Effects of calcium antagonists and calcium-buffered salines on wound healing in Xenopus early embryos.
The role of calcium in the process of wound closure in Xenopus early embryos was studied. Embryos were wounded in the presence of the calcium antagonists D-600 and TMB-8 or in calcium-buffered salines, and the effects on wound healing were observed by scanning electron microscopy. D-600 and TMB-8 inhibit wound closure and these antagonists appear to act synergistically since their combined effect is greater than their individual effects. Experiments with calcium-buffered salines suggest that wound closure can proceed in the presence of low extracellular calcium. In all conditions there is a correlation between the degree of wound closure and the shapes of the cells at the wound margin; closing wounds are accompanied by cells elongated radial to the wound, gaping (non-closing) wounds are accompanied by cells stretched tangential to the wound. Thus the results suggest that calcium influx may not be a requirement for the changes in cell shape which accompany, and probably effect, wound closure in Xenopus early embryos.
D000818:Animals; D002021:Buffers; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D005707:Gallic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005711:Gallopamil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*; D014981:Xenopus
D002021:Buffers; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D005711:Gallopamil; D012965:Sodium Chloride; C006014:8-(N,N-diethylamino)octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate; D005707:Gallic Acid; D014700:Verapamil; D002118:Calcium