Store-operated Ca(2+) entry in astrocytes: Different spatial arrangement of endoplasmic reticulum explains functional diversity in vitro and in situ

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Title:	Store-operated Ca(2+) entry in astrocytes: Different spatial arrangement of endoplasmic reticulum explains functional diversity in vitro and in situ
Creators Name:	Pivneva, T., Haas, B., Reyes-Haro, D., Laube, G., Veh, R.W., Nolte, C., Skibo, G. and Kettenmann, H.
Abstract:	Ca(2+) signaling is the astrocyte form of excitability and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) plays an important role as an intracellular Ca(2+) store. Since the subcellular distribution of the ER influences Ca(2+) signaling, we compared the arrangement of ER in astrocytes of hippocampus tissue and astrocytes in cell culture by electron microscopy. While the ER was usually located in close apposition to the plasma membrane in astrocytes in situ, the ER in cultured astrocytes was close to the nuclear membrane. Activation of metabotropic receptors linked to release of Ca(2+) from ER stores triggered distinct responses in cultured and in situ astrocytes. In culture, Ca(2+) signals were commonly first recorded close to the nucleus and with a delay at peripheral regions of the cells. Store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOC) as a route to refill the Ca(2+) stores could be easily identified in cultured astrocytes as the Zn(2+)-sensitive component of the Ca(2+) signal. In contrast, such a Zn(2+)-sensitive component was not recorded in astrocytes from hippocampal slices despite of evidence for SOC. Our data indicate that both, astrocytes in situ and in vitro express SOC necessary to refill stores, but that a SOC-related signal is not recorded in the cytoplasm of astrocytes in situ since the stores are close to the plasma membrane and the refill does not affect cytoplasmic Ca(2+) levels.
Keywords:	Astrocytes, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Electron Microscopy, Ca2+ Signaling, Zn2+, Capacitative Calcium Entry, Animals, Mice
Source:	Cell Calcium
ISSN:	0143-4160
Publisher:	Elsevier
Volume:	43
Number:	6
Page Range:	591-601
Date:	June 2008
Additional Information:	The original publication is available at www.sciencedirect.com
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceca.2007.10.004
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