title: Occurrence of cGMP/nitric oxide-sensitive store-operated calcium entry in fibroblasts and its effect on matrix metalloproteinase secretion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the existence of Nitric oxide/cGMP sensitive store-operated Ca(2+) entry in mouse fibroblast NIH/3T3 cells and its influence on matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) production and adhesion ability of fibroblasts.
  
  
  METHODS
  NIH/3T3 cells were cultured. Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used to examine the existence of thapsigargin-induced store-operated Ca(2+) entry in fibroblasts. Gelatin zymography and semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were employed to detect the involvement of [Ca(2+)]i and NO/cGMP in MMP secretion. The involvement of NO/cGMP-sensitive Ca(2+) entry in adhesion was determined using matrigel-coated culture plates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  8-bromo-cGMP inhibited the thapsigargin-induced Ca(2+) entry in 3T3 cells. The cGMP-induced inhibition was abolished by an inhibitor of protein kinase G, KT5823 (1 micromol/L). A similar effect on the Ca(2+) entry was observed in 3T3 cells in response to a NO donor, (+/-)-S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP). The inhibitory effect of SNAP on the thapsigargin-induced Ca(2+) entry was also observed, indicating NO/cGMP-regulated Ca(2+) entry in 3T3 cells. Results of gelatin zymography assay showed that addition of extracellular Ca(2+) concentration induced MMP release and activation in a dose-dependent manner. RT-PCR also showed that cGMP and SNAP reduced the production of MMP mRNA in 3T3 cells. Experiments investigating adhesion potentials demonstrated that cGMP and SNAP could upgrade 3T3 cell attachment rate to the matrigel-coated culture plates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  NO/cGMP sensitive store-operated Ca(2+) entry occurs in fibroblasts, and attenuates their adhesion potentials through its influence on MMP secretion.
authors.affiliation: Liver Transplantation Centre, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Min-Qiang
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shu-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Gui-Hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002227:Carbazoles; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C073601:KT 5823; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019284:Thapsigargin; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium