title: G protein-mediated suppression of L-type Ca2+ current by interleukin-1 beta in cultured rat ventricular myocytes.
abstract: The effect and possible signal transduction pathway of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) on the L-type Ca2+ current (ICa,L) in cultured adult rat ventricular myocytes were examined using whole cell patch-clamp techniques. When myocytes were internally dialyzed with a solution containing GTP, IL-1 beta caused a concentration-dependent decrease in the peak ICa,L (Ba2+ as the charge carrier). IL-1 beta did not significantly alter the voltage dependence of the peak ICa,L nor the steady-state inactivation and activation, but did slightly slow the rate of inactivation. In myocytes dialyzed with solutions without GTP or including guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) to replace GTP, IL-1 beta had no effect on ICa,L. In contrast, when guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) was used to replace GTP, the suppression of ICa,L induced by IL-1 beta remained. Preincubation of myocytes with pertussis toxin (PTX), which completely abolished the acetylcholine effect on isoproterenol-stimulated ICa,L, had no effect on the inhibitory action of IL-1 beta on ICa,L. We conclude that in cultured rat ventricular myocytes, IL-1 beta suppresses ICa,L via a PTX-insensitive G protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Schreur
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001464:Barium / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006706:Homeostasis; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D007375:Interleukin-1; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D001464:Barium; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium