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Table 1 Basal [Ca2+]i and the increase over basal [Ca2+]i after cAMP-addition in wild type and regA- cells in the absence and presence of IBMX. 1 μM cAMP was added to wild type at t7–t8 and to regA- at t4 because the mutant develops more rapidly. [Ca2+]i was determined by ratiometric imaging in single cells either in nominally Ca2+-free buffer (- Ca2+) or in buffer containing 1 mM Ca2+. Values are mean ± s.e.m. and numbers in brackets indicate the numbers of cells tested in at least 3 determinations in at least 2 independent experiments each.

From: cAMP controls cytosolic Ca2+ levels in Dictyostelium discoideum

Strain Condition

Basal [Ca2+]i

cAMP-induced [Ca2+]i-change

 

- IBMX

+ IBMX

- IBMX

+ IBMX

regA-

    

- Ca2+

55 ± 1 (131)

97 ± 1 (111)

71 ± 8 (30)

81 ± 9 (25)

+ 1 mM Ca2+

54 ± 1 (85)

96 ± 2 (66)

79 ± 6 (52)

85 ± 8 (35)

Wild type

    

- Ca2+

53 ± 1 (94)

98 ± 1 (148)

no increase

132 ± 9 (58)

+ 1 mM Ca2+

50 ± 1 (185)

53 ± 1 (127)

125 ± 6 (83)

155 ± 10 (55)