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Fig. 4. PLC causes depletion of PtdIns(4,5)P2 from permeabilised mast cells. (A) RPMCs were permeabilised with SL-O in the presence of 100 µM MgATP and 3 mM Ca:EGTA at pCa 7, or 100 µM MgATP, 10 µM GTP S and 3 mM Ca:EGTA at pCa 5 for 3 minutes at 30°C. Cells were then fixed and stained with 2C11 (red) and Alexa Fluor 647-concanavalin A (blue). Bar, 10 µm. (B-D) PLC inhibitors prevent PtdIns(4,5)P2 depletion and block degranulation of permeabilised cells. Mast cells were permeabilised as described in (A) at pCa 5, 100 µM MgATP and 10 µM GTP S, in the presence of U73-122 or U73-343 (B), neomycin (C), 40 µM Et-18-OMe, 100 µM LY294002 or LY303511, and 5 mM ß-GP (D) as indicated. (E) RPMCs were permeabilised in the presence of 100 µM MgATP and 300 µM Ca:EGTA at pCa 8 at 30°C. After 2 minutes, the indicated peptide was added to 100 µM. After a further 5 minutes, cells were activated by the addition of the indicated buffers at the same concentrations as (A). The numbers of degranulated cells were counted, and the numbers normalised to the control value for each experiment. Values represent the means of three or more independent experiments ± s.e.m., with the exceptions of U73-343 and LY303511, which are means ± range of duplicate experiments. 0.4% EtOH is the vehicle control for 40 µM Et-18-OMe.
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