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Volume 23 contents aCell Calcaium (199a8) 23(6), i-iii NUMBER 1 JANUARY 1998 RESEARCH Sequence-specific antibodies to connexins block intercellular calcium signaling through gap junctions S. Boitano, E.R. Dirksen, W.H. Evans 1 Agonist-induced down-regulation of type 1 and type 3 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors in A7r5 and DDT, MF-2 smooth muscle cells H. Sipma, L. Deelman, H. De Smedt, L. Missiaen, J.B. Parys, S. Vanlingen, R.H. Henning, R. Casteels 11 Fura-—2 calcium signals in skeletal muscle fibres loaded with high concentrations of EGTA A. Struk, G. Sztics, H.K emmer, W. Melzer 23 Voltage dependent calcium channels in adrenal glomerulosa cells and in insulin producing cells A. Horvath, Gy. Szabadkai, P. Varnai, T. Aranyi, C.B. Wollheim, A. Spat, P.E nyedi 33 Kinetic basis of quantal calcium release from intracellular calcium stores L.G. Mészaros, A. Zahradnikova, P. Volpe 43 Calcium store depletion activates two distinct calcium entry pathways in secretory cells of the blowfly salivary gland B. Zimmermann 53 HYPOTHESIS Does a decrease in subplasmalemmal Ca?* explain how store-operated Ca** channels are opened? G.J. Barritt 65 NUMBER 2/3 FEBRUARY/MARCH 1998 SPECIAL ISSUE Nuclear calcium: regulation and functions Edited by Oriol Bachs, Ernesto Carafoli, Pierluigi Nicotera & Luigia Santella Preface O. Bachs, E. Carafoli, P. Nicotera, L. Santella 77 INVITED REVIEWS Current evidence suggests independent regulation of nuclear calcium M. N. Badminton, J. M. Kendall, C. M. Rembold, A. K. Campbell 79 The calcium store in the nuclear envelope O. H. Petersen, O. V. Gerasimenko, J. V. Gerasimenko, H. Mogami, A. V. Tepikin 87 Calcium regulation of nuclear pore permeability M. A. Lee, R. C. Dunn, D. E. Clapham, L. Stehno-Bittel 91 The role of Ca?*/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases within the nucleus E. K. Heist, H. Schulman 103 New nuclear functions for calmodulin N. Agell, R. Aligué, V. Alemany, A. Castro, M. Jaime, M. J. Pujol, E. Rius, J. Serratosa, M. Taulés, O. Bachs Calcium, protease action, and the regulation of the cell cycle L. Santella, K. Kyozuka, L. De Riso, E. Carafoli 123 Mechanisms controlling gene expression by nuclear calcium signals G. E. Hardingham, F. H. Cruzalegui, S. Chawla, H. Bading 131 ii Volume 23 contents Calcium regulation of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors S. Hermann, J. Saarikettu, J. Onions, K. Hughes, T. Grundstr6ém 135 The role of calcium in activity-dependent neuronal gene regulation H. Bito 143 TPEN, a Zn?*/Fe** chelator with low affinity for Ca**, inhibits lamin assembly, destabilizes nuclear architecture and may independently protect nuclei from apoptosis in vitro D. K. Shumaker, Lewis R. Vann, M. W. Goldberg, T. D. Allen, K.L. Wilson 151 Calcium, free radicals and excitotoxins in neuronal apoptosis S.A. Lipton, P. Nicotera 165 The role of calcium in apoptosis P. Nicotera, S. Orrenius 173 NUMBER 4 APRIL 1998 RESEARCH Ca uptake by heart cells: |. Ca uptake by the sarcoplasmic reticulum of intact heart cells in suspension R. A. Haworth, A. B. Goknur, A. V. Biggs, D. Redon, K. T. Potter 181 Ca uptake by heart cells: Il. Most entering Ca appears to leave without mixing with the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca pool R. A. Haworth, D. Redon, A. V. Biggs, K. T. Potter 199 Growth hormone-releasing factor mobilizes cytosolic free calcium through different mechanisms in two somatotrope subpopulations from porcine pituitary J. L. Ramirez, R. Torronteras, M. M. Malagon. J. P. Castafio, S. Garcia-Navarro, J. L. Gonzalez de Aguilar, A. J. Martinez-Fuentes, F. Gracia-Navarro 207 Thapsigargin and receptor-mediated activation of Drosophila TRPL channels stably expressed in a Drosophila S2 cell line S. Yagodin, R. C. Hardie, S. J. Lansdell, N. S. Millar, W. T. Mason, D. B. Sattelle 219 Capacitative Ca** entry into Xenopus oocytes is sensitive to w-conotoxins GVIA, MVIIA and MVIIC R. B. Lomax, C. J. Herrero, E. Garcia-Palomero, A. G. Garcia, C. Montiel 229 Opposite effects on cytosolic Ca** of antitumor phospholipids by induction of calcium influx and activation of endoplasmic reticulum Ca**-ATPase J. Bergmann, P. Langen, Y. Thomas, H. Brachwitz 241 A fluorometric method for estimating the calcium content of internal stores S. Bergling, R. Dolmetsch, R. S. Lewis, J. Keizer 251 Modelling of some potential effects of lumenal Ca** binding on the kinetics of Ca** release from the endoplasmic reticulum L. Raeymaekers 261 NUMBER 5 MAY 1998 RESEARCH Confocal near-membrane detection of calcium in cardiac myocytes L.A. Blatter, E. Niggli 269 Heterotrimeric G protein is associated with the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor complex and modulates calcium flux C.B. Neylon, A. Nickashin, V.A. Tkachuk, A. Bobik 281 Stochastic simulation of a single inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive Ca** channel reveals repetitive openings during ‘blip-like’ Ca®* transients S. Swillens, P. Champeil, L. Combettes, G. Dupont 291 Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate- and ryanodine-sensitive Ca®* release channel-dependent Ca** signalling in rat portal vein myocytes F.X. Boittin, F. Coussin, N. Macrez, C. Mironneau, J. Mironneau 303 Use of Indo—1FF for measurements of rapid micromolar cytoplasmic free Ca** increments in a single smooth muscle cell V.Ya. Ganitkevich 313 Cell Calcium (1998) 23(6), i-iii © Harcourt Brace & Co. Ltd 1998 Volume 23 contents _ iii Characterization of the human CALM2 calmodulin gene and comparison of the transcriptional activity of CALM1, CALM2 and CALM3 S.L. Toutenhoofd, D. Foletti, R. Wicki, J.A. Rhyner, F. Garcia, R. Tolon, E.E. Strehler 323 Multiple mechanisms of regulation of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor by calcium L. Picard, J-F. Coquil, J-P. Mauger 339 An exocytotic mutant of Paramecium caudatum: membrane fusion without secretory contents release N. Klauke, R. Kissmehl, H. Plattner, N. Haga, T. Watanabe 349 NUMBER 6 JUNE 1998 RESEARCH Calmodulin regulation of Ca** entry in Jurkat T cells D.M. Haverstick, J.J. Densmore, L.S. Gray 361 Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptides 38 and 27 increase cytosolic free Ca** concentration in porcine somatotropes through common and distinct mechanisms A.J. Martinez-Fuentes, J.P. Castano, M.M. Malagon, R. Vazquez-Martinez, F. Gracia-Navarro 369 Histamine causes Ca** entry via both a store-operated and a store-independent pathway in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells M. Zerbes, S.J. Bunn, D.A. Powis 379 Sphingosylphosphorylcholine and sphingosine-1-phosphate mobilize cytosolic calcium through different mechanisms in human airway epithelial cells S. Orlati, A.M. Porcelli, S. Hrelia, M. Rugolo 387 Differential sensitivity to nickel and SK&F96365 of second messenger-operated and receptor-operated calcium channels in rat submandibular ductal cells N. Chaib, E. Kabré, M. Métioui, E. Alzola, C. Dantinne, A. Marino, J.P. Dehaye 395 cGMP production is coupled to Ca?*-dependent nitric oxide generation in rabbit parotid acinar cells H. Michikawa, Y. Mitsui, J. Fujita- Yoshigaki, M. Hara-Yokoyama, S. Furuyama, H. Sugiya 405 Mapping of a carboxyl-terminal active site of parathyroid hormone by calcium-imaging S. Erdmann, H. Burkhardt, K. von der Mark, W. Maller 413 Images of Ca** flux in astrocytes: evidence for spatially distinct sites of Ca®* release and uptake A.D. Laskey, B.J. Roth, P.B. Simpson, J.T. Russell 423 Passive Ca** binding in ventricular myocardium of neonatal and adult rats R.A. Bassani, T.R. Shannon, D.M. Bers 433 Subject index to Volume 23 443 Author index to Volume 23 447 Volume 23 contents © Harcourt Brace & Co. Ltd 1998 ISSN 0143 4160 All rights reserved. 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