title: Concentration-related effects of extracellular application of ATP on the action potential and membrane currents of the guinea-pig vas deferens.
abstract: The ionic mechanisms underlying concentration-related alterations in the action potential configuration caused by ATP were studied using preparations of the guinea-pig vas deferens voltage-clamped by a double sucrose gap method. Under current-clamp conditions, ATP at concentration of 1.6 microM enhanced the rates of rise and of repolarisation of the action potential whereas at concentration of 1.6 mM it reduced both rates. Under voltage-clamp conditions, lower concentrations increased the maximum inward Ca current without altering kinetics or reversal potential. Higher concentrations reduced the maximum inward Ca current with slowing of rates of activations and inactivation, but also caused a negative shift in reversal potential without affecting conductance. These results suggest that a low ATP concentration activates the voltage-dependent Ca current channels and that the action of a high ATP concentration is related to the internal Ca ion concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inomata
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamagata
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011224:Prazosin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D007473:Ion Channels; D015221:Potassium Channels; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011433:Propranolol; D011224:Prazosin