title: Multiple actions of extracellular ATP on calcium currents in cultured bovine chromaffin cells.
abstract: Hormone secretion from chromaffin cells is evoked by calcium influx through voltage-dependent channels in the plasma membrane. Previous studies have shown that ATP, cosecreted with catecholamines from chromaffin granules, can modulate the secretion resulting from depolarization by nicotinic agonists. The immediate effect of ATP is to enhance secretion; more prolonged exposure to the nucleotide results in inhibition. These receptor-mediated actions of ATP involve the activation of at least two separate classes of GTP-binding protein. Results from electrophysiological experiments reported here demonstrate that the modulatory actions of ATP can, in large part, be explained by the effects of the nucleotide on inward calcium current. ATP shows a rapid enhancement and a slower, persistent inhibition of the depolarization-induced inward current.
authors.affiliation: Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diverse-Pierluissi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dunlap
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Westhead
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002772:Cholera Toxin