title: Diadenosine polyphosphates selectively potentiate N-type Ca2+ channels in rat central neurons.
abstract: The action of diadenosine polyphosphates on Ca2+ channels was studied in two preparations: isolated hippocampal neurons and synaptosomes, both from the rat brain. High-voltage-activated Ca2+ channels were recorded in freshly isolated CA3 neurons using a whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Current-voltage relationships were measured in the control and after incubation in 5 microM diadenosine pentaphosphate. In the majority of tested pyramidal neurons, the latter procedure led to a reversible increase in the high-voltage-activated current through Ca2+ channels when measured at the holding potential of -100 mV but not at -40 mV. In experiments on synaptosomes from the whole brain, diadenosine pentaphosphate taken at a concentration of 100 microM increased the intrasynaptosomal calcium level measured by means of spectrofluorimetry for 26 +/- 1.8 nM (by 24 +/- 2%). Nifedipine failed to block this effect both in synaptosomes and hippocampal neurons. Potentiation of the current through Ca2+ channels in hippocampal neurons as well as the increase in intrasynaptosomal Ca2+ were irreversibly blocked by 5 microM omega-conotoxin, but not by 200 nM omega-Agatoxin-IVA. These data indicate that diadenosine polyphosphates enhance the activity of N-type Ca2+ channels in many central neurons of the rat brain.
authors.affiliation: A. A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Ukrainian Academy of Science, Ukraine.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Panchenko
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pintor
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Tsyndrenko
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Miras-Portugal
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Krishtal
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; C012275:P(1),P(5)-di(adenosine-5'-)pentaphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate