1996
Calcium is permeable through a maitotoxin-activated nonselective cation channel in mouse L cells
Estacion M, Nguyen H, Gargus J. Calcium is permeable through a maitotoxin-activated nonselective cation channel in mouse L cells. American Journal Of Physiology 1996, 270: c1145-c1152. PMID: 8928742, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.4.c1145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonselective cation channelsCation channelsCalcium-activated potassium channelsPlatelet-derived growth factorIntracellular calciumGrowth factor responseExtracellular calciumSecondary activationPotassium channelsGrowth factorFactor responseL cellsCell typesCalciumMouse L cellsL-cell fibroblastsMouse L-cell fibroblastsCell fibroblastsCellsIrreversible opening
1993
Competence induction by PDGF requires sustained calcium influx by a mechanism distinct from storage-dependent calcium influx
Estacion M, Mordan L. Competence induction by PDGF requires sustained calcium influx by a mechanism distinct from storage-dependent calcium influx. Cell Calcium 1993, 14: 439-454. PMID: 8395338, DOI: 10.1016/0143-4160(93)90003-o.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBucladesineCalciumCalcium ChannelsCell CompartmentationCell DivisionCell LineCell MembraneColforsinContact InhibitionDNA ReplicationDrug SynergismExtracellular SpaceFibroblastsGallic AcidInsulinIon Channel GatingLanthanumMiceMice, Inbred C3HNifedipinePlatelet-Derived Growth FactorS PhaseSignal TransductionTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateConceptsCalcium influxIntracellular storage sitesExtracellular calciumCalcium influx pathwaySustained calcium influxIntracellular calcium concentrationExtracellular calcium influxRelease of calciumPercentage of cellsC3H 10T1/2 mouse fibroblastsPDGF exposureSustained elevationTMB-8Influx pathwayBiphasic increaseSustained increaseDibutyryl cGMPCalcium concentrationS phasePDGFDibutyryl cAMPCell replicationSelective inhibitionReplicative competenceProgressionExpression of voltage-gated calcium channels correlates with PDGF-stimulated calcium influx and depends upon cell density in C3H 10T12 mouse fibroblasts
Estacion M, Mordan L. Expression of voltage-gated calcium channels correlates with PDGF-stimulated calcium influx and depends upon cell density in C3H 10T12 mouse fibroblasts. Cell Calcium 1993, 14: 161-171. PMID: 8384532, DOI: 10.1016/0143-4160(93)90085-k.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoltage-gated calcium channelsCalcium channelsT-type voltage-gated calcium channelsWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsWhole-cell patch-clamp techniqueCell patch-clamp techniquePatch-clamp recordingsPatch-clamp techniqueMembrane calcium channelsIntracellular calcium signalsPlasma membrane calcium channelsC3H 10T1/2 mouse fibroblastsCalcium currentCalcium influxFura-2Extracellular calciumCalcium poolSustained influxGrowth factorInflux componentFraction of cellsCalcium signalsCell densityMouse fibroblastsConfluent monolayers