Cell-to-cell communication properties of Auerbach's plexus cell in culture.
Cultured Auerbach's plexus cells are coupled by low-resistance channels that permit the cell-to-cell passage of electrical current and fluorescein dye. The permeability of their intercellular junctions is blocked by the increased concentration of cytoplasmic Ca2+, thereby indicating that the cell-to-cell communication properties in cultured Auerbach's plexus cells are modulated by the cytoplasmic level of Ca2+.
D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D009197:Myenteric Plexus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D002118:Calcium