title: alpha-Adrenergic effects on Na+-K+ pump current in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.
abstract: 1. The whole-cell patch clamp was employed to study Na+-K+ pump current (Ip) in acutely isolated myocytes. alpha-Adrenergic receptors were activated with noradrenaline (NA) after blocking beta-adrenergic receptors with propranolol. Ip was measured as the current blocked by strophanthidin (Str). 2. Activation of alpha-receptors by NA increased Ip in a concentration-dependent manner. The K0.5 depended on intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i), however maximal stimulation did not. At 15 nM [Ca2+]i the K0.5 was 219 nM NA whereas at 1.4 microM [Ca2+]i it was 3 nM. 3. The voltage dependence of Ip was not shifted by NA at either high or low [Ca2+]i. At each voltage, maximal stimulation of Ip was 14-15 %. 4. Staurosporine (St), an inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC), eliminated the alpha-receptor-mediated stimulation of Ip at either high or low[Ca2+]i. 5. The stimulation of Ip was independent of changes in intracellular sodium or external potassium concentrations, and did not reflect a change in affinity for Str. 6. Phenylephrine, methoxamine and metaraminol, three selective alpha1-adrenergic agonists, stimulate Ip in a similar manner to NA. Stimulation of Ip by NA was eliminated by prazosin, an alpha1-antagonist, but was unaffected by yohimbine, an alpha2-antagonist. 7. We conclude noradrenaline activates ventricular alpha1-receptors, which are specifically coupled via PKC to increase Na+-K+ pump current. The sensitivity of the coupling is [Ca2+]i dependent, however the maximal increase in pump current is [Ca2+]i and voltage independent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology & Biophysics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794-8661, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Mathias
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Baldo
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D019311:Staurosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013327:Strophanthidin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D013327:Strophanthidin; D011433:Propranolol; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D019311:Staurosporine; D009638:Norepinephrine