INTERACTIONS OF GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA), PENTOBARBITAL, AND HOMOPANTOTHENIC ACID (HOPA) ON INTERNALLY PERFUSED FROG SENSORY NEURONS
INTERACTIONS OF GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA), PENTOBARBITAL, AND HOMOPANTOTHENIC ACID (HOPA) ON INTERNALLY PERFUSED FROG SENSORY NEURONS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00711010
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
OOMURA, Y
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作者:
AKAIKE, N;OOMURA, Y
1. Augmentory actions among Cl- currents (ICl) induced by .gamma.-aminobutyric acid (GABA), pentobarbital (PB), and homopantothenic acid (HOPA) were investigated in isolated frog sensory neurons after suppression of Na+, K+, and Ca2+ currents using a suction pipette technique which combines internal perfusion with voltage clamp. 2. GABA-sensitive neurons responded to both PB and HOPA, and the responses behaved as a simple Cl- electrode and reversed at the Cl- equilibrium potential (ECl). 3. The dose-response curve for GABA-induced Cl- conductance was sigmoidal with the GABA concentration producing a half-maximum response (4.2 .times. 10-5 M). 4. Both GABA and HOPA dose-response curves shifted to the left in the presence of PB, though the facilitatory action of PB on GABA- and HOPA-induced ICl was more effective in the former. 5. There was a significant facilitatory interaction between GABA- and HOPA-induced ICl. 6. It is concluded that HOPA affects the GABA-GABA or PB-PB receptor interactions.