Descending vasa recta pericytes express voltage operated Na+ conductance in the rat.
Descending vasa recta pericytes express voltage operated Na+ conductance in the rat.
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大鼠中降直血管周细胞表达电压操作的Na电导。
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10.1113/jphysiol.2005.091538
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2005
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Pallone,ThomasL
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Zhang,Zhong;Cao,Chunhua;Lee-Kwon,Whaseon;Pallone,ThomasL
We studied the properties of a voltage‐operated Na+conductance in descending vasa recta (DVR) pericytes isolated from the renal outer medulla. Whole‐cell patch‐clamp recordings revealed a depolarization‐induced, rapidly activating and rapidly inactivating inward current that was abolished by removal of Na+but not Ca+from the extracellular buffer. The Na+current (INa) is highly sensitive to tetrodotoxin (TTX,Kd= 2.2 nm). At high concentrations, mibefradil (10 μm) and Ni+(1 mm) blockedINa.INawas insensitive to nifedipine (10 μm). The L‐type Ca+channel activator FPL‐64176 induced a slowly activating/inactivating inward current that was abolished by nifedipine. Depolarization to membrane potentials between 0 and 30 mV induced inactivation with a time constant of ∼1 ms. Repolarization to membrane potentials between −90 and −120 mV induced recovery from inactivation with a time constant of ∼11 ms. Half‐maximal activation and inactivation occurred at −23.9 and −66.1 mV, respectively, with slope factors of 4.8 and 9.5 mV, respectively. The Na+channel activator, veratridine (100 μm), reduced peak inwardINaand prevented inactivation. We conclude that a TTX‐sensitive voltage‐operated Na+conductance, with properties similar to that in other smooth muscle cells, is expressed by DVR pericytes.