The action of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on intercellular free Ca2+ concentrations [Ca2+]1 induced by glutamate (Glu) in primary cultured hippocampal neurons were detected with Fura2/AM, a Ca2+-sensitive fluor...The action of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on intercellular free Ca2+ concentrations [Ca2+]1 induced by glutamate (Glu) in primary cultured hippocampal neurons were detected with Fura2/AM, a Ca2+-sensitive fluorophore. and the morphological influence of G-protein on it was ob-jected. Glu could induce rapid increase of [Ca2+]1 in hippo-campal neurons. CNTF had no significant action on [Ca2+]1 in resting hippocampal neurons. However, after incubation of CNTF for 5 min, the increase of [Ca2+]1 in hippocampal neurons rapidly induced by Glu was inhibited. Pretussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive G protein could block the action. These results indicate that a new non-genomic rapid sideway might exist in the upper stream of CNTF signal transduction pathway, which was related to Ca2+ signal transduction.展开更多
基金the NationalNatural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 39930080 and 39670259) and Medicine and Pharmacy Foundation of PLA (Grant Nos. 96M077 and 98M079).
文摘The action of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on intercellular free Ca2+ concentrations [Ca2+]1 induced by glutamate (Glu) in primary cultured hippocampal neurons were detected with Fura2/AM, a Ca2+-sensitive fluorophore. and the morphological influence of G-protein on it was ob-jected. Glu could induce rapid increase of [Ca2+]1 in hippo-campal neurons. CNTF had no significant action on [Ca2+]1 in resting hippocampal neurons. However, after incubation of CNTF for 5 min, the increase of [Ca2+]1 in hippocampal neurons rapidly induced by Glu was inhibited. Pretussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive G protein could block the action. These results indicate that a new non-genomic rapid sideway might exist in the upper stream of CNTF signal transduction pathway, which was related to Ca2+ signal transduction.
