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Novel Function Of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase In T Cell Ca2+ Signaling, Ao-Lin Hsu, Tsui-Ting Ching, Goutam Sen, Da-Sheng Wan, Subbarao Bondada, Kalwant S. Authi, Ching-Shih Chen
Novel Function Of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase In T Cell Ca2+ Signaling, Ao-Lin Hsu, Tsui-Ting Ching, Goutam Sen, Da-Sheng Wan, Subbarao Bondada, Kalwant S. Authi, Ching-Shih Chen
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This study presents evidence that phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase is involved in T cell Ca2+ signaling via a phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate PI(3,4,5)P3-sensitive Ca2+entry pathway. First, exogenous PI(3,4,5)P3 at concentrations close to its physiological levels induces Ca2+ influx in T cells, whereas PI(3,4)P2, PI(4,5)P2, and PI(3)P have no effect on [Ca2+]i. This Ca2+ entry mechanism is cell type-specific as B cells and a number of cell lines examined do not respond to PI(3,4,5)P3 stimulation. Second, inhibition of PI 3-kinase by wortmannin and by overexpression of the …