Based on a modified intracellular Ca^2＋ model involving diffusive coupling of two calcium ion channel dusters, the effects of coupling on calcium signalling are numerically investigated. The simulation results indica...Based on a modified intracellular Ca^2＋ model involving diffusive coupling of two calcium ion channel dusters, the effects of coupling on calcium signalling are numerically investigated. The simulation results indicate that the diffusive coupling of dusters together with internal noise determine the calcium dynamics of single duster, and for either homogeneous or heterogeneous coupled dusters, the synchronization of dusters, which is important to calcium signalling, is enhanced by the coupling effect.展开更多
Despite the wide application of super-resolution(SR)microscopy in biological studies of cells,the technology is rarely used to monitor functional changes in live cells.By combining fast spinning disc-confocal structur...Despite the wide application of super-resolution(SR)microscopy in biological studies of cells,the technology is rarely used to monitor functional changes in live cells.By combining fast spinning disc-confocal structured illumination microscopy(SD-SIM)with loading of cytosolic fluorescent Ca2+indicators,we have developed an SR method for visualization of regional Ca2+dynamics and related cellular organelle morphology and dynamics,termed SR calcium lantern imaging.In COS-7 cells stimulated with ATP,we have identified various calcium macrodomains characterized by different types of Ca2+release from endoplasmic reticulum(ER)stores.Finally,we demonstrated various roles of mitochondria in mediating calcium signals from different sources;while mitochondria can globally potentiate the Ca2+entry associated with store release,mitochondria also locally control Ca2+release from the neighboring ER stores and assist in their refilling processes.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 10575041 and 10747005.
文摘Based on a modified intracellular Ca^2＋ model involving diffusive coupling of two calcium ion channel dusters, the effects of coupling on calcium signalling are numerically investigated. The simulation results indicate that the diffusive coupling of dusters together with internal noise determine the calcium dynamics of single duster, and for either homogeneous or heterogeneous coupled dusters, the synchronization of dusters, which is important to calcium signalling, is enhanced by the coupling effect.
基金Supported by the grants from the National Science and Technology Major Project Program(2016YFA0500400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81925022,91854112,31327901,31521062,31570839,91750203)and Beijing Natural Science Foundation(L172003,7182063).
文摘Despite the wide application of super-resolution(SR)microscopy in biological studies of cells,the technology is rarely used to monitor functional changes in live cells.By combining fast spinning disc-confocal structured illumination microscopy(SD-SIM)with loading of cytosolic fluorescent Ca2+indicators,we have developed an SR method for visualization of regional Ca2+dynamics and related cellular organelle morphology and dynamics,termed SR calcium lantern imaging.In COS-7 cells stimulated with ATP,we have identified various calcium macrodomains characterized by different types of Ca2+release from endoplasmic reticulum(ER)stores.Finally,we demonstrated various roles of mitochondria in mediating calcium signals from different sources;while mitochondria can globally potentiate the Ca2+entry associated with store release,mitochondria also locally control Ca2+release from the neighboring ER stores and assist in their refilling processes.
