title: [Studies on the changes in calcium fluxes in ts-RSV LA 90 cells transformation].
abstract: To study the role of Ca2+ fluxes and [Ca2+]i in cell transformation by the v-src gene, ts-RSV LA 90 cells was used in this experiment. Ca2+ fluxes across the plasma membrane was measured with radioisotopes. The relative [Ca2+]i in LA 90 cells loaded Indo-1AM was measured by computer-based Optical Multichannel Analyzer connected with fluorescence microscopy. It was observed that changes in rate of Ca2+ fluxes across the plasma membrane are one of the earliest detectable changes of LA 90 cells transformation. Rates of Ca2+ fluxes in transformed LA 90 cells (40 degrees C) is higher than that in normal LA 90 cells (33 degrees C) and rates of Ca2+ fluxes increased in 25 minutes when LA 90 cells shifted from nonpermissive (40 degrees C) to permissive (33 degrees C) temperature. TMB-8 inhibited increases in rate of Ca2+ efflux induced by pp 60 v-src, and increase in rate of Ca2+ efflux in normal LA 90 cells was stimulated by calf serum. The rate of Ca2+ efflux was related to the changes in temperature. The increase in rate of Ca2+ influx induced by pp 60 v-src could be blocked by verapamil. The rate of Ca2+ influx was not affected by the changes in temperature. The increase in relative [Ca2+]i induced by pp 60 v-src is one of the early events in the transformation process. The level of [Ca2+]i in transformed LA 90 cells was about 2-3 times as much as that in normal LA 90 cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Beijing Normal University, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: H Q
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Xue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D015688:Oncogene Protein pp60(v-src) / Q000502:physiology; D009857:Oncogenes; D001357:Sarcoma, Avian / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015688:Oncogene Protein pp60(v-src); D002118:Calcium