INHIBITION OF TRANSMITTER RELEASE FROM SYMPATHETIC-NERVE ENDINGS BY OMEGA-CONOTOXIN
INHIBITION OF TRANSMITTER RELEASE FROM SYMPATHETIC-NERVE ENDINGS BY OMEGA-CONOTOXIN
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1440-1681.1989.tb01568.x
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发表时间:
1989-04-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
ZIOGAS, J
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作者:
BROCK, JA;CUNNANE, TC;ZIOGAS, J
1. The effects of the calcium channel blocker, ω‐conotoxin, on sympathetic neuroeffector function in the guinea‐pig vas deferens have been investigated using a combination of mechanical and electrophysiological recording techniques.2. Diphasic contractions evoked by electrical field stimulation were irreversibly abolished by ω‐conotoxin (10–100 nmol/L).3. Electrically evoked excitatory junction potentials and currents were irreversibly blocked by ω‐conotoxin (10–100 nmol/L). Spontaneous excitatory junction potentials and currents were unaffected by this treatment.4. ω‐Conotoxin did not block impulse propagation in the nerve terminals. However, in three of four experiments ω‐conotoxin caused a decrease in the size of the nerve terminal impulse.5. These findings support the suggestion the co‐conotoxin acts prejunctionally to inhibit sympathetic neuroeffector by interfering with depolarization‐secretion coupling.