title: Atrial natriuretic factor blocks the high-threshold Ca2+ current and increases K+ current in fetal single ventricular cells.
abstract: The effect of atriopeptin III (ANF) was studied on K+, Ca2+ and Na+ currents of single heart cells of 10-day-old chick embryos and 17- to 20-week old human fetuses. ANF III (2 x 10(-9) M) greatly decreased the basal and cAMP prestimulated high-threshold (IL) Ca2+ current without affecting the low-threshold Ca2+ current (IT) or the TTX-sensitive fast inward Na+ current. ANF III was also found to increase the delayed outward K+ currents (IK) in a dose-dependent fashion (10(-10) to 10(-7) M). The effects of ANF III on IK and IL were reversible upon washout of this hormone. Increasing intracellular guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) blocked IL but had no effect on IK. These results suggested that ANF regulated one type of Ca2+ current and the delayed outward K+ current in single heart cells. The effects of ANF on IL (but not on IK) could be due in part to the increased [cGMP]i levels or to an unknown signal transduction that is stimulated by this hormone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bkaily
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Perron
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sculptoreanu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacques
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ménard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D016276:Ventricular Function
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D015221:Potassium Channels; D015222:Sodium Channels; C062525:atrial natriuretic factor prohormone (103-126); D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor