entrada de calcio (Ca2+) almacenado (I(soc)) en los ovocitos de Xenopus.
- Determinar el papel de la Rho GTPasa y SNAP-25 en la regulación de las I(soc).
- Para dilucidar si I(soc) está mediado por mensajeros difusibles o procesos mediados por proteínas.
Principales métodos:
- Electrofisiología de la pinza de parche para medir la corriente de Ca2+ (I(soc)) en los ovocitos de Xenopus.
- Manipulación de la actividad de la Rho GTPasa utilizando la transferasa de Clostridium C3 y la expresión de mutantes de Rho.
- La inhibición de las proteínas relacionadas con la exocitosis utilizando la neurotoxina botulínica A y los mutantes SNAP-25.
Principales resultados:
- El agotamiento de las reservas intracelulares de Ca2+ se activa a través de la membrana plasmática.
- I(soc) fue potenciada por la inhibición de la Rho GTPasa e inhibida por la activación de Rho.
- La activación de I(soc) dependía de SNAP-25 y no se veía afectada por la brefeldina A, lo que sugiere un papel para la exocitosis.
Conclusiones:
- Xenopus oocyte I ((soc) no está mediado por mensajeros difusibles acuosos.
- SNAP-25 juega un papel crítico en la activación de I(soc).
- Estos hallazgos sugieren que I(soc) está regulada por la exocitosis de los canales de membrana o moléculas reguladoras asociadas.
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