title: Whole cell current analyses of pancreatic acinar AR42J cells. I. Voltage- and Ca(2+)-activated currents.
abstract: Voltage- and Ca(2+)-activated whole cell currents were studied in AR42J cells, a clonal cell line derived from rat pancreatic acinar cells, using a patch electrode voltage-clamp technique. Four kinds of ionic currents were identified by their ionic dependencies, pharmacological properties, and kinetic parameters: 1) an outward current flow due mainly to a voltage-dependent K(+)-conductance increase, 2) an initial transient inward current due to an Na(+)-conductance increase, 3) transient and long-duration inward current due to a Ca(2+)-conductance increase, and 4) a slowly activating inward current that persists over the duration of the depolarizing pulse and deactivates slowly upon repolarization, producing a slow inward tail current. The slow inward tail current was particularly robust and was interpreted as due to a Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-)-conductance increase, since 1) the generation of this current was blocked by removing the extracellular Ca2+, applying Ca(2+)-channel blockers (Cd2+, nifedipine), or by lowering the intracellular Ca2+ concentration [( Ca2+]i) with EGTA; and 2) the reversal potential (Erev) of the slow inward tail current was close to 0 mV in the control condition (152 mM [Cl-]o/154 mM [Cl-]i), and changes of the [Cl-]o/[Cl )i ratio shifted the Erev toward the predicted Cl- equilibrium potential.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gainer
mesh_terms: D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D012964:Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002712:Chlorides; D015221:Potassium Channels; D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid; D012964:Sodium; D002118:Calcium