title: Blocking action of terodiline on calcium channels in single smooth muscle cells of the guinea pig urinary bladder.
abstract: The blocking action of terodiline, a nonspecific organic Ca++ antagonist, on smooth muscle Ca++ channels of the guinea pig urinary bladder was investigated. Inward Ca++ currents were recorded from smooth muscle cells isolated from the urinary bladder using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. In the absence of terodiline, a use-dependent reduction in the amplitude of inward Ca++ current was observed at a stimulus frequency of 0.2 Hz. When terodiline (1-10 microM) was applied, the use-dependent reduction was accelerated markedly, depending on the stimulus frequency. The blocking action of terodiline was also dose-dependent; the Kd value as measured at the end of 20 times repetitive stimulation at 0.2 Hz was 1.7 microM. In addition to such a use-dependent block, terodiline produced a hyperpolarizing shift in the steady-state inactivation curve. The results suggest that terodiline preferentially binds to the Ca++ channel in the open state and also in the inactivated state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yabu
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D002082:Butylamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002082:Butylamines; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; C010637:terodiline; D009543:Nifedipine