title: Involvement of plasma membrane-located calmodulin in the response decay of cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel of cultured carrot cells.
abstract: Increase in cytoplasmic cyclic AMP concentration stimulates Ca2+ influx through the cyclic AMP-gated cation channel in the plasma membrane of cultured carrot cells. However, the Ca2+ current terminated after a few minutes even in the presence of high concentrations of cyclic AMP indicating that hydrolysis of the nucleotide is not responsible for stop of the Ca2+ influx. Cyclic AMP evoked discharge of Ca2+ from inside-out sealed vesicles of carrot plasma membrane, and it was strongly inhibited when the suspension of the vesicles was supplemented with 1 microM of free Ca2+, while Ca2+ lower than 0.1 microM did not affect the Ca(2+)-release. The Ca2+ flux across plasma membrane was restored from this Ca(2+)-induced inhibition by the addition of calmodulin inhibitors or anti-calmodulin. These results suggest that Ca2+ influx initiated by the increase in intracellular cAMP in cultured carrot cells is terminated when the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration reaches the excitatory level in the cells, and calmodulin located in the plasma membrane plays an important role in the response decay of the cyclic nucleotide-gated Ca2+ channel.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kurosaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaburaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishi
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002147:Calmodulin; D013449:Sulfonamides; D014268:Trifluoperazine; C017967:W 7; D000242:Cyclic AMP