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From: Functional distribution of Ca2+-coupled P2 purinergic receptors among adrenergic and noradrenergic bovine adrenal chromaffin cells

Figure 2

Calcium responses to ATP in immunolabeled chromaffin cells. A-C. Calcium images showing a group of chromaffin cells before (A, control), during stimulation with 100 μM ATP in presence of extracellular calcium (B) and during stimulation in the virtual absence of extracellular calcium (C, "ATP+EGTA"). At the end of each experiment cells were stimulated with 10 μM DMPP. Cells were allowed to rest for 10 min between consecutive stimulations. The fura-2 fluorescence ratio F340/F380 was determined for each cell in a field on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Images were coded in pseudocolor to show differences in the F340/F380 ratio. The images corresponding to ATP stimulation (B and C) were captured ~5 s after the ATP challenges (i.e. at the response peak in presence of extracellular calcium); D. Pseudocolor image of PNMT/TH immunofluorescence ratio (labeling index) and corresponding scale. Intensely colored red and green cells are adrenergic and noradrenergic cells, respectively. Scale bar = 50 μm. E. Time courses of changes in F340/F380 fluorescence ratio for three AD-cells (cells 1, 2 and 5, also depicted in A-D) and two NA-cells (cells 3 and 4). The lines denote superfusions with ATP or DMPP in the presence or virtual absence (middle traces) of extracellular calcium.

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