title: Dual effects of endothelin-1 on the L-type Ca2+ current in ventricular cardiomyocytes.
abstract: The effects of endothelin-1 on the L-type Ca2+ current were studied in rabbit ventricular cardiomyocytes, using both the 'perforated' and the conventional 'ruptured' whole-cell patch-clamp techniques. Endothelin-1 exerts a dual effect on ventricular cardiomyocytes using experimental conditions which minimize intracellular dialysis; endothelin-1 produced both an increase (10(-9) M) and a decrease (10(-8) M) in the L-type Ca2+ current using the perforated patch-clamp technique. However, using the ruptured patch-clamp technique, endothelin-1 produced a similar decrease in L-type Ca2+ current at 10(-8) M, but no effect was observed at a concentration of 10(-9) M. These effects suggest multiplicity in the receptor-effector coupling mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Queen's University of Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kelso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spiers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Scholfield
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Silke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D019332:Endothelin-1