Ionic currents in single smooth muscle cells from the ureter of the guinea-pig.

The Journal of Physiology
Y ImaizumiM Watanabe

Abstract

1. Ionic currents underlying the action potential were recorded from enzymatically isolated smooth muscle cells of guinea-pig ureter. 2. The action potential recorded from a single cell was similar to that from a multicellular preparation. It showed repetitive spikes on a plateau potential which followed the first spike. Treatment with 10 mM-tetraethylammonium (TEA) increased the amplitude and duration of the plateau phase and abolished the repetitive spikes. 3. Under voltage clamp mode, at least two (maybe three) kinds of outward currents were activated during depolarizing pulses. The main outward current was Ca2+-dependent K+ current (IK(Ca], which was mostly blocked in Ca2+-free solution, or by application of 1 mM-cadmium (Cd2+) or 2 mM-tetraethylammonium (TEA). IK(Ca) was greatly decreased by treatment with 5 mM-caffeine or an addition of 10 mM-EGTA in a pipette solution. 4. In the presence of 1 mM-Cd2+ and 2 mM-TEA, a small transient outward current remained. 4-Aminopyridine (1 mM) suppressed the transient outward current by about 40%. Time- and voltage-dependent delayed rectifier outward currents were small in ureter cells. An inwardly rectifying K+ current was not detected. 5. An application of 1 mM-Cd2+, 5 mM-cobalt (Co...Continue Reading

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