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Sustained and transient calcium currents in horizontal cells of the white bass retina

J M Sullivan et al. J Gen Physiol. 1992 Jan.

Abstract

Calcium currents were recorded from cultured horizontal cells (HCs) isolated from adult white bass retinas, using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Ca2+ currents were enhanced using 10 mM extracellular Ca2+, while Na+ and K+ currents were pharmacologically suppressed. Two components of the Ca2+ current, one transient, the other sustained, were found. The large transient component of the Ca2+ current, which has not been seen before in HCs, is similar, but not identical, to the T-type Ca2+ current described previously in a variety of preparations. The sustained component of the Ca2+ current is similar, but not identical, to the L-type current described in other preparations. FTX, a factor isolated from the venom of the funnel-web spider, Agelenopsis aperta, preferentially and irreversibly blocks the sustained component of the Ca2+ current at very dilute concentrations. The sustained component of the Ca2+ current inactivates slowly, over the course of 15-60 s, in some HCs. This inactivation of the sustained Ca2+ current, when present, is primarily voltage dependent rather than Ca2+ dependent.

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