title: Intracellular cAMP potentiates voltage-dependent activation of L-type Ca2+ channels in rat islet beta-cells.
abstract: Intracellular cAMP-dependent modulation of L-type Ca2+ channel activation in cultured rat islet beta-cells has been investigated using the patch-clamp whole-cell current recording mode. The L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ current (ICa) showed a fast activation followed by a slow inactivation, and was sensitive to Ca2+ channel blockers, for example nifedipine. Application of a cAMP analogue, dibutyryl cyclic AMP (db-cAMP), increased the magnitude of the peak ICa in a concentration-dependent manner. Values of the half-activation potentials (V1/2), taken from activation curves for ICa, were -16.7 +/- 1.8 and -21.9 +/- 3.4 mV (P < 0.05) before and after application of db-cAMP, respectively, with no change of the slope factor (k) or the reversal potential. Pretreatment with a specific protein kinase A antagonist, Rp-cAMP, prevented the potentiating effect of db-cAMP. These results indicate that in rat islet beta-cells, phosphorylation of cAMP-dependent kinase potentiates the voltage-dependent activation of L-type Ca2+ channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wakui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases