title: Regulation of bradykinin- and ATP-activated Ca(2+)-permeable channels in rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells.
abstract: Membrane currents activated by bradykinin (500 nM) and by extracellular ATP (50 microM) were studied in voltage-clamped, NGF-treated rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells. Under quasiphysiological ionic conditions, both substances caused an outward current due to opening of Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels. Bradykinin caused an additional inward current that could be studied after blockade by internal Cs+ of the initial transient outward current. The inward current became larger when the extracellular Ca2+ concentration was increased. Neither inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate, dioctanoylglycerol, phorbol 12-myristat 13-acetate, forskolin, GTP, GTP-gamma-S, or pretreatment with pertussis toxin affected this current component. Increasing the internal Ca buffer concentration [EGTA or bis-(o-aminophenoxy)-ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetra-acetic acid] from 1 to 10 mM had no effect on the inward current as long as the free [Ca2+]i was kept constant. However, it was modulated by the resting free [Ca2+]i. Elevation of [Ca2+]i from nominally 0 to 60 or to 180 nM increased the bradykinin-induced average peak current density from 0.14 to 1.04 or to 2.29 pA/pF, respectively. This regulation may depend on a calmodulin-dependent pathway, since CGS 9343B, a calmodulin inhibitor, blocked the effect of elevated [Ca2+]i. With ATP as an agonist, outward current was preceded by a large inward current that was partially blocked by extracellular Ca2+ in the millimolar range. Extracellular Ca2+ was also found to reduce the single-channel conductance estimated from outside-out patches treated with ATP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neuhaus
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Reber
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reuter
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D016716:PC12 Cells / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium