title: Calcium levels during cell cycle correlate with cell fate of Dictyostelium discoideum.
abstract: Levels of intracellular calcium, (Ca(2+))(i), from different stages of cell cycle of Dictyostelium discoideum were monitored using the fluorescent Ca(2+)-sensitive dye, Indo 1. Combinations of Ca(2+)-ionophore (A23187) and Ca(2+)-chelator (EGTA) resulted in the inhibition of progression of cell cycle. This delay was caused due to block in G(2)/M-->S phase transition of the cell cycle. Rescue of the cell cycle progression was made with 0.5 m m of exogenous Ca(2+). High (Ca(2+))(i)levels overlapped with the S-phase, of the cell cycle.Results indicate that a high (Ca(2+))(i)level during S-phase is not required for cell cycle progression but for cell-type choice mechanism at the onset of starvation, and these cells tend to follow the prestalk pathway.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saran
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D007476:Ionophores; D000001:Calcimycin; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D002118:Calcium