Regenerative release of calcium from functionally discrete subcellular stores by inositol trisphosphate - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1991 Dec 23;246(1317):269-74.

doi: 10.1098/rspb.1991.0154.

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Regenerative release of calcium from functionally discrete subcellular stores by inositol trisphosphate

I Parker et al. Proc Biol Sci. 1991.

Abstract

Fluorescence imaging was used to determine the spatial and temporal patterns of subcellular calcium (Ca2+) liberation induced in Xenopus oocytes by photorelease of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) from a caged precursor. Increasing levels of InsP3 evoked Ca2+ release that began in a graded manner but, at varying threshold levels of InsP3, localized sites then showed transient and asynchronous 'puffs' of Ca2+ release. With higher levels of InsP3, Ca2+ from adjacent sites formed a focus for initiation of a propagating Ca2+ wave. The results show that InsP3-sensitive Ca2+ stores are arranged as distinct and functionally independent units, and that Ca2+ is released in both graded and regenerative fashions.

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