title: A cation channel in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop of the mouse kidney: inhibition by adenine nucleotides.
abstract: 1. Patch-clamp single-channel current recordings were used to study the inhibition of Ca2+-activated non-selective cation channels by internal nucleotides in patches excised from basolateral membranes of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop of the mouse kidney. 2. The application of ATP, ADP or AMP to the cytoplasmic face of excised inside-out membrane patches reduced the open-state probability of the channels (Po) in a dose-dependent way without effect upon the unitary current amplitude. Dose-response curves gave half-maximal inhibitory concentrations of 20, 21 and 2.5 microM for ATP, ADP and AMP, respectively, while the Hill coefficient was close to one in all three cases. 3. Cyclic AMP partially inhibited channel activity (Po = 35 +/- 17% of control) only at high, unphysiological concentrations (10(-3) M) while adenosine (10(-3) M) had very little effect (Po = 83 +/- 7% of control). 4. Replacement of adenine with other purines (guanine, hypoxanthine) or pyrimidine (uridine) bases very largely reduced inhibitory activity. Cyclic GMP had no effect. 5. Non-hydrolysable analogues of ATP, AMP-PNP (10(-3) M) and ATP-gamma-S (5 x 10(-4) M), were effective inhibitors of the channel (Po = 24 +/- 7 and 9 +/- 4% of control, respectively.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U.323, Hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paulais
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teulon
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000187:drug effects*; D008138:Loop of Henle / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D015220:Calcium Channels; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP