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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Journal of comparative physiology 183 (1998), S. 193-202 
    ISSN: 1432-1351
    Keywords: Key words Fura-2 ; Fluorescence ; Limulus ventral photoreceptors ; Mn2+ ; Calcium influx
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In contrast to insect species, light-activated influx of divalent ions into Limulus ventral photoreceptors has proven difficult to demonstrate. We used the quench of the fluorescent indicator dye, fura-2, to measure Mn2+ influx. Limulus ventral photoreceptors were injected with fura-2 and excited at 360 nm. When the photoreceptors were bathed in 1 mmol · l−1 Mn2+, an approximately 1% per 10 s decline in the fura-2 fluorescence during intervals between 50-ms flashes was taken as a measure of Mn2+ entry in darkness. Fluorescence decline during 10-s flashes was used to monitor Mn2+ entry during the photoresponse. During the 10-s flashes we observed a small rapid decline of the fura-2 fluorescence even in the absence of Mn2+. This reflected a contamination of the fluorescence signal arising from light-induced release of intracellular calcium stores. A subsequent slower decline in fluorescence during the 10-s flash, amounting to approximately 9% per 10 s, was only observed in the presence of extracellular Mn2+ and was attributed to Mn2+ influx. This light-activated influx was not through voltage-gated calcium channels since it persisted under voltage clamp, was not stimulated by depolarizing current injections, nor blocked by NiCl2. Depletion of internal calcium stores by cyclopiazonic acid treatment did not accelerate Mn2+ influx.
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