Neuron

Neuron

Volume 4, Issue 4, April 1990, Pages 547-555
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Feedback inhibition by calcium limits the release of calcium by inositol trisphosphate in Limulus ventral photoreceptors

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Abstract

Injection of inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate (InsP3) into Limulus ventral photoreceptors elevates the concentration of intracellular calcium ions and as a consequence depolarizes the photoreceptor. This InsP3-induced elevation can be inhibited by a prior injection of calcium or InsP3 delivered 1 s earlier. Recovery from this inhibition has a half-time of between 1.5 and 5 s at 20°C. Calcium released by (InsP3) therefore inhibits further release of calcium from InsP3-sensitive calcium stores. This feedback inhibition may protect the calcium stores from depletion during prolonged bright illumination. Feedback inhibition, rather than periodic depletion of calcium stores, may also underlie the oscillatory bursts of InsP3-induced calcium release that have been observed in many cell types.

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