title: InsP3 causes an increase in apical [Ca2+]i by activating two distinct current components in vertebrate olfactory receptor cells.
abstract: 1. Effects of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) applied through a patch pipette to Xenopus laevis olfactory receptor cells (ORCs) were studied using the patch-clamp technique in conjunction with calcium imaging with fura-2. 2. InsP3 activated, first, a novel voltage-independent Ca2+ current (ICa) and, second, a nonselective cation current (Icat). 3. The activation of these currents occurred at different intracellular calcium concentrations, and the activation of either current led to a marked increase of [Ca2+]i in the dendritic knob. 4. The results suggest that InsP3 might act as a second messenger in vertebrate olfactory receptor cells by activating, through different mechanisms, a plasma membrane Ca2+ conductance (ICa) and a nonselective cation conductance (Icat).
authors.affiliation: Physiologisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schild
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Lischka
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Restrepo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002118:Calcium