Tetrodotoxin-blockable calcium currents in rat ventricular myocytes; a third type of cardiac cell sodium current

The Journal of Physiology
R AggarwalC W Balke

Abstract

1. Whole-cell patch clamp currents from freshly isolated adult rat ventricular cells, recorded in external Ca2+ (Ca2+o) but no external Na+ (Na+o), displayed two inward current components: a smaller component that activated over more negative potentials and a larger component (L-type Ca2+ current) that activated at more positive potentials. The smaller component was not generated by Ca2+ channels. It was insensitive to 50 microM Ni2+ and 10 microM La3+ but suppressed by 10 microM tetrodotoxin (TTX). We refer to this component as ICa(TTX). 2. The conductance-voltage, g(V), relation in Ca2+o only was well described by a single Boltzmann function (half-maximum potential, V1/2, of -44.5; slope factor, k, of -4.49 mV, means of 3 cells). g(V) in Ca2+o plus Na+o was better described as the sum of two Boltzmann functions, one nearly identical to that in Ca2+o only (mean V1/2 of -45.1 and k of -3.90 mV), and one clearly distinct (mean V1/2 of -35.6 and k of -2.31 mV). Mean maximum conductance for ICa(TTX) channels increased 23.7% on adding 1 mM Na+o to 3 mM Ca2+o. ICa(TTX) channels are permeable to Na+ ions, insensitive to Ni2+ and La3+ and blocked by TTX. They are Na+ channels. 3. ICa(TTX) channels are distinct from classical cardiac N...Continue Reading

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