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Spontaneous Ca(2+) transients in mouse microglia

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Item Type:Article
Title:Spontaneous Ca(2+) transients in mouse microglia
Creators Name:Korvers, L., de Andrade Costa, A., Mersch, M., Matyash, V., Kettenmann, H. and Semtner, M.
Abstract:Microglia are the resident immune cells in the central nervous system and many of their physiological functions are known to be linked to intracellular calcium (Ca2+) signaling. Here we show that isolated and purified mouse microglia-either freshly or cultured-display spontaneous and transient Ca2+ elevations lasting for around ten to twenty seconds and occurring at frequencies of around five to ten events per hour and cell. The events were absent after depletion of internal Ca2+ stores, by phospholipase C (PLC) inhibition or blockade of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs), but not by removal of extracellular Ca2+, indicating that Ca2+ is released from endoplasmic reticulum intracellular stores. We furthermore provide evidence that autocrine ATP release and subsequent activation of purinergic P2Y receptors is not the trigger for these events. Spontaneous Ca2+ transients did also occur after stimulation with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and in glioma-associated microglia, but their kinetics differed from control conditions. We hypothesize that spontaneous Ca2+ transients reflect aspects of cellular homeostasis that are linked to regular and patho-physiological functions of microglia.
Keywords:Microglia, Spontaneous, Calcium, IP(3) Receptor, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Purinergic Receptors, Animals, Mice
Source:Cell Calcium
ISSN:0143-4160
Publisher:Elsevier
Volume:60
Number:6
Page Range:396-406
Date:December 2016
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceca.2016.09.004
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