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. 1996 Sep 1;495(Pt 2):331–338. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021597

Differentiation of the human monocytic cell line U937 results in an upregulation of the calcium release-activated current, ICRAC.

R A Floto 1, M P Mahaut-Smith 1, J M Allen 1, B Somasundaram 1
PMCID: PMC1160795  PMID: 8887747

Abstract

1. Single cell fura-2 fluorescence measurements and whole-cell patch clamp recordings were used to investigate the effects of macrophage-like differentiation, induced by dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP), on Ca2+ influx triggered by Ca2+ store depletion in the human monocytic cell line, U937. 2. In differentiated cells, the rise in intracellular [Ca2+] following store depletion by thapsigargin (TG) in nominally Ca(2+)-free solution was 94% greater and the [Ca2+]i rise on subsequent re-addition of external Ca2+ (2 mM) was 292% greater than in undifferentiated cells. 3. Under conditions where [Ca2+]i was buffered by BAPTA, TG-induced store depletion failed to activate a detectable inward Ca2+ current in undifferentiated U937 cells. Under identical conditions, store depletion of differentiated U937 cells generated an inwardly rectifying Ca(2+)-selective current which showed no reversal from -140 to +30 mV and was blocked by 1 microM external La3+; characteristics of the calcium release-activated Ca2+ current (ICRAC) identified in other cells. 4. We conclude that U937 cells show a differentiation-dependent upregulation of a store-mediated Ca2+ entry pathway, identified as ICRAC, which is not correlated with the small associated increase in the size of TG-sensitive Ca2+ pools.

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