PMID: 8939351Oct 1, 1996Paper

Excitation of Drosophila photoreceptors by BAPTA and ionomycin: evidence for capacitative Ca2+ entry?

Cell Calcium
R C Hardie

Abstract

It has been suggested that excitation in Drosophila photoreceptors may be mediated by the depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores (capacitative Ca2+ entry). To investigate this hypothesis, simultaneous whole-cell recordings and Indo-1 Ca2+ measurements were made from dissociated Drosophila photoreceptors, whilst testing the effects of Ca2+ releasing agents. In Ca2+ free Ringer's solution, thapsigargin raised cytosolic Ca2+ by approximately 80 nM; subsequent application of ionomycin released further Ca2+ (approximately 100 nM). A possible third compartment was indicated by the ability of monensin to mobilize further Ca2+ after saturating doses of ionomycin. Under most conditions, none of these agents activated an inward conductance, and their effects on the light response were consistent with their effects on cytosolic Ca2+. However, in the absence of both external Ca2+ and Mg2+ (to relieve a Mg2+ block of the light-sensitive channels), and after loading cells with BAPTA buffering cytosolic free Ca2+ at approximately 10 nM, ionomycin (but not thapsigargin) activated inward currents of approximately 800 pA. The response to ionomycin was enhanced (10 nA) by buffering cytosolic Ca2+ at 250 nM. A similar current also developed after ...Continue Reading

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