A continuum of InsP3-mediated elementary Ca2+ signalling events in Xenopus oocytes

The Journal of Physiology
X P SunIan Parker

Abstract

1. The elementary release events underlying inositol 1,4, 5-trisphosphate (InsP3)-mediated calcium signalling were investigated in Xenopus oocytes by means of high-resolution confocal linescan imaging together with flash photolysis of caged InsP3. 2. Weak photolysis flashes evoked localized, transient calcium signals that arose at specific sites following random latencies of up to several seconds. The duration, spatial spread and amplitude of these elementary events varied widely. Event durations (at half-maximal amplitude) were distributed exponentially between about 100 and 600 ms. Fluorescence magnitudes (F/F0 of Oregon Green 488 BAPTA-1) showed a skewed distribution with a peak at about 1.5 and a tail extending as high as 3.5. 3. Individual release sites exhibited both small events (blips) and large events (puffs). The spatiotemporal distribution of calcium signals during puffs was consistent with calcium diffusion from a point source (< a few hundred nanometres), rather than with propagation of a microscopic calcium wave. 4. Estimates of the calcium flux associated with individual events were made by integrating fluorescence profiles along the scan line in three dimensions to derive the 'signal mass' at each time point. Th...Continue Reading

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