title: Tyrosine phosphorylation modulates store-operated calcium entry in cultured rat epididymal basal cells.
abstract: Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) is essential for many cellular processes. In this study, we investigated modulation of SOCE by tyrosine phosphorylation in rat epididymal basal cells. The intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]i) measurement showed that SOCE occurred in rat epididymal basal cells by pretreating the cells with thapsigargin (Tg), the inhibitor of sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase. To identify the role of Ca(2+) channels in this response, we examined the effects of transient receptor potential canonical channel blockers 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB), 1-[β-[3-(4-methoxyphenyl)pro-poxy]-4-methoxyphenethyl]-1H-imidazole hydrochloride(SKF96365), Gd(3+), and non-selective cation channel blocker Ni(2+) respectively on SOCE and found that these blockers could inhibit the Ca(2+) influx to different extent. Furthermore, we studied the regulation of SOCE by tyrosine kinase pathway. The inhibitor of tyrosine kinase genistein remarkably suppressed the SOCE response, whereas sodium orthovanadate, the inhibitor of tyrosine phosphatase, greatly enhanced it. The results suggest that tyrosine kinase pathway plays a significant role in the initiation of SOCE and positively modulates SOCE in epididymal basal cells.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Wu-Lin
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Jian-Yang
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Jie-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Geng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Si-Liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ye-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Christopher H K
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Wen-Liang
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004822:Epididymis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014638:Vanadates; D019284:Thapsigargin; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D002118:Calcium