title: Ion currents induced by ATP and angiotensin II in cultured follicular cells of Xenopus laevis.
abstract: Xenopus laevis oocytes are commonly used to study the biophysical and pharmacological properties of foreign ion channels and receptors, but little is known about those endogenously expressed in their enveloping layer of follicular cells (FCs). Whole-cell recordings and the perforated patch-clamp technique in cultured FCs held at -60 mV revealed that ATP (20-250 μM) generates inward currents of 465 ± 93 pA (mean ± standard error) in ~60% of the FCs studied, whereas outward currents of 317 ± 100 pA were found in ~5% of the cells. The net effect of ATP on the FCs was to activate both mono- and biphasic inward currents, with an associated increase in membrane chloride conductance. Two-microelectrode voltage-clamp recordings of nude oocytes held at -60 mV disclosed that ATP elicited biphasic inward currents, corresponding to the well-known F(in) and S(in)-like currents. ATP receptor antagonists like suramin, TNP-ATP, and RB2 did not inhibit any of these responses. On the other hand, when using whole-cell recordings, 1 μM Ang II yielded smooth inward currents of 157 ± 45 pA in ~16% of the FC held at -60 mV. The net Ang II response, mediated by the activation of the AT(1) receptor, was a chloride current inhibited by 10 nM ZD7155. This study will help to better understand the roles of ATP and Ang II receptors in the physiology of X. laevis oocytes.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, Querétaro, México. marcelino.montiel@estudiantes.ciad.mx
authors.forename: Marcelino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montiel-Herrera
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zaske
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Colunga
authors.forename: Ataúlfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez-Torres
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miledi
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D004594:Electrophysiology; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D017136:Ion Transport; D009865:Oocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D018118:Chloride Channels; D007473:Ion Channels; D000804:Angiotensin II; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate
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