title: Cyclic GMP depresses hippocampal Ca2+ current through a mechanism independent of cGMP-dependent protein kinase.
abstract: Cyclic GMP depresses Ba2+ current through high-voltage-activated Ca2+ channels (ICa) in acutely isolated hippocampal neurons. The effect is produced by intra-, but not extracellular, cGMP or by 5' GMP. The membrane-permeant derivative, 8-Br-cGMP, produces a reversible suppression. The effect of 8-Br-cGMP is similar to phorbol ester-induced ICa depression, except that ICa depression due to 8-Br-cGMP is not blocked by protein kinase inhibitors H-8 or H-7, whereas phorbol ester effects are. The data suggest that cGMP depresses ICa by a cGMP-kinase- and protein kinase C (PKC)-independent mechanism. Cyclic AMP, which enhances ICa, and the cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitor, IBMX, both antagonize ICa depression induced by 8-Br-cGMP, but not that due to phorbol esters. Cyclic IMP, a more potent activator of phosphodiesterase than of cGMP-dependent protein kinase, is also a powerful depressant of ICa. We conclude that cGMP-induced depression of ICa is mediated by activation of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase with consequent reduction of intracellular cAMP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doerner
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Alger
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium