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. 2020 Jul 28;10:12568. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69412-1

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Temperature dependence on long-term fluorescent calcium imaging in mammalian cells. (A) HEK cells are known to express temperature-dependent calcium channels, which may trigger calcium in- or efflux through so-called TRP channel families. (B) Image processing workflow shows how we continuously captured fluorescent images using the digital microscope in our incubator setting for single- and multi-cell spatiotemporal calcium fluorometry and metabolic studies. (C1-4) Temperature-dependent changes in intracellular calcium levels in (C1–C2) HEK cells and (C3–C4) primary cortical neurons (E18, rat). (D1–D4) Calcium influx and efflux characteristics show higher temperature sensitivity of HEK cells versus neuronal cells.