This work provides evidence that a GRAS protein transduces
calcium signals in plants and provides a possible regulator of Nod - factor - inducible gene expression.
In our study, pentobarbital inhibited 5 - HT evoked
calcium signals in geniculate ganglion neurons and, at anesthetic levels in mice, significantly inhibits 5 - HT3 function in vivo.
The experiments revealed that the creation of a wound generates a complex series of
calcium signals in the surrounding tissue:
Therefore, even after genetic elimination of the 5 - HT3 receptor, no other serotonin receptors were capable of generating
a calcium signal in the ganglion cells.
Interaction between P2X3 and ERα / ERβ in ATP - mediated
calcium signaling in mice sensory neurons.
Thrane AS, Thrane VR, Zeppenfeld D, Lou N, Xu Q, Nagelhus EA, Nedergaard M General anesthesia selectively disrupts astrocyte
calcium signaling in the awake mouse cortex Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (in press)
Not exact matches
The burning
in your belly for a double helping of chocolate double latte ice cream may be
signaling a need for more
calcium or fat.
Their new insights are described
in a paper titled «Multiple mechanisms drive
calcium signal dynamics around laser induced epithelial wounds» published Oct. 3 by the Biophysical Journal.
Calcium - based
signaling is used
in many cellular and neuronal processes to initiate rapid responses to extracellular
signals.
«Our studies suggest that the local auxin
signals can be communicated over long distances using
calcium waves
in order to generate an auxin
signal also
in target cells located far away,» Hedrich says.
Toshihiro Sassa and Takashi Murayama, the first and second authors of the paper, respectively, say, «we would like to identify the other genes involved
in downstream
signaling from this
calcium channel to understand how the
signal leads to aversion to high pH.» Sensing alkaline environments is only the first step; the worm must then quickly react to the stimulus by moving away.
When exposed to capsaicin, these receptors open to allow
in sodium and
calcium ions, causing the receptors to transmit that hot
signal to the brain.
Latest research from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS, Bangalore), now shows that maintaining
Calcium balance
in cells is also needed for another purpose — it may be regulating the levels of an important
signalling molecule called dopamine
in the brain.
They find that two different stimulus
signals can produce two different patterns of
calcium waves (that is, two different responses)
in an astrocyte.
In this study, the team, which included Dr. Meerim Nurbaeva and Miriam Eckstein in Dr. Lacruz's lab, for the first time used freshly dissected enamel cells (ameloblasts) from rodent teeth to modulate physiological processes in order to understand the contribution of CRAC channels in enamel calcium signalin
In this study, the team, which included Dr. Meerim Nurbaeva and Miriam Eckstein
in Dr. Lacruz's lab, for the first time used freshly dissected enamel cells (ameloblasts) from rodent teeth to modulate physiological processes in order to understand the contribution of CRAC channels in enamel calcium signalin
in Dr. Lacruz's lab, for the first time used freshly dissected enamel cells (ameloblasts) from rodent teeth to modulate physiological processes
in order to understand the contribution of CRAC channels in enamel calcium signalin
in order to understand the contribution of CRAC channels
in enamel calcium signalin
in enamel
calcium signaling.
First, looking at a study of 185 cases of childhood epilepsy, Wittkowski's team found that mutations
in genes that control axonal guidance and
calcium signaling — both of which are important early
in the developing brain when neurons are forming the appropriate connections — led to increased chances of having the disorder.
Their work implicated the Ras pathway — a
calcium - dependent
signaling network that spurs neuronal growth — as playing a key role
in autism.
«Elevated
calcium triggers multiple
signaling pathways that promote cell doubling, survival and changes
in the cell that promote cancer invasion and metastasis,» says Dr. Copland.
In general, lithium alters the way calcium signals are sent and received — and the new cell lines will make it possible to study this effect specifically in bipolar disorder - specific cell
In general, lithium alters the way
calcium signals are sent and received — and the new cell lines will make it possible to study this effect specifically
in bipolar disorder - specific cell
in bipolar disorder - specific cells.
However, Feske and his colleagues found that
calcium signals also are required for the development of iTreg cells and that their numbers are strongly reduced
in the lungs of the infected STIM1 - deficient mice.
The close temporal association of the [Ca2 +] i transient with the onset of anaphase suggests that
calcium may have a
signaling role
in this event.
«What we saw
in mice lacking STIM1 — whose T - cells can not generate
calcium signals — is that the number of mycobacteria
in their lungs was dramatically increased, resulting
in excessive inflammation,» says Stefan Feske, MD, an associate professor of pathology at NYU Langone and the study's senior author.
Specifically, the bipolar neurons expressed more genes for membrane receptors and ion channels than non-bipolar cells, particularly those receptors and channels involved
in the sending and receiving of
calcium signals between cells.
Neural
signals are transmitted within neurons by changing
calcium concentrations, so the researchers used this technique to measure the amount of
calcium contained within the Purkinje cells
in real time.
How
calcium signals are elicited
in different and separate areas of plants is not yet fully understood.
«
Calcium signaling regulates many important cellular functions, like muscle contraction, neural communication, gene transcription and tissue growth,» said Fenfang Li, a postdoctoral research fellow
in Zhong's laboratory and lead author of the study.
Of general importance for systemic
calcium signaling is the wounding of the vascular system of the leaf, which is also responsible for the internal transport of water and nutrients
in the plant.
Calcium ions are important messengers for the processing of wound
signals in plant cells.
Enikolopov says: «If the
calcium signal coincides
in time with a wave or a puff of nitric oxide — which might be produced even by a neighbouring cell — then this weak
calcium signal effectively becomes a strong
signal,
in terms of its consequences.»
The IZN researchers assume that similar switches based on nuclear
calcium signals may have applications
in other areas — presumably whenever organisms need to adapt to new conditions over the long term.
The researchers discovered T - type channels
in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis, can shift from using
calcium ions to using sodium ions to generate the electrical
signal.
Moreover, the scientists showed that
calcium signaling can be studied directly
in intact plants
in different physiological and ecological contexts, which helps to better understand its role as a secondary messenger
in plants.
The researchers discovered T - type channels
in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis, can shift from using
calcium ions to using sodium ions to generate the electrical
signal because of an outer shield of amino acids called a turret situated above the channel's entrance.
«We succeeded
in visualizing the dynamic
signal processing of intracellular
calcium as a secondary messenger which is elicited by insect feeding and transmitted systemically to unattacked areas of the plant,» Axel Mithöfer, the leader of the project group «Physiology of Plant Defense»
in the Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, summarizes the results of the study.
In order to visualize this signal, the scientists performed experiments with transgenic Arabidopsis plants which were genetically modified to express a protein in the cytosol, the liquid inside the cells, which breaks down and releases light energy after it has bound calcium ion
In order to visualize this
signal, the scientists performed experiments with transgenic Arabidopsis plants which were genetically modified to express a protein
in the cytosol, the liquid inside the cells, which breaks down and releases light energy after it has bound calcium ion
in the cytosol, the liquid inside the cells, which breaks down and releases light energy after it has bound
calcium ions.
Surprisingly, the application of larval oral secretions inhibited the transduction of
calcium signals to neighboring leaves
in the experiment.
«It appears there is cross-talk between pathways called
calcium channels
in sensory nerve cells that process the itch
signal.»
The researchers studied
calcium channels
in neurons, which allow for the transport of
calcium ions from one nerve cell to another, helping the cells transmit itch
signals from the skin to other cells
in the spinal cord.
Kummer's group is working
in an area that has intrigued biochemists for decades — the role of
calcium in hormone - induced cell
signalling.
Uncontrolled
calcium signaling and ROS
in the mitochondria is behind a number of common diseases, such as stroke or heart attack, and is thought to play a role
in diseases of aging such as neurodegenerative disease.
The researchers also identified the molecular mechanisms — particularly the role of
signals from
calcium ions — involved
in this effect.
Since
calcium ions spike when neurons fire a
signal, Yuste and Dupre were able to relate behaviour to activity
in glowing circuits of neurons.
It is not clear how this
calcium signal might relate to mouse embryos,
in which rotating cilia help set up left and right sides (ScienceNOW, 3 July, 2002).
«Bacterial and host cell proteins interact to regulate Chlamydia's «exit strategy»: New research suggests major role for
calcium ion
signaling in release of Chlamydia from infected cells.»
Additional experiments showed that genetic disruption of MrcA, depletion of ITPR3, and depletion of STIM1 all significantly inhibited extrusion
in infected cells, as did chemical disruption of
calcium ion
signaling.
These findings suggest an important role for
calcium ion
signaling in regulating extrusion and could help improve understanding of how the bacterium leaves an infected cell and spreads within the body of an infected person of animal.
As soon as the
calcium level exceeds a particular threshold value over a longer period of time, a
signal cascade is triggered that initiates production of the body's tanning pigment melanin
in the genetically modified cells.
In support of the idea that Themis is involved in TCR signaling, this protein was phosphorylated quickly after TCR stimulation and was needed for optimal TCR - driven calcium mobilization and activation of the kinase Er
In support of the idea that Themis is involved
in TCR signaling, this protein was phosphorylated quickly after TCR stimulation and was needed for optimal TCR - driven calcium mobilization and activation of the kinase Er
in TCR
signaling, this protein was phosphorylated quickly after TCR stimulation and was needed for optimal TCR - driven
calcium mobilization and activation of the kinase Erk.
Many functional categories of genes were represented
in these analyses, including
calcium signaling, cytokines, and growth factor pathways.
Role of initial protein phosphorylation events and localized release - activated
calcium influx
in B cell antigen receptor
signaling.