title: Citrate decreases Ca current and changes selectivity of cardiac Ca channels.
abstract: Previous studies using citrate as a low affinity Ca buffer have shown that this agent inhibits myocardial contractions and neurotransmitter release. Using several different low affinity Ca buffers we have demonstrated that these effects are unlikely to be attributable to Ca buffering per se. Here we demonstrate that citrate can directly inhibit Ca current (ICa). The decrease in ICa appears to be due to shifts in channel gating (due to surface charge effects) and also to a decrease in channel selectivity for Ca over monovalent ions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside 92521.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Hryshko
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002951:Citrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019343:Citric Acid; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009571:Nitrilotriacetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D010848:Picolinic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002951:Citrates; D010848:Picolinic Acids; D019343:Citric Acid; D009571:Nitrilotriacetic Acid; D002118:Calcium; C004860:dipicolinic acid