2001
Regulation of Drosophila transient receptor potential‐like (TrpL) channels by phospholipase C‐dependent mechanisms
Estacion M, Sinkins W, Schilling W. Regulation of Drosophila transient receptor potential‐like (TrpL) channels by phospholipase C‐dependent mechanisms. The Journal Of Physiology 2001, 530: 1-19. PMID: 11136854, PMCID: PMC2278390, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.0001m.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBaculoviridaeCalciumCalmodulin-Binding ProteinsCell LineCHO CellsCricetinaeDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsFluorescent DyesFura-2Indicators and ReagentsMembrane PotentialsMembrane ProteinsOocytesPatch-Clamp TechniquesPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-DiphosphateSpodopteraTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsType C PhospholipasesXenopusConceptsPhospholipase CPhospholipase DDrosophila TRPL channelsTRPL channel activitySf9 insect cellsBacterial PI-PLCsPLC-dependent mechanismChannel activityFura-2 assayReceptor stimulationHydrolysis of PIP2Generation of diacylglycerolPoly-unsaturated fatty acidsTRPL channelsReceptor-mediated activationAddition of phosphatidylinositolInsect cellsExogenous applicationPI-PLCTransient receptor potential-like channelPC-PLCPIP2Spontaneous channel activityTRPLDiacylglycerol
1999
Maitotoxin activates a nonselective cation channel and a P2Z/P2X7-like cytolytic pore in human skin fibroblasts
Schilling W, Sinkins W, Estacion M. Maitotoxin activates a nonselective cation channel and a P2Z/P2X7-like cytolytic pore in human skin fibroblasts. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: c755-c765. PMID: 10516106, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.4.c755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of maitotoxinConcentration-dependent increaseNonselective cation channelsCation channelsHuman skin fibroblastsPlasmalemmal permeabilitySkin fibroblastsUptake of ethidiumIntracellular fura-2Cytolytic poreYO-PRO-1Permeable cation channelFura-2Receptor stimulationTypes of cellsCytosolic freeLactate dehydrogenaseMembrane currentsPotent cytolytic agentCytolytic agentsMaitotoxinCell typesPresent studyCell levelSingle-cell level
1997
PDGF-Stimulated Calcium Influx Changes During In Vitro Cell Transformation
Estacion M, Mordan L. PDGF-Stimulated Calcium Influx Changes During In Vitro Cell Transformation. Cellular Signalling 1997, 9: 363-366. PMID: 9376215, DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(96)00184-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT-type calcium channelsCalcium signalsIntracellular calcium signalsC3H 10T1/2 mouse fibroblastsCalcium channelsPreneoplastic clonesMarked reductionGrowth factorMetabolism changesVitro Cell TransformationCell transformationColonies of cellsElectrophysiology measurementsInflux changeCellsMouse fibroblasts