Tytuł pozycji:
Evaluation of Intracellular Ca2+ Concentration by Fura 2 Ratiometry in Encystment-induced Colpoda cucullus
- Tytuł:
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Evaluation of Intracellular Ca2+ Concentration by Fura 2 Ratiometry in Encystment-induced Colpoda cucullus
- Autorzy:
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Matsuoka, Tatsuomi
- Powiązania:
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https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/763521.pdf
- Data publikacji:
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2013
- Wydawca:
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Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
- Tematy:
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Colpoda, Ca2+, encystment induction, fura 2
- Źródło:
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Acta Protozoologica; 2013, 52, 1
1689-0027
- Język:
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polski
- Prawa:
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Wszystkie prawa zastrzeżone. Swoboda użytkownika ograniczona do ustawowego zakresu dozwolonego użytku
- Dostawca treści:
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Biblioteka Nauki
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In Colpoda cucullus, the signaling pathways for encystment induction involving protein phosphorylation have been believed to be triggered by an increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration promoted by cell-to-cell mechanical contact due to overpopulation. By means of fura 2 ratiometry, the present study showed that the intracellular Ca2+ concentration was actually elevated when vegetative cells were induced to encyst by being suspended at a high cell density in the presence of external free Ca2+ and suppressed by chelating external Ca2+. This result strongly suggests that an increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration caused by an inflow of Ca2+ promoted by cell-tocell mechanical contact due to overpopulation enhances the rate of encystation in Colpoda cucullus.