title: Calcium and fos involvement in brain-derived Ca(2+)-binding protein (S100)-dependent apoptosis in rat phaeochromocytoma cells.
abstract: Brain-derived calcium-binding protein S100 induces apoptosis in a significant fraction of rat phaeochromocytoma (PC12) cells. We used single cell techniques (patch clamp, videomicroscopy and immunocytochemistry) to clarify some of the specific aspects of S100-induced apoptosis, the modality(ies) of early intracellular Ca2+ concentration increase and the expression of some classes of genes (c-fos, c-jun, bax, bcl-x, p-15, p-21) known to be implicated in apoptosis of different cells. The results show that S100: (1) causes an increase of [Ca2+]i due to an increased conductance of L-type Ca2+ channels; (2) induces a sustained increase of the Fos levels which is evident since the first time point tested (3 h) and remains elevated until to the last time point (72 h). All these data suggest that S100-derived apoptosis in PC12 cells may be the consequence of a system involving an increase in L-type Ca2+ channel conductance with consequent [Ca2+]i increase which up-regulates, directly or indirectly, the expression of Fos.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Sezione di Fisiologia e Biofisica, Università di Perugia, Laboratorio di Fisiologia, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fulle
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pietrangelo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mariggiò
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorenzon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Racanicchi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mozrzymas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guarnieri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zucconi-Grassi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fanò
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D016762:Genes, fos / Q000502:physiology*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D018715:Microscopy, Video; D016716:PC12 Cells; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins; D002118:Calcium