Calcium channel currents in acutely dissociated intracardiac neurons from adult rats - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 1997 Apr;77(4):1769-78.
doi: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.4.1769.
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Calcium channel currents in acutely dissociated intracardiac neurons from adult rats
S W Jeong et al. J Neurophysiol. 1997 Apr.
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Abstract
With the use of the whole cell patch-clamp technique, multiple subtypes of voltage-activated calcium channels, as indicated by measuring Ba2+ currents, were pharmacologically identified in acutely dissociated intracardiac neurons from adult rats. All tested neurons that were held at -80 mV displayed only high-voltage-activated (HVA) Ca2+ channel currents that were completely blocked by 100 microM CdCl2. The current density of HVA Ca2+ currents was dependent on the external Ca2+ concentration. The Ba2+ (5 mM) currents were half-activated at -16.3 mV with a slope of 5.6 mV per e-fold change. The steady-state inactivation was also voltage dependent with half-inactivation at -33.7 mV and a slope of -12.1 mV per e-fold change. The most effective L-type channel activator, FPL 64176 (2 microM), enhanced the Ba2+ current in a voltage-dependent manner. When cells were held at -80 mV, the saturating concentration (10 microM) of nifedipine blocked approximately 11% of the control Ba2+ current. The major component of the Ca2+ channels was N type (63%), which was blocked by a saturating concentration (1 microM) of omega-conotoxin GVIA. Approximately 19% of the control Ba2+ current was sensitive to omega-conotoxin MVIIC (5 microM) but insensitive to low concentrations (30 and 100 nM) of omega-agatoxin IVA (omega-Aga IVA). In addition, a high concentration (1 microM) of omega-Aga IVA occluded the effect of omega-conotoxin MVIIC. Taken together, these results indicate that the omega-conotoxin MVIIC-sensitive current represents only the Q type of Ca2+ channels. The current that was insensitive to nifedipine and various toxins represents the R-type current (7%), which was sensitive to 100 microM NiCl2. In conclusion, the intracardiac neurons from adult rats express at least four different subtypes (L, N, Q, and R) of HVA Ca2+ channels. This information is essential for understanding the regulation of synaptic transmission and excitability of intracardiac neurons by different neurotransmitters and neural regulation of cardiac functions.
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