THE CALCIUM-CHANNEL CURRENT OF PREGNANT RAT SINGLE MYOMETRIAL CELLS IN SHORT-TERM PRIMARY CULTURE
THE CALCIUM-CHANNEL CURRENT OF PREGNANT RAT SINGLE MYOMETRIAL CELLS IN SHORT-TERM PRIMARY CULTURE
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1987.sp016779
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发表时间:
1987-11-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
MIRONNEAU, J
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作者:
AMEDEE, T;MIRONNEAU, C;MIRONNEAU, J
1. The passive and active electrical properties of pregnant rat single myometrial cells in short-term primary culture were analysed using a single-electrode voltage or current clamp. 2. Action potentials and membrane currents were recorded in the presence of tetraethylammonium chloride and 4-aminopyridine (10 mM each) and with Cs+ solution (4 M) in the microelectrode. 3. The voltage dependence, the action of Ca2+ antagonists and the effects of Sr2+ or Ba2+ substitution were studied. The peak Ca2+ current density was in the range 15-20 .mu.A/cm2 in 10 mM-Ca2+ solution. 4. According to both measurement of the reversal potential of Ca2+ channel currents and comparison of the inward currents after correction for changing surface charge, the relative selectivity sequence of the Ca2+ channel for divalent cations was Ca2+ > Sr2+ = Ba2+. 5. The decay of Ca2+ channel current during a maintained depolarization was slowed when external Ca2+ was replaced by Sr2+ or Ba2+. The decay reflected an inactivation of Ca2+ channel conductance, as assessed by the decreased amplitude of inward tail currents following progressively longer depolarizations and the stable value of the reversal potential when Ca2+ channel current was increased during conditioning pulses. 6. Voltage-dependent inactivation was illustrated by inactivation of outward Ca2+ channel current due to K+ and/or Cs+ efflux with external Ba2+ or in the absence of any permanent divalent cation. 7. The relationship between inactivation and the intracellular Ca2+ concentration was assessed by a double-pulse method. Conditioning pulses that produced maximal Ca2+ current induced maximal inactivation: with stronger depolarizations inactivation decreased but was not completely prevented at the expected Ca2+ reversal potential. Increasing the amount of Ca2+ entering the cell during the pre-pulse reduced both amplitude and the kinetics of test Ca2+ currents. The results were not observed with Ba2+ as the charge carrier. 8. Ca2+ channel current inactivation was best fitted by a two-exponential function. The fast time constant of inactivation was larger in Ba2+ solution than in Ca2+ solution but both time constants showed little variation with membrane potential. The slow time constants of inactivation were steeply voltage dependent. 9. Recovery from inactivation was described as a two-exponential process in both Ca2+ and Ba2+ solutions. Only the slower time constant of recovery was decreased when Ba2+ ions were the charge carrier. 10. We conclude that inactivation of isolated myometrial Ca2+ channels is dependent on both internal Ca2+ concentration and membrane potential.