Alterations of Ca2+ mobilizing properties in migrating endothelial cells.
Endothelial migration is one of the major events of pathological neovascularization. We compared the characteristics of Ca2+ mobilization in nonconfluent, confluent, and migrating endothelial cells. Migration of endothelial cells was induced by wounding the confluent cell monolayer. The basal intracellular Ca2+ concentration was lower in migrating cells and higher in confluent cells than in nonconfluent cells. Thapsigargin (TG)-induced Ca2+ leak and TG-evoked Ca2+ entry were accelerated in migrating cells, whereas the latter was suppressed in confluent cells. The ATP-induced Ca2+ transient was also much larger in migrating cells than in confluent cells. These alterations were also observed in a cell as an intracellular polarization, i.e., the leading edge showed an acceleration of TG-evoked Ca2+ entry and an augmentation of the ATP-induced Ca2+ transient. Endothelial migration was significantly suppressed by TG or cyclopiazonic acid. These observations suggest that the alterations of Ca2+ store site-related Ca2+ mobilizations, i.e., Ca2+ sequestration, release, and TG-evoked Ca2+ entry, may be involved in the cellular mechanisms of endothelial migration.
Kimura
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Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Oike
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Koyama
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Ito
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D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D002417:Cattle; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D019284:Thapsigargin; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium