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. 1996 Feb 1;313 ( Pt 3)(Pt 3):909-13.
doi: 10.1042/bj3130909.

Submicromolar La3+ concentrations block the calcium release-activated channel, and impair CD69 and CD25 expression in CD3- or thapsigargin-activated Jurkat cells

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Submicromolar La3+ concentrations block the calcium release-activated channel, and impair CD69 and CD25 expression in CD3- or thapsigargin-activated Jurkat cells

C Aussel et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

The calcium release-activated channel (CRAC) opened in Jurkat cells activated either with CD3 monoclonal antibody or the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2(+)-ATPase blocker, thapsigargin, is blocked by La3+ with an IC50 of 20 nM. Similarly, the entry of Mn2+, used as a surrogate for Ca2+, is also blocked by submicromolar La3+ concentrations. La3+ seems to play its role simply by plugging the CRAC because this ion does not penetrate the cells, as demonstrated by chelation experiments with EGTA. Blocking the Ca2+ influx in activated Jurkat cells results in a lack of expression of CD25, a chain of the interleukin-2 receptor and of CD69, a marker of T-cell activation. By contrast, the very early steps of the T-cell signalling pathway such as the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores and the subsequent inhibition of phosphatidylserine synthesis are not affected by La3+.

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