1. Mobiloization of intracellular calcium ions in chicken and rat lymphocytes induced by T cell mitogens.
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Gerilechaogetu, Narahara K, Abe A, and Kondo Y
- Subjects
- Animals, Bursa of Fabricius cytology, Bursa of Fabricius drug effects, Chickens, Cytoplasm metabolism, Extracellular Space metabolism, Mitogens pharmacology, Rats, Species Specificity, Spleen cytology, Spleen drug effects, T-Lymphocytes drug effects, T-Lymphocytes immunology, Thymus Gland cytology, Thymus Gland drug effects, Bursa of Fabricius metabolism, Calcium metabolism, Concanavalin A pharmacology, Phytohemagglutinins pharmacology, Spleen metabolism, T-Lymphocytes metabolism, Thymus Gland metabolism
- Abstract
Cytosolic Ca(2+) is known to be an important factor in intracellular signaling pathways that regulate several cellular functions. The present study was designed to measure the intracellular concentrations of Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) in T cell mitogen-stimulated chicken lymphocytes, and to compare the results with those in rat lymphocytes. [Ca(2+)](i) was increased in the thymocytes, splenocytes and bursacytes of chickens, and in the thymocytes and splenocytes of rats following exposure to the mitogens phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and concanavalin A (ConA). Increases were greatest in the thymocytes followed by the splenocytes and bursacytes. The PHA-induced changes in the thymocytes and splenocytes were similar in chickens and rats, but the ConA-induced increases were significantly lower in the chickens than rats. Pretreatment with EGTA before the application of PHA and ConA completely suppressed the rise in [Ca(2+)](i) in all the chicken lymphocytes, indicating that the increases that occurred in PHA- and ConA-treated chicken lymphocytes could be entirely attributed to the influx of extracellular Ca(2+). On the other hand, the PHA- and ConA-induced increase in [Ca(2+)](i) in rat lymphocytes was not completely suppressed by EGTA, indicating the recruitment of Ca(2+) from the intracellular Ca(2+) pool. The results suggest species differences in the Ca(2+)-based responses to T cell mitogens between chicken lymphocytes and rat lymphocytes.
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- 2009
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