Imaging of intracellular calcium during desensitization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of rat chromaffin cells

British Journal of Pharmacology
L KhirougA Nistri

Abstract

1. The possible role of intracellular Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i) in desensitization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) was investigated in rat cultured chromaffin cells by use of combined whole-cell patch clamping and confocal laser scanning microscopy with the fluorescent dye fluo-3. 2. On cells held at -70 mV, pressure-application of nicotine elicited inward currents with associated [Ca2+]i rises mainly due to influx through nicotinic AChRs. These responses were blocked by (+)-tubocurarine (10 microM) but were insensitive to alpha-bungarotoxin (1 microM) or Cd2+ (0.1 mM). 3. Pressure applications of 1 mM nicotine for 2 s (conditioning pulse) evoked inward currents which faded biexponentially to a steady state level due to receptor desensitization and were accompanied by a sustained increase in [Ca2+]i. Inward currents evoked by subsequent application of brief test pulses of nicotine were depressed but recovered with a time course reciprocal to the decay of the [Ca2+]i transient induced by the conditioning pulse. 4. Omission of intracellular Ca2+ chelators or use of high extracellular Ca2+ solution (10 mM) lengthened recovery of nicotinic AChRs from desensitization while adding BAPTA or EGTA intracellularly had the opposi...Continue Reading

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