title: Kinetics of elementary Ca2+ puffs evoked in Xenopus oocytes by different Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptor agonists.
abstract: Elementary Ca2+ puffs form the basic building blocks of global Ins(1, 4,5)P3-evoked Ca2+ signals. In Xenopus oocytes, Ca2+ puffs evoked by the high-affinity agonist adenophostin were shorter and smaller than puffs evoked by Ins(1,4,5)P3 and the lower affinity analogue Ins(2,4, 5)P3. Agonist-specific mechanisms, therefore, play a role in shaping local Ca2+ release events, but termination of Ca2+ flux is not delimited simply by agonist dissociation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, CB2 1QJ, U.K.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Marchant
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000737:chemistry*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009865:Oocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000737:chemistry*; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; C085029:adenophostin A; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; C062616:inositol 2,4,5-trisphosphate; D000241:Adenosine