RAPID ONSET AND CALCIUM INDEPENDENCE OF THE GAP JUNCTION UNCOUPLING INDUCED BY HEPTANOL IN CULTURED HEART-CELLS
RAPID ONSET AND CALCIUM INDEPENDENCE OF THE GAP JUNCTION UNCOUPLING INDUCED BY HEPTANOL IN CULTURED HEART-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00374154
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发表时间:
1995-01-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
DELEZE, J
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作者:
BASTIDE, B;HERVE, JC;DELEZE, J
The kinetics of the reversible interruption of gap junction communication by the aliphatic alcohol heptanol and the possible mediation of an increase of the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration have been investigated in pairs of myocytes dissociated from neonatal rat ventricles and cultured for 2-3 days. Junctional communication was estimated by measuring either the cell-to-cell electrical conductance with a double whole-cell voltage-clamp method, or the rate constant of dye diffusion with the fluorescence recovery after photo-bleaching (gap FRAP) technique. Electrical coupling was seen to be abruptly interrupted (in less than 0.5 s) by heptanol (1-3 mM). The cytosolic Ca2+ concentration was not affected, even at a saturating heptanol concentration. Heptanol removal allowed a gradual re-opening of gap junctional channels, as shown by the recovery curve of the cell-to-cell conductance, which is 90% complete within 90 s. These data are consistent with a direct interaction of heptanol with channel proteins or with their lipid environment.