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@ARTICLE{Kaschek:306662,
author = {L. Kaschek and J. Vialle and G. Stopper and M. D. A.
Hoffmann and S. Zöphel and J. Jansky and N. Küchler and G.
Schäfer and A. Moter and P. Wendel$^*$ and F. Neumann and
C. Schormann and E. Ullrich$^*$ and L. P. Roma and C.
Kummerow and L. Thurner and E. C. Schwarz and M. Hoth},
title = {{F}ura-10, unlike fura-2, is suitable for long-term calcium
imaging in natural killer ({NK}) cells without compromising
cytotoxicity and can be combined with target cell death
analysis.},
journal = {Cell calcium},
volume = {133},
issn = {0143-4160},
address = {Edinburgh [u.a.]},
publisher = {Churchill Livingstone},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-02655},
pages = {103091},
year = {2025},
abstract = {There are compelling reasons to opt for primary human
natural killer (NK) cells when validating Ca2+ indicators.
1.) NK cells exhibit a high degree of vulnerability to
stressors such as indicator loading or light exposure. 2.)
The lack of research on NK Ca2+ signaling underscores the
necessity for developing reliable assays. 3.) The increased
utilization of NK cell therapies necessitates a more
profound comprehension of Ca2+ dependent signal
transduction. Consequently, an assay was developed to
monitor cytosolic Ca2+ signals in individual NK cells
simultaneously with their cytotoxic function against cancer
cells. We used this assay to assess the suitability of
fura-2, fura-PE3, fura-8, fura-10 or fura-red for
quantifying Ca2+ signals in NK cells without compromising
their cytotoxic function. In contrast to the widely used
fura-2, its red-shifted derivative fura-10 did not interfere
with NK cytotoxicity over several hours. It exhibited a
superior signal-to-noise ratio and good dynamic range,
accompanied by minimal bleaching or leakage. Fura-8 and
fura-red also preserved NK cell cytotoxicity, but had other
disadvantages compared to fura-10. We successfully used
fura-10 to report Ca2+ signals in NK cells from blood donors
and patients diagnosed with lymphoma and leukemia over
several hours at 37 °C during apoptotic or necrotic killing
of different cancer cells (K562, THP1, OCI-AML2, and TMD8).
Additionally, we show that fura-10 is well suited to report
Ca2+ signals in intact murine pancreatic islets, another
stress-sensitive cell preparation. Consequently, fura-10 is
an optimal choice for measuring Ca²⁺ in primary human NK
cells and other primary cell preparations.},
keywords = {Calcium (Other) / Cytotoxicity (Other) / Fura-10 (Other) /
Fura-2 (Other) / Natural killer (NK) cell (Other) /
Pancreatic islets (Other) / cancer (Other)},
cin = {FM01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)FM01-20160331},
pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41314008},
doi = {10.1016/j.ceca.2025.103091},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/306662},
}