Fundamental Ca2+ signaling mechanisms in mouse dendritic cells: CRAC is the major Ca2+ entry pathway

Hsu, S.-F., O'Connell, P. J., Klyachko, V. A., Badminton, Michael Norman, Thomson, A. W., Jackson, M. B., Clapham, D. E. and Ahern, G. P. 2001. Fundamental Ca2+ signaling mechanisms in mouse dendritic cells: CRAC is the major Ca2+ entry pathway. The Journal of Immunology 166 (10) , pp. 6126-6133.

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Abstract

Although Ca(2+)-signaling processes are thought to underlie many dendritic cell (DC) functions, the Ca(2+) entry pathways are unknown. Therefore, we investigated Ca(2+)-signaling in mouse myeloid DC using Ca(2+) imaging and electrophysiological techniques. Neither Ca(2+) currents nor changes in intracellular Ca(2+) were detected following membrane depolarization, ruling out the presence of functional voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels. ATP, a purinergic receptor ligand, and 1-4 dihydropyridines, previously suggested to activate a plasma membrane Ca(2+) channel in human myeloid DC, both elicited Ca(2+) rises in murine DC. However, in this study these responses were found to be due to mobilization from intracellular stores rather than by Ca(2+) entry. In contrast, Ca(2+) influx was activated by depletion of intracellular Ca(2+) stores with thapsigargin, or inositol trisphosphate. This Ca(2+) influx was enhanced by membrane hyperpolarization, inhibited by SKF 96365, and exhibited a cation permeability similar to the Ca(2+) release-activated Ca(2+) channel (CRAC) found in T lymphocytes. Furthermore, ATP, a putative DC chemotactic and maturation factor, induced a delayed Ca(2+) entry with a voltage dependence similar to CRAC. Moreover, the level of phenotypic DC maturation was correlated with the extracellular Ca(2+) concentration and enhanced by thapsigargin treatment. These results suggest that CRAC is a major pathway for Ca(2+) entry in mouse myeloid DC and support the proposal that CRAC participates in DC maturation and migration.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	American Association of Immunologists
ISSN:	0022-1767
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2017 04:20
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/37277

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