Abstract
An increase in the free cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration in thymocytes can be detected by the fluorescent indicator quin 2 within a few seconds of the addition of concanavalin A and the response is quantified from the increased proportion of quin 2 in the cells chelated by Ca2+ ('% Ca-quin 2'). The % Ca-quin 2 in untreated cells is 53 +/- 6%, increases to 64 +/- 7% immediately after the addition of concanavalin A and declines spontaneously over 24 h back to the level in untreated cells (53 +/- 6%). The increase in % Ca-quin 2 in response to concanavalin A is completely blocked when 50 mM-alpha-methyl D-mannoside is added before concanavalin A and completely reversed when the competing sugar is added immediately after the mitogen. Addition of alpha-methyl D-mannoside at increasing intervals after concanavalin A addition causes a progressively smaller decrease in % Ca-quin 2 and has a negligible effect after 24 h, when the % Ca-quin 2 is the same as that in untreated cells. The decline in the calcium signal defined by these experiments has a similar time course to cap formation by concanavalin A on the cells. It is concluded that the calcium signal lasts only while concanavalin A is bound to the cell surface and is terminated either by capping or by the addition of alpha-methyl D-mannoside.
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