title: Calcium channel current and its sensitivity to (+) isradipine in cultured pregnant rat myometrial cells. An electrophysiological and a binding study.
abstract: Action of (+) isradipine (PN 200-110), a dihydropyridine derivative, was investigated on the Ca channel current in cultured cells obtained from the longitudinal layer of the pregnant rat myometrium (18-19 days of gestation). Under our experimental conditions, the inward current was attributed to L-type inward current since: (i) equimolar replacement of Ba for Ca induced an increase in the peak current and a decrease in inactivation rate; (ii) residual inward currents were recorded at the end of the pulse; (iii) membrane potential for mid inactivation was about -40 mV; (iv) the voltage dependencies of the peak current elicited from holding potentials of -40 mV and -80 mV were similar. The inward current could be reduced with nanomolar concentrations of (+) isradipine when cells were depolarized by pulses to positive potentials. This was characterized by a pronounced initial blockade, but by no increased in blockade when pulses were repeatedly applied at a frequency of 0.05 Hz. Using the double pulse procedure we confirmed that (+) isradipine did not bind to the open-state of the Ca channels. Voltage-dependence of (+) isradipine blockade was assessed by determining the steady-state availability of the Ca channels. From the shift of the inactivation curve in the presence of (+) isradipine we calculated a (K)I value of 130 pM. Scatchard analysis of the specific binding of (+)[3H] isradipine resulted in a linear plot, thereby indicating specific binding to a single class of sites with a dissociation constant Kd of about 100 pM.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Pharmacologie Moléculaire, INSERM JF88.13, Université de Bordeaux II, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Honoré
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amédée
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dacquet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mironneau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mironneau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002586:Cesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D003035:Cobalt / Q000494:pharmacology; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D017275:Isradipine; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009215:Myometrium / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D011725:Pyridines; D002586:Cesium; D003035:Cobalt; D017275:Isradipine