PMID- 10771106 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000607 LR - 20190915 IS - 0168-0102 (Print) IS - 0168-0102 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 4 DP - 2000 Apr TI - Evidence of [Ca(2+)]i elevation by anti-calreticulin immunoreactive protein in neurons. PG - 285-90 AB - Calreticulin is a multifunctional Ca(2+)-binding protein. The effect of anti-calreticulin antibody on intracellular free calcium concentration [Ca(2+)]i was studied in cultured neurons using fura-2 based microfluorometry. Anti-calreticulin increased [Ca(2+)]i in a dose dependent manner. The anti-calreticulin antibody produced a rapid transient [Ca(2+)]i peak followed by a long slowly decaying plateau. Anti-calreticulin induced extracellular Ca(2+) influx in cultured neuron cells was blocked partially by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (AP5) and spider polyamine toxin JSTX-3, which is recognized as a blocker of glutamatergic nervous system. Furthermore, anti-calreticulin induced intracellular Ca(2+) desensitized NMDAR. Dual immunofluorescent staining studies revealed that NMDAR co-localized with calreticulin in the cultured neurons. Thus, the signal transduction system of NMDA might be closely concerned with the extracellular calreticulin like protein. FAU - Hossain, M A AU - Hossain MA AD - Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research, 1-1-1 Wakayamadai, Shimamotocho, Mishimagun, Osaka, Japan. hossain@sunbor.or.jp FAU - Murayama, N AU - Murayama N FAU - Oka, T AU - Oka T FAU - Nakajima, T AU - Nakajima T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Res JT - Neuroscience research JID - 8500749 RN - 0 (Calcium-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Calreticulin) RN - 0 (Ribonucleoproteins) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Amphibians MH - Animals MH - Calcium/*metabolism MH - Calcium-Binding Proteins/*analysis MH - Calreticulin MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Embryo, Mammalian MH - Embryo, Nonmammalian MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Neurons/cytology/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Ribonucleoproteins/*analysis EDAT- 2000/04/20 09:00 MHDA- 2000/06/10 09:00 CRDT- 2000/04/20 09:00 PHST- 2000/04/20 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/06/10 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/04/20 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0168010299001303 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0168-0102(99)00130-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Res. 2000 Apr;36(4):285-90. doi: 10.1016/s0168-0102(99)00130-3.