PMID: 11915300Mar 28, 2002Paper

Decay in prepulse facilitation of calcium channel currents by Gi/o-protein attenuation in hamster submandibular ganglion neurons, but not Gq/11

The Bulletin of Tokyo Dental College
Takayuki EndohT Suzuki

Abstract

The calcium ion influx through voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs) has a vital role in the control of neurotransmitter release and membrane excitability. Prepulse facilitation is a phenomenon in which a strong depolarizing pulse induces a form of the VDCCs that exhibits an increased opening probability in response to a given test potential; this persists for several seconds after repolarization. It has been reported that prepulse facilitation occurs via dissociation of the guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins (G-proteins) from the VDCCs and that recovery from facilitation involves rebinding of the G-proteins. The heterotrimeric G-proteins act as switches that regulate information processing circuits connecting cell surface G-protein-coupled-receptors to a variety of effectors. In this study, we have studied the characterization of G-protein subtypes in prepulse facilitation of VDCCs currents (Ica) in hamster submandibular ganglion (SMG) neurons, using whole-cell patch clamp recordings. Under control conditions, with GTP (0.1 mM) in the recording pipette, the rate of prepulse facilitation was 19.0 +/- 1.9% (n = 13). Intracellular dialysis with GDP-beta-S (0.1 mM), G-protein blocker, and pretreatment of neurons wi...Continue Reading

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