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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2012

Real-time electrical measurement of L929 cellular spontaneous and synchronous oscillation.

Mohana Marimuthu, Cheolsoo Park, Sanghyo Kim, Cheol Soo Choi

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Flufenamic acid as an ion channel modulator.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2013
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohana MarimuthuCollege of Bionanotechnology, Kyungwon University, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Cheolsoo Park
Sanghyo Kim
Cheol Soo Choi
Kyungdong University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonexcitable cell types, fibroblasts of heart muscle or astrocytes, are well known for their spontaneous Ca(2+) oscillations. On the other hand, murine fibroblast (L929) cells are known to be deficient in cell-cell adhesive proteins and therefore lack gap junctions for cellular communication. However, these cells exhibit a unique property of collectively synchronized and spontaneous oscillation, as revealed by real-time monitoring of cells cultured on a 250-μm diameter microelectrode for more than 3 days using an electrical cell-substrate impedance-sensing system (ECIS). Live-cell imaging is a widely used technique for oscillation detection, but it has limitations relating to cellular physiological environment maintenance for microscopic analysis and for prolonged periods of study. The present research emphasizes an electrical-sensing technique (ECIS) capable of overcoming the most important issues inherent in live-cell imaging systems for the detection of L929 cellular spontaneous and synchronized oscillation in real-time for longer periods. Possible mechanisms involved in L929 oscillation were elucidated to be periodic extension/contraction of lamellipodia continued as blebbing, which is produced by signals from the actomyosin complex initiated by connexin hemichannel opening and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) release. By applying the connexin hemichannel inhibitor, flufenamic acid, the hindrance of ATP release and calcium transients were analyzed to elucidate this hypothesis.

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Adenosine TriphosphateAnimalsCalcium SignalingCell Line, TumorChlorocebus aethiopsConnexin 43Cytological TechniquesElectric ImpedanceElectrochemical TechniquesFibroblastsFlufenamic AcidMiceMicroscopy, FluorescencePseudopodiaVero CellsAdenosine TriphosphateConnexin 43Flufenamic AcidGJA1 protein, mouseblebbingconnexin 43ECISlamellipodiamurine fibroblastsynchronization

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PMID22275825
PMCPMC3260953
OpenAlexW1990088864

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