Long-term depolarization regulates the alpha1s, subunit of skeletal muscle Ca2+ channels and the amplitude of L-type Ca2+ currents.
Long-term depolarization regulates the alpha1s, subunit of skeletal muscle Ca2+ channels and the amplitude of L-type Ca2+ currents.
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长期去极化调节 α1、骨骼肌 Ca2 通道亚基和 L 型 Ca2 电流的幅度。
DOI:
10.1007/s004240100606
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2001
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Sánchez,JA
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作者:
Escamilla,J;Farías,JM;García,R;García,MC;Sánchez,JA
The effects of long-term depolarization on the level of α1sand on L-type Ca2+currents of skeletal muscle were investigated. Long-term depolarization (14 h) caused a 50% decrease of α1s, revealed with the Western blot technique. This decline was prevented by preincubation with the Ca2+channel blocker nifedipine. Electrophysiological experiments using the voltage-clamp technique were performed to measure the actions of long-term depolarization on Ca2+currents and charge movement. A progressive decline in the amplitude of the Ca2+currents by depolarizations lasting 0.5–14 h was observed. Similar to Western blot results, the fall in current amplitude was prevented by nifedipine, and it depended on external Ca2+. The nonlinear charge mobilized by step pulses was also significantly reduced (50%) by long-term depolarization. It is suggested that α1ssubunit is down-regulated by long-term depolarization by a very stringent mechanism and that, in this process, Ca2+ions permeating through L-type channels play a key role. A new role for the L-type Ca2+current in skeletal muscle fibers in which the channels are self-regulated is proposed.