title: Calcium mobilization is required for spreading in human osteoblasts.
abstract: Adhesion-induced changes in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) were measured in populations of human osteoblasts spreading on bone matrix proteins. In cells spreading on collagen type I, fibronectin, or laminin, average values for [Ca2+]i were found to increase approximately 2x over baseline and then decline. The speed with which [Ca2+]i increased and declined was dependent upon the matrix protein on which the cells were plated but was generally complete within 1 hour from the time of plating. Calcium mobilization was found to be due to influx of calcium across the osteoblast plasma membrane and was integrin dependent. Carboxyamido triazole (CAI), a specific inhibitor of nonvoltage-dependent calcium channels, or BAPTA-AM, a chelator of intracellular calcium, inhibited osteoblast adhesion and spreading on collagen type I, fibronectin and laminin in a dose-dependent manner. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that calcium mobilization is induced upon integrin-ligand contact and that calcium influx is required for cell adhesion and spreading.
authors.affiliation: University of Manchester Clinical Division I, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Galasko
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016023:Integrins; D002118:Calcium