Abstract
Ca current (I Ca) was measured by whole-cell voltage clamp in single cells isolated from frog ventricle, in which the Na current was inhibited by tetrodotoxin (0.3 μM) and K currents were blocked by substituting K with 120 mM intracellular and 20 mM extracellular Cs. The influence of stimulation by ATP (0.1–100 μM) was assessed in the presence of propranolol (1 μM) or pindolol (0.1 μM), prazozin (0.1 μM) and atropine (10 μM). ATP, in the micromolar range, had two types of effect. Like other P1-purinoagonists, it antagonized the increase in I Ca elicited by β-adrenostimulation. When added alone, 1 μM ATP could increase I Ca up to twofold. An increase in I Ca was also observed even after it had been maximally enhanced by intracellularly applied cAMP (50 μM). Voltage dependence and kinetics of I Ca were not affected. These effects were considered to be related to P2-purinoceptor activation. At higher ATP concentrations the increase in I Ca was less; at 100 μM, ATP reduced I Ca. The ATP-induced increase in I Ca was prevented by internal perfusion of the cells with GDP [β-S] or neomycin, respectively, to block signal transduction to phospholipase C or its phosphodiesterase activity on the polyphosphoinositides. We conclude that P2purinoceptor stimulation increases the Ca current in frog ventricular cells by a pathway that might involve phosphoinositide turnover.
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Alvarez, J.L., Mongo, K., Scamps, F. et al. Effects of purinergic stimulation on the Ca current in single frog cardiac cells. Pflügers Arch 416, 189–195 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00370241
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