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Development, Vol 121, Issue 6 1827-1831, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists

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Cytoskeletal elements link calcium channel activity and the cell cycle in early sea urchin embryos

I. Yazaki, E. Tosti and B. Dale

Using the whole-cell clamp technique, we show that L-type calcium channels are activated in early sea urchin blastomeres during M-phase and subsequently inactivated in S-phase. This cyclical channel behaviour occurs in the absence of the nucleus suggesting cytoplasmic regulation independent of the centrosome cycle. Puromycin at 100-400 micromolar does not prevent inactivation of the current showing that this phase, at least, does not require protein synthesis. Cytochalasin B at 2 microgram/ml inhibits the cyclical activity in both M and S phases, while 100 microgram/ml of colchicine inactivates the L-type current in M-phase and activates a large T-type calcium current in S-phase, suggesting that channel behaviour is regulated by cytoskeletal elements. Since, fragmentation experiments show the calcium channels to be clustered in the apical membrane, and some L-type calcium channel inhibitors induced a significant delay in the cell cycle, the channel may play a role in regulating cytokinesis possibly by contributing to local intracellular calcium gradients.


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