A localized elevation of cytosolic free calcium is associated with cytokinesis in the zebrafish embryo

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A localized elevation of cytosolic free calcium is associated with cytokinesis in the zebrafish embryo

DC Chang and C Meng
Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Cytokinesis, a key step in cell division, is known to be precisely regulated both in its timing and location. At present, the regulatory mechanism of cytokinesis is not well understood, although it has been suggested that calcium signaling may play an important role in this process. To test this notion, we introduced a sensitive fluorescent Ca2+ indicator into the zebrafish embryo and used confocal microscopy to measure the spatiotemporal variation of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) during cell cleavage. It was evident that a localized elevation of [Ca2+]i is closely associated with cytokinesis. First, we found that during cytokinesis, the level of free Ca2+ was elevated locally precisely at the cleavage site. Second, the rise of free Ca2+ was very rapid and occurred just preceding the initiation of furrow contraction. These observations strongly suggest that cytokinesis may be triggered by a calcium signal. In addition, we found that this cytokinesis-associated calcium signal arose mainly from internal stores of Ca2+ rather than from external free Ca2+; it could be blocked by the antagonist of inositol trisphosphate (InsP3) receptors. These findings suggest that the localized elevation of [Ca2+]i is caused by the release of free Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum through the InsP3-regulated calcium channels.
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