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您的检索式：作者名="Sarah E.Webb"
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| 1 | Expression and reconstitution of the bioluminescent Ca2+reporter aequorin in human embryonic stem cells,and exploration of the presence of functional IP3 and ryanodine receptors during the early stages of their differentiation into cardiomyocytes显示文摘In order to develop a novel method of visualizing possible Ca^(2+) signaling during the early differentiation of h ESCs into cardiomyocytes and avoid some of the inherent problems associated with using fluorescent reporters, we expressed the bioluminescent Ca^(2+) reporter, apo-aequorin, in HES2 cells and then reconstituted active holo-aequorin by incubation with f-coelenterazine. The temporal nature of the Ca^(2+) signals generated by the holo-f-aequorin-expressing HES2 cells during the earliest stages of differentiation into cardiomyocytes was then investigated. Our data show that no endogenous Ca^(2+) transients(generated by release from intracellular stores) were detected in 1–12-day-old cardiospheres but transients were generated in cardiospheres following stimulation with KCl or Ca Cl_2, indicating that holo-f-aequorin was functional in these cells. Furthermore, following the addition of exogenous ATP, an inositol trisphosphate receptor(IP_3R) agonist, small Ca^(2+) transients were generated from day 1 onward. That ATP was inducing Ca^(2+) release from functional IP_3 Rs was demonstrated by treatment with 2-APB, a known IP_3 R antagonist. In contrast, following treatment with caffeine, a ryanodine receptor(Ry R) agonist, a minimal Ca^(2+) response was observed at day 8 of differentiation only. Thus, our data indicate that unlike Ry Rs, IP_3 Rs are present and continually functional at these early stages of cardiomyocyte differentiation. | Harvey Y.S.Chan Man Chun Cheung Yi Gao Andrew L.Miller Sarah E.Webb | 2016 | Science China(Life Sciences)2016，59，8： | 5 |
| 2 | Identification of Ca2+ signaling components in neural stem/progenitor cells during differentiation into neurons and glia in intact and dissociated zebrafish neurospheres显示文摘The development of the CNS in vertebrate embryos involves the generation of different sub-types of neurons and glia in a complex but highly-ordered spatio-temporal manner. Zebrafish are commonly used for exploring the development, plasticity and regeneration of the CNS, and the recent development of reliable protocols for isolating and culturing neural stem/progenitor cells(NSCs/NPCs) from the brain of adult fish now enables the exploration of mechanisms underlying the induction/specification/differentiation of these cells. Here, we refined a protocol to generate proliferating and differentiating neurospheres from the entire brain of adult zebrafish. We demonstrated via RT-qPCR that some isoforms of ip3 r, ryr and stim are upregulated/downregulated significantly in differentiating neurospheres, and via immunolabelling that 1,4,5-inositol trisphosphate receptor(IP3 R) type-1 and ryanodine receptor(RyR) type-2 are differentially expressed in cells with neuron-or radial glial-like properties. Furthermore, ATP but not caffeine(IP3 R and RyR agonists, respectively), induced the generation of Ca^(2+) transients in cells exhibiting neuron-or glial-like morphology. These results indicate the differential expression of components of the Ca^(2+) -signaling toolkit in proliferating and differentiating cells. Thus, given the complexity of the intact vertebrate brain, neurospheres might be a useful system for exploring neurodegenerative disease diagnosis protocols and drug development using Ca^(2+) signaling as a read-out. | Man Kit Tse Ting Shing Hung Ching Man Chan Tiffany Wong Mike Dorothea Catherine Leclerc Marc Moreau Andrew L.Miller Sarah E.Webb | 2018 | Science China(Life Sciences)2018，61，11： | 4 |
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