TY  - JOUR
TI  - On the role of calcium during chemotactic signalling and differentiation of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum.
AU  - Malchow, D
AU  - Mutzel, R
AU  - Schlatterer, C
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - Transient cytosolic calcium elevations are required for chemotaxis and differentiation of Dictyostelium discoideum since Ca2+ chelating buffers introduced into the cells by scrape loading inhibited motility as well as orientation in a Ca2+ specific manner. Ca2+ changes are provided either by intrinsic cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations that can be determined as periodic Ca2+ efflux, or by receptor-mediated Ca2+ liberation from the InsP3-sensitive store and Ca2+ influx. Cytosolic Ca2+ homeostasis as well as oscillations seem to be regulated by two different Ca2+ stores, the acidosomes and the InsP3-sensitive store, both of which are dependent on Ca2+ pumps and V-type H+ ATPases. Ca2+ transients are sensed by calmodulin-binding proteins. The latter have been detected in Dictyostelium by 125I-calmodulin labeling. A calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin A, was cloned, sequenced, purified and characterized biochemically. Overproduction of calcineurin A as well as antisense constructs will help to the elucidation of its function in signal transduction. Surprisingly, protein synthesis is also controlled by Ca2+/calmodulin. An integral ribosomal protein of the 60S subunit, L19, proved to be a calmodulin-binding protein and calmodulin antagonists of different classes, inhibited in vitro translation of Dictyostelium and wheat germ extracts.
PY  - 1996
VL  - 40
IS  - 1
SP  - 135
EP  - 139
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/8735922
Y2  - 2024/05/04/22:18:14
ER  -