title: Background calcium permeable channels in glomerulosa cells from adrenal gland.
abstract: The cell-attached recording mode of the patch-clamp technique was used to study Ca2+ permeable background currents of glomerulosa cells from rat and bovine adrenal gland. With a pipette filled with 110 mM BaCl2 or 90 mM CaCl2, three different types of unitary currents were detected. The B1 channel demonstrates a nonlinear I-V curve. The conductances are 4 and 7 pS at -40 and -70 mV, respectively. The curve of the opening probability vs. membrane potential is bell shaped with its maximum at -70 mV. The B2 channel has a conductance of 6 pS, while the B3 channel shows a nonlinear I-V relationship with conductances close to 17 and 10 pS at HPs of -60 and -20 mV. The three types of currents are insensitive to dihydropyridines. We suggest that these background currents could be responsible for the basal calcium influx and aldosterone secretion previously observed in nonstimulated glomerulosa cells.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Durroux
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gallo-Payet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bilodeau
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Payet
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002417:Cattle; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D004553:Electric Conductivity / Q000502:physiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D015384:Zona Glomerulosa / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004095:Dihydropyridines; D000450:Aldosterone; C038806:1,4-dihydropyridine; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium