Characterization of lysophosphatidylcholine-induced changes of intracellular calcium in Drosophila S2 cells

Life Sciences
Pan WangYi-Jun Wu

Abstract

Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), a bioactive lipid, regulates a wide array of biological processes. LPC could be deacylated to form glycerophosphocholine by neuropathy target esterase (NTE)/Swiss cheese protein (SWS). Although NTE/SWS is important in maintaining Ca(2+) homeostasis, the role of LPC in regulating the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) in Drosophila remains poorly understood. We aimed to study the mechanism of LPC-induced [Ca(2+)]i changes in Drosophila S2 cells. The [Ca(2+)]i of Drosophila S2 cells was measured by fluorescence spectrophotometry after loading the cells with the calcium-sensitive fluorescent probe Fura-2/AM. Our results demonstrated that LPC could cause a rapid, dose-dependent increase in the [Ca(2+)]i in the presence of external calcium ([Ca(2+)]e). The LPC-induced [Ca(2+)]i increase was reduced by 60.7% in the absence of [Ca(2+)]e. Furthermore, the Ca(2+) influx was inhibited by 37.3% after the cells were preincubated with an L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker. In the Ca(2+)-free medium, the LPC-induced [Ca(2+)]i increase was completely blocked using an inositol triphosphate receptor (IP3R) inhibitor. However, a ryanodine receptor (RyR) inhibitor had no effect on the LPC-induced [Ca(2+)]i i...Continue Reading

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