Multiple actions of Bay K 8644 on high-threshold Ca channels in adult rat sensory neurons.
omega-Conotoxin (omega-CgTx, 6.4 microM) failed to fully block the high-threshold Ba currents (HVA; L,N) of adult rat sensory neurons, and showed only a minor inhibitory action on the low-voltage activated current (LVA,T). In most of the CgTx-treated neurons the residual high-threshold Ba current was strongly agonized by the 1,4-dihydropyridine Bay K 8644. 1 microM Bay K 8644 enhanced 3- to 4-fold the size of this current at low membrane potentials and prolonged its deactivation kinetics by one order of magnitude. As in cardiac cells, in some neurons Bay K 8644 sped up about 3-fold the inactivation time course of the omega-CgTx-resistant Ba current, suggesting multiple actions of the dihydropyridine on neuronal high-threshold Ca channels.
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Dip Anatomia e Fisiologia Umana, Turin, Italy.
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D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats
D015220:Calcium Channels; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester