title: cGMP-regulated store-operated calcium entry in human hepatoma cells.
abstract: This study aimed to investigate cGMP-regulated store-operated Ca(2+)entry in human 7721 hepatoma cells. [Ca(2+)](i)was measured using Fura2/AM. After incubation of the cells with 4 microm thapsigargin, Ca(2+)entry was evoked by application of 1 mMm Ca(2+)to extracellular solution and was blocked by 3 m m Ni(2+), indicating the presence of store-operated Ca(2+)entry in human 7721 hepatoma cell line. Application of 8-Br-cGMP reduced the [Ca(2+)](i)in hepatoma 7721 cells by 80%. These data demonstrated for the first time that store-operated Ca(2+)entry pathway is present in human hepatoma cells, which is regulated by cGMP.
authors.affiliation: Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Z N
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D009532:Nickel / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D019284:Thapsigargin; D009532:Nickel; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium