title: Bradykinin-evoked non-specific cationic current in neuroblastoma-glioma hybrid (NG108-15) cells and its down-regulation through differentiation.
abstract: Effects of bradykinin (BK) on the membrane conductance and level of cytoplasmic free Ca2+ in undifferentiated and differentiated neuroblastoma-glioma hybrid (NG108-15) cells were studied using the nystatin-perforated patch-clamp technique and fura-2 fluorometry. Under voltage clamp at -20 mV, undifferentiated cells responded to BK at > 10(-9) M, producing a biphasic current composed of an apamin-sensitive Ca(2+)-activated K+ outward current and non-specific cationic inward current. Both current components corresponding to a biphasic elevation of [Ca2+]i were completely prevented by an intracellular perfusion with EGTA (1 mM) under conventional whole cell recording condition. Undifferentiated cells revealed almost no voltage sensitive Ca2+ current. In NG108-15 cells differentiated with 8-Br-cyclic AMP (1 mM) or rolipram (1 mM), an inhibitor of type IV phosphodiesterase, BK concentration required for the non-specific cationic current with amplitude of > 100 pA was much greater than that of undifferentiated cells. This suggests that the differentiated cells decreased BK-sensitivity in induction of the non-specific cationic current. The non-specific cationic channel is suggested to play roles as a source of Ca2+ entry in undifferentiated NG108-15 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tokutomi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokutomi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishi
mesh_terms: D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005910:Glioma; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium