title: Increased intracellular Ca2+ induces Ca2+ influx in human T lymphocytes.
abstract: One current hypothesis for the initiation of Ca2+ entry into nonelectrically excitable cells proposes that Ca2+ entry is linked to the state of filling of intracellular Ca2+ stores. In the human T lymphocyte cell line Jurkat, stimulation of the antigen receptor leads to release of Ca2+ from internal stores and influx of extracellular Ca2+. Similarly, treatment of Jurkat cells with the tumor promoter thapsigargin induced release of Ca2+ from internal stores and also resulted in influx of extracellular Ca2+. Initiation of Ca2+ entry by thapsigargin was blocked by chelation of Ca2+ released from the internal storage pool. The Ca2+ entry pathway also could be initiated by an increase in the intracellular concentration of Ca2+ after photolysis of the Ca(2+)-cage, nitr-5. Thus, three separate treatments that caused an increase in the intracellular concentration of Ca2+ initiated Ca2+ influx in Jurkat cells. In all cases, Ca(2+)-initiated Ca2+ influx was blocked by treatment with any of three phenothiazines or W-7, suggesting that it is mediated by calmodulin. These data suggest that release of Ca2+ from internal stores is not linked capacitatively to Ca2+ entry but that initiation is linked instead by Ca2+ itself, perhaps via calmodulin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Haverstick
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000276:immunology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010640:Phenothiazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D017252:CD3 Complex; D002147:Calmodulin; D010640:Phenothiazines; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D013729:Terpenes; D019284:Thapsigargin; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium