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Ca 2+ Release in Mycocytes (Cardiac Muscle Cells)

Yang, Z. & Steel, D. (2000) Effects of cytosolic ATP on spontaneous and triggered Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release in permeabilised rat ventricular myocytes. Journal of Physiology, 523.1, pp. 29-44.

Hanley, J. & Loiselle, D. (1998) Mechanisms of force inhibition by halothane and isoflurane in intact rat cardiac muscle. Journal of Physiology, 506.1, pp. 231-244.

Hussain, M. & Orchard, C.H. (1997) Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content, L-type Ca2+ current and the Ca2+ transient in rat myocytes during b-adrenergic stimulation. Journal of Physiology, 505.2, pp. 385-402.

Steele, D.S., McAinsh, A.M. & Smith, G.l. (1996) Comparative effects of inorganic phosphate and oxalate on uptake and release of Ca2+ by the sarcoplasmic reticulum in saponin skinned rat cardiac trabeculae. Journal of Physiology , 490.3, pp. 565-576.

Levi, A.J. & Issberner, J. (1996) Effect on the fura-2 transient of rapidly blocking the Ca2+ channel in electrically stimulated rabbit heart cells. Journal of Physiology, 493.1, pp.19-37.

Yang, Z. & Steele, D.S. (2002) Effects of phosphocreatine on SR Ca2+ regulation in isolated saponin- permeabilized rat cardiac myocytes. Journal of Physiology, 539.3, pp. 767-777.

Yang, Z. & Steele, D.S. (2001) Effects of cytosolic ATP on Ca2+ sparks and SR Ca2+ content in permeabilized cardiac myocytes. Circulation Research., 89.6, pp. 526-533.

Smith, G.L. & Steele, D.S. (1998) Measurement of SR Ca2+ content of in the presence of caffeine in permeabilized rat cardiac trabeculae. Pflugers Archive, 437, pp. 139-148.

Orchard, C.H., Smith, G.L., and Steele, D.S. (1998) Effects of cytosolic Ca2+ on the Ca2+ content of the SR in saponin-permeabilized rat ventricular trabeculae. Pflugers Archive, 435.4, pp. 555-563.

Ca2+ Release in Skeletal or Smooth Muscle Fibres

Duke, A.M. & Steele, D.S. (1999). Effects of creatine phosphate on Ca2+ regulation by the sarcoplasmic reticulum in mechanically skinned rat skeletal muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology 517.2, pp. 447-458.

Duke, A.M. and Steele, D. S. (2001). Mechanisms of reduced SR Ca(2+) release induced by inorganic phosphate in rat skeletal muscle fibers. American Journal of.Physiology, 281.2, pp. 418-429.

Darnley, G. M., Duke, A. M., Steele, D. S. and MacFarlane, N. G. (2001). Effects of reactive oxygen species on aspects of excitation-contraction coupling in chemically skinned rabbit diaphragm muscle fibres. Experimental Physiology, 86.2, pp. 161-168.

Duke, A.M. and Steele, D. S (2001). Interdependent effects of inorganic phosphateand creatine phosphate on sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ regulation in mechanically skinned rat skeletal muscle. Journal of Physiology, 531.3, pp. 729-742.

Duke, A.M. and Steele, D. S. (2000). Characteristics of phosphate-induced Ca(2+) efflux from the SR in mechanically skinned rat skeletal muscle fibers. American Journal of.Physiology, 278.1, pp. 126-135.

Duke, A.M. and Steele, D.S. (1998). Effects of caffeine and adenine nucleotides on Ca2+ uptake and release by the sarcoplasmic reticulum in saponin permeabilized skeletal muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology, 513.1, pp. 43-53.

Duke, A.M. and Steele, D.S. (1998). Effects of cyclopiazonic acid on Ca2+ regulation by the sarcoplasmic reticulum in saponin permeabilized skeletal muscle fibres. Pflugers Archive, .436, pp. 112-116.

Shmigol, A., Eisner, D.A. and Wray, S. (1999). Time resolved simultaneous monitoring of intraluminal and cytosolic [Ca2+] in single smooth muscle cells. Journal of Physiology, 521P, pp. 54P.

Ca2+ Release in Megakaryocytes or Megakaryocyte Derived Platlets

Hussain, J.F. & Mahaut-Smith, M.P. (1998). ADP and inositol trisphosphate evoke oscillations of a monovalent cation conductance in rat megakaryocytes. Journal of Physiology, 511.3, pp. 791-801.

Mahaut-Smith, M.P. (1995). Calcium-activated potassium channels in human platelets. Journal of Physiology, 484.1, pp. 15-24.

Rosado, J.A & Sage, S.O. (2000). Store-mediated calcium entry in human platelets: evidence for conformational coupling. Journal of Physiology, 525P, pp. 19P.

Jenner, S. & Sage, S.O. (1999). Two pathways for store-mediated Ca2+ entry in human platelets. Journal of Physiology, 520P, pp. 94P.

Rosado, J.A., Graves, D. & Sage, S.O. (2000). Tyrosine kinases activate store-mediated Ca2+ entry in human platelets through the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Biochemical Journal, 351, pp. 429-437.

Hussain, J.F. & Mahaut-Smith, M.P. (1999). Reversible and irreversible intracellular Ca2+ spiking in single isolated human platelets. Journal of Physiology, 514.3, pp. 713-718.

Mahaut-Smith, M.P., Hussain, J.F. & Mason, M.J. (1999). Depolarisation-evoked Ca2+ release in a non-excitable cell, the rat megakaryocyte. Journal of Physiology, 515.2, pp. 385-390.

Mason, M.J., Hussain, J.F. & Mahaut-Smith, M.P. (2000). A novel role for membrane potential in the modulation of calcium oscillations in rat megakaryocytes. Journal of Physiology, 524.2, pp. 437-446.

Mahaut-Smith, M.P., Ennion, S.J., Rolf, M.G., & Evans, R.J. (2000). ADP is not an agonist at P2X1 receptors: evidence for separate receptors stimulated by ATP and ADP on human platelets. British Journal of Pharmacology, 131, pp. 108-114.

Vial, C. Rolf, M.G., Mahaut-Smith M.P. & Evans, R.J. (2002). A study of P2X1 receptor function in megakaryocytes and platelets reveals synergy with P2Y receptors. British Journal of Pharmacology, 135, pp. 363-372.

Mason, M.J. & Mahaut-Smith, M.P. (2001). Voltage-dependent Ca2+ release in rat megakaryocytes requires functional IP3 receptors. Journal of Physiology, 533.1, pp. 175-183.

Rolf, M.G., Brearley, C.A. & Mahaut-Smith, M.P. (2001). Platelet shape change evoked by selective activation of P2X1 purinoceptors with a,b-methylene ATP. Thrombosis & Haemostasis, 85, pp. 303-308.

Alonso, M.T., Alvarez, J., Montero, M., Sanchez, A. and García-Sancho, J. (1991). Agonist-induced Ca2+ influx into human platelets is secondary to theemptying of intracellular calcium stores. Biochemical Journal, 280, pp. 783-789.

García Rodriguez, M.C., Montero, M., Alvarez, J., García-Sancho, J. and Sánchez Crespo, M. (1993). Dissociation of platelet-activating factor production and arachidonaterelease by the Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 268, pp. 24751-24757.

Various

Carter, T. D. and Ogden, D. (1997). Kinetics of Ca2+ release by InsP3 in pig single aortic endothelial cells: evidence for an inhibitory role of cytosolic Ca2+ in regulating hormonally evoked Ca2+ spikes. Journal of Physiology, 504.1, pp. 17-33.

Chen, W., Chen, C., Yang, K., Chang, W., Su, M., Wu, C. and Wu, M. (2001). Arachidonic acid-induced H+ and Ca2+ increases in both the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm of rat cerebellar granule cells. Journal of Physiology, 537.2, pp. 497-510.

Claydon, T.W., Boyett, M.R. Sivaprasadarao, A., Ishii, K., Owen, J.M., O'Beirne, H.A., Leach, R., Komukai K. and Orchard C.H. (2000). Inhibition of the K+ channel Kv1.4 by acidosis: protonation of an extracellular histidine slows the recovery from N-type inactivation. Journal of Physiology, 526.2, pp. 253-264.

Groigno, L. and Whitaker, M. (1998). An anaphase calcium signal controls chromosome disjunction in early sea urchin embryos. Cell, 92, pp. 193-204.

Kirkwood, N.K., and Kros, C.J. (1997). Rapid photorelease of calcium augments the fast potassium conductance of guinea-pig inner hair cells. Jounal of physiology, 504.P pp 127.

Montero, M., Alonso, M., Carnicero, E., Cuchillo-Ibáñez, I., Albillos, A., García, A.G., García-Sancho, J. and Alvarez, J. (2000). Chromaffin-cell stimulation triggers fast millimolar mitochondrial Ca 2+ transients that modulate secretion. Nature Cell Biology, Febuary 2000, Volume 2, pp. 57-61.

Morgan, A.J. and Jacob, R. (1998). Differential modulation of the phases of a Ca2+ spike by the store Ca2+-ATPase in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Journal of Physiology (1998), 513.1, pp. 83-101.

Pantazis, A. and Schwiening, C.J. (2002). The effect of mobile hydrogen ion buffers on depolarization-evoked pH gradients in Helix aspersa neurones. Journal of Physiology, 539 P.

Reed, H.E. and Smith, P.M. (1997). Calcium extrusion measured in acutely isolated rat incisor odontoblasts using the droplet technique. Journal of Dental Research, Vol.76, No.5, pp.1044.

Schweizer, F.E., Dresbach, T., DeBello, W.M., O’Connor, V., Augustine, G.J. and Betz, H. (1998). Regulation of Neurotransmitter Release Kinetics by NSF. Science, 279, pp.1203-1206.

Speake, T. and Elliott, A.C. (1998). Modulation of calcium signals by intracellular pH in isolated rat pancreatic acinar cells. Journal of Physiology, 506.2, pp. 415-430.

Wang, B., Chen, Y., Liu, S. and Lin-Shiau, S. (2000). An Increase in Free Radical Production by Means of an Anion Channel Blocker DIDS in Mouse Peritoneal Neutrophils. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences Council,. Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 178-186.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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