title: Differential effects of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels on low and high frequency mediated neurotransmission in guinea-pig ileum and rat vas deferens.
abstract: The omega-conotoxins GVIA, MVIIA, MVIIC and SVIB reduced in a concentration-dependent manner the low frequency electrically stimulated twitch response of the guinea-pig ileum and rat vas deferens. The relative activities of the conotoxins showed some difference between the two preparations in that for ileum it was MVIIA = GVIA > MVIIC = SVIB and for the vas deferens it was MVIIA > GVIA >> SVIB > MVIIC. High frequency electrical stimulation of both preparations resulted in a neurally-mediated omega-conotoxin GVIA resistant component that was sensitive to high concentrations of either omega-conotoxin MVIIC (300 nM- 1 microM) or omega-agatoxin IVA (300 nM-1 microM) but not to omega-conotoxin MVIIA. Lower levels of either omega-conotoxin MVIIC or omega-agatoxin IVA (30-100 nM) failed to significantly affect the omega-conotoxin GVIA resistant component. This omega-conotoxin GVIA resistant component was large in the ileal preparation comprising 30-40% of the maximal response at 20 Hz but relatively small (10%) in the vas deferens. These studies revealed that the N-type voltage-dependent calcium channel (VDCCs) exclusively controls neurotransmission during low frequency stimulation but at higher frequencies there is an additional non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) neurotransmission that appears to be regulated via Q-type VDCC.
authors.affiliation: Eli Lilly and Co., Lilly Research Centre Ltd., Windlesham, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Boot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013111:Spider Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D020867:omega-Agatoxin IVA; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA; D020960:omega-Conotoxins
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D010455:Peptides; D013111:Spider Venoms; D020867:omega-Agatoxin IVA; D020960:omega-Conotoxins; C075851:omega-conotoxin-MVIIC; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA