title: Inhibition of the voltage-dependent calcium current by extracellular ATP in hamster ventricular cardiomyocytes.
abstract: The modulation of the high-voltage-activated calcium current (ICa) by external ATP was examined in single ventricular cardiomyocytes of the hamster using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Extracellular application of ATP (0.1-100 microM) was found to inhibit ICa reversibly. The inhibition followed a slow time course (half time approximately 25 s) and was accompanied by very small changes of the holding current and no shift in the current-voltage relationship. With 100 microM ATP, peak ICa was reduced by approximately 30%. This response was not blocked by the P1 inhibitor 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine. The nonhydrolyzable ATP analogs adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) and AMP-adenosine 5'-[beta,gamma-imido]triphosphate also reduced ICa. The ATP analog alpha,beta-methylene-ATP was about equipotent with ATP at 50 microM. Internal guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (200 microM) rendered the ATP-mediated inhibition of ICa poorly reversible, whereas internal guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (200-500 microM) had no effect. Holding the intracellular adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate concentration at a constant high level did not alter the ATP response. We conclude that external ATP inhibits ICa via a P2 purinergic receptor in hamster ventricular myocytes. Our results suggest the involvement of a G protein not coupled to adenylate cyclase. The inhibition of ICa by extracellular ATP might have pathophysiological relevance under conditions of myocardial injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Von zur Mühlen
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Gonska
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kreuzer
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D006224:Cricetinae; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008647:Mesocricetus; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D002614:Chelating Agents; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C025603:1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid