ADENOSINE MODULATES VOLTAGE-GATED CA2+ CHANNELS IN ADULT-RAT SYMPATHETIC NEURONS
ADENOSINE MODULATES VOLTAGE-GATED CA2+ CHANNELS IN ADULT-RAT SYMPATHETIC NEURONS
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DOI:
10.1152/jn.1993.70.2.610
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发表时间:
1993-08-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
IKEDA, SR
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作者:
ZHU, Y;IKEDA, SR
1. Ca2+-channel modulation by adenosine was investigated in enzymatically dispersed adult rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons using the whole-cell variant of the patch-clamp technique.2. Adenosine produced a concentration-dependent decrease in the Ca2+-current amplitude with an EC50 of 174 nM and maximum inhibition of 36%. The effects of adenosine on the Ca2+ current were both time and voltage dependent. The inhibition was maximal at + 10 mV and decreased at either hyperpolarizing or depolarizing potentials.3. The inhibitory response desensitized after prolonged (> 1 min) exposure to 10 muM adenosine, whereas multiple brief (< 30 s) applications slightly decreased the subsequent response.4. Adenosine-induced Ca2+-current inhibition was mediated by an Al-type adenosine receptor, because the half-maximal inhibition value for an A, receptor selective agonist, chloro-N-cyclopentyladenosine, was 1,000-fold lower than that for an A2 receptor selective agonist, 2-p-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino-5'-N-ethylcarbozamido adenosine hydrochloride (33 nM vs. 40 muM, respectively).5. A guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein) appeared to be involved in the action of adenosine, because: 1) the adenosine-induced current inhibition could be largely relieved by depolarizing voltage prepulses; 2) tail current analysis revealed that adenosine shifted Ca2+-channel activation to more depolarized potentials; and 3) adenosine inhibition was abolished by 2 mM intracellular guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) or 500 ng/ml pertussis toxin pretreatment.6. Adenosine did not appear to inhibit L-type Ca2+ channels, because the prolonged tail current component induced by the dihydropyridine ''agonist'' 2,6-dimethy-3-carbomethoxy-5-nitro-4 (2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine (2 muM) was not affected by adenosine.7. Adenosine-induced inhibition was reduced to approximately 15% after application of 10 muM omega-conotoxin GVIA, suggesting that adenosine primarily inhibits N-type Ca2+ channels. The Ca2+-current component resistant to omega-conotoxin GVIA was also resistant to omega-agatoxin IVA (200 nM), suggesting a lack of P-type of Ca2+ channels in SCG neurons.8. In conclusion, adenosine produces a dose-, time-, and voltage-dependent inhibition of Ca2+ currents in SCG neurons. Adenosine acts on an A1 adenosine receptor subtype in SCG neurons via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein to inhibit N-type Ca2+ channels and an unidentified Ca2+-current component. Modulation of Ca2+ currents by adenosine may be an important mechanism for its inhibitory effect on neurotransmitter release in sympathetic neurons.