Ammonium triggers calcium elevation in cultured mouse microglial cells by initiating Ca2+ release from thapsigargin-sensitive intracellular stores

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 439, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 370-377

  Minelli, Andrea ^c   Lyons, Susan ^a   Nolte, Christiane ^a   Verkhratsky, Alexey ^a,b   Kettenmann, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Intracellular calcium; Intracellular pH; Microglia; NH3 NH4+

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 2,7 BIS(CARBOXYETHYL) 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; FURA 2; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; THAPSIGARGIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALKALINIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PH; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MICE; MICROGLIA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEINS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; THAPSIGARGIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033964806     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050952     Document Type: Article

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