The peptide CGRP increases a high-threshold Ca2+ current in rat nodose neurones via a pertussis toxin-sensitive pathway.
The peptide CGRP increases a high-threshold Ca2+ current in rat nodose neurones via a pertussis toxin-sensitive pathway.
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肽 CGRP 通过百日咳毒素敏感途径增加大鼠结状神经元中的高阈值 Ca2 电流。
DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp019306
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1992
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MacDonald,RL
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作者:
Wiley,JW;Gross,RA;MacDonald,RL
1. The whole‐cell variation of the patch clamp technique was used to study the effect of calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP) on voltage‐gated calcium currents in acutely dissociated rat nodose ganglion neurones and to determine if its effects were mediated via a guanine nucleotide binding (G) protein. 2. Both low‐ and high‐threshold calcium current components were present in nodose ganglion neurones. CGRP had no effect on the isolated low‐threshold current component. However, CGRP (1‐1000 nM, ED50 = 50 nM) caused a concentration‐dependent increase in high‐threshold calcium currents. CGRP (1 microM) increased the peak of these calcium currents 21 +/‐ 4% over controls. 3. CGRP enhanced a transient high‐threshold calcium current evoked from a holding potential of ‐80 mV but did not affect the slowly inactivating high‐threshold current evoked from ‐40 mV. Multiple high‐threshold calcium currents have been reported in sensory neurones. We cannot state unequivocally which high‐threshold calcium current component was enhanced by CGRP. However, based on the observation that CGRP increased a transient but not the slowly inactivating high‐threshold calcium current, we believe the peptide enhanced primarily the N‐type calcium current component. 4. CGRP increased the maximal peak current and caused a modest negative shift of < or = 10 mV in the peak of the current‐voltage (I‐V) relation in three of six neurones. In the remaining three neurones the peptide increased the maximal peak current without a detectable shift in the peak of the I‐V relation. 5. To determine if the CGRP‐induced enhancement in calcium current was associated with an increase in calcium conductance, we studied the effect of the peptide on the instantaneous current‐voltage (I‐V) relation when currents were evoked at a clamp potential (Vc) of +30 mV, positive to the observed maximal current (Vc = 0 to +10 mV). CGRP increased the maximal conductance 23 +/‐ 4%. 6. The enhancement of calcium current by CGRP was not due to a shift in the voltage dependency of steady‐state inactivation of the calcium channels. The stimulatory effect of CGRP on calcium current was evaluated by evoking currents from different holding potentials (Vh) at the same Vc (+10 mV). CGRP‐induced increases in calcium currents were similar over the range of (Vh) from ‐60 to ‐110 mV, suggesting that the peptide did not alter voltage‐dependent steady‐state inactivation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)