RRC ID 52087
Author Onodera A, Yayama K, Morosawa H, Ishii Y, Tsutsumi Y, Kawai Y.
Title Reduction of calcium flux from the extracellular region and endoplasmic reticulum by amorphous nano-silica particles owing to carboxy group addition on their surface.
Journal Biochem Biophys Rep
Abstract Several studies have reported that amorphous nano-silica particles (nano-SPs) modulate calcium flux, although the mechanism remains incompletely understood. We thus analyzed the relationship between calcium flux and particle surface properties and determined the calcium flux route. Treatment of Balb/c 3T3 fibroblasts with nano-SPs with a diameter of 70 nm (nSP70) increased cytosolic calcium concentration, but that with SPs with a diameter of 300 or 1000 nm did not. Surface modification of nSP70 with a carboxy group also did not modulate calcium flux. Pretreatment with a general calcium entry blocker almost completely suppressed calcium flux by nSP70. Preconditioning by emptying the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium stores slightly suppressed calcium flux by nSP70. These results indicate that nSP70 mainly modulates calcium flux across plasma membrane calcium channels, with subsequent activation of the ER calcium pump, and that the potential of calcium flux by nano-SPs is determined by the particle surface charge.
Volume 9
Pages 330-334
Published 2017-3-1
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrep.2017.01.014
PII S2405-5808(17)30041-9
PMID 29114587
PMC PMC5632705
Resource
Human and Animal Cells BALB/3T3 clone A31(RCB0005)