Intracellular calcium ions modulate acetylcholine-induced inward current in guinea-pig ileum

The Journal of Physiology
R Inoue, G Isenberg

Abstract

1. The modulatory effect of internal Ca2+ on the current through the ACh-activated non-selective cation channels (Ins, ACh) was investigated by the whole-cell patch clamp technique in single isolated cells of guinea-pig ileum. 2. Ins, ACh was isolated with caesium aspartate internal solution of low Ca2(+)-buffering capacity (10 microM-EGTA). With preceding depolarizations which evoked voltage-operated Ca2+ currents (ICa), Ins, ACh increased in amplitude and decayed more rapidly. The extent of this 'facilitating' effect depended on the number and duration of the depolarizations. 3. When depolarizing pulses were applied during the sustained phase of Ins, ACh, they were followed by large inward tail currents. These tail currents (tail Ins, ACh) resembled the non-facilitated Ins, ACh recorded without the depolarizing pulse, in regard to voltage-dependent gating and dependence on the extracellular Na+ concentration, thus suggesting that the currents are flowing through the same class of channels. 4. The tail Ins, ACh was apparently composed of two components distinguished by the insensitivity to organic Ca2+ antagonists. The minor component (about 20% of tail Ins, ACh) showed a rapid decay (about 150 ms at -60 mV) which could be att...Continue Reading

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