title: Intracellular Ca2+ buffers disrupt muscarinic suppression of Ca2+ current and M current in rat sympathetic neurons.
abstract: The role of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in the muscarinic suppression of Ca2+ current and M-type K+ current has been investigated in isolated rat sympathetic neurons using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique and fura-2 fluorescence measurements. Muscarinic stimulation suppressed currents without raising [Ca2+]i. Nonetheless, intracellular bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetate (BAPTA) (11-12 mM), a Ca2+ chelator, reduced Ca2(+)-current suppression from 82 to 15%. For the latter, we explain the BAPTA action by a requirement for a certain minimum [Ca2+]i for continued operation of the pathway coupling muscarinic receptors to M-type K+ channels. The pathway coupling muscarinic receptors to Ca channels also showed some dependence on [Ca2+]i, but there may also be a blocking action of BAPTA that is independent of Ca2+ chelation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine SJ-40, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Beech
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernheim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mathie
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hille
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D016257:Fura-2; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010095:Oxotremorine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002614:Chelating Agents; D015221:Potassium Channels; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D010095:Oxotremorine; C042743:oxotremorine M; C025603:1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2