MECHANISM OF MUSCARINIC CONTROL OF THE HIGH-THRESHOLD CALCIUM CURRENT IN RABBIT SINOATRIAL NODE MYOCYTES
MECHANISM OF MUSCARINIC CONTROL OF THE HIGH-THRESHOLD CALCIUM CURRENT IN RABBIT SINOATRIAL NODE MYOCYTES
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00374956
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发表时间:
1993-04-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
LENFANT, J
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作者:
PETITJACQUES, J;BOIS, P;LENFANT, J
The mechanism of the action of acetylcholine (ACh) on the L-type calcium current (I(Ca,L)) was examined using a whole-cell voltage-clamp technique in single sino-atrial myocytes from the rabbit heart. ACh depressed basal I(Ca,L) at concentrations in the range 0.05-10 muM, without previous beta-adrenergic stimulation. The ACh-induced reduction of I(Ca,L) was reversed by addition of atropine, indicating that muscarinic receptors mediate it. Incubation of cells with a solution containing pertussis toxin led to abolition of the ACh effect, suggesting that this effect is mediated by G proteins activated by muscarinic receptors. Dialysis of cells with protein kinase inhibitor or 5'-adenylyl imidodiphosphate, inhibitors of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase, decreased basal I(Ca,L) by about 85% and suppressed the effect of ACh. The ACh effect was also absent in cells dialysed with a non-hydrolysable analogue of cAMP, 8-bromo-cAMP. The results suggest that, in basal conditions, a large part of the L-type calcium channels should be phosphorylated by protein kinase A stimulated by a high cAMP level correlated with a high adenylate cyclase activity. The depressing effect of ACh on I(Ca,L) may occur via inhibition of the high basal adenylate cyclase activity leading to a decrease of cAMP-dependent protein kinase stimulation and thus to a dephosphorylation of calcium channels.