Electroporation loading and flash photolysis to investigate intra- and intercellular Ca2+ signaling

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Elke DecrockL Leybaert

Abstract

Many cellular functions are driven by variations in the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)]i), which may appear as a single-event transient [Ca(2+)]i elevation, repetitive [Ca(2+)]i increases known as Ca(2+) oscillations, or [Ca(2+)]i increases propagating in the cytoplasm as Ca(2+) waves. Additionally, [Ca(2+)]i changes can be communicated between cells as intercellular Ca(2+) waves (ICWs). ICWs are mediated by two possible mechanisms acting in parallel: one involving gap junctions that form channels directly linking the cytoplasm of adjacent cells and one involving a paracrine messenger, in most cases ATP, that is released into the extracellular space, leading to [Ca(2+)]i changes in neighboring cells. The intracellular messenger inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) that triggers Ca(2+) release from Ca(2+) stores is crucial in these two ICW propagation scenarios, and is also a potent trigger to initiate ICWs. Loading inactive, "caged" IP3 into cells followed by photolytic "uncaging" with UV light, thereby liberating IP3, is a well-established method to trigger [Ca(2+)]i changes in single cells that is also effective in initiating ICWs. We here describe a method to load cells with caged IP3 by local electroporation of m...Continue Reading

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