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  • Title: Calcium channels involved in K+- and veratridine-induced increase of cytosolic calcium concentration in human cerebral cortical synaptosomes.
    Author: Meder W, Fink K, Zentner J, Göthert M.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1999 Sep; 290(3):1126-31. PubMed ID: 10454486.
    Abstract:
    Human cerebral cortical synaptosomes were used to study voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels mediating calcium influx in human axon terminals. Synaptosomes were depolarized by elevation of the extracellular K(+) concentration by 30 mM or by the addition of veratridine (10 microM). Increase in cytosolic concentration of calcium [Ca(2+)](i) induced by either stimulus was abolished in the absence of extracellular Ca(2+) ions. omega-Agatoxin IVA inhibited the K(+)-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increase concentration-dependently (IC(50): 113 nM). omega-Conotoxin GVIA (0.1 microM) inhibited K(+)-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increase by 20%. omega-Conotoxin MVIIC (0.2 microM) caused an inhibition by 85%. Nifedipine (1 microM) had no effect on K(+)-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increase. Veratridine-induced increase in [Ca(2+)](i) was inhibited by omega-conotoxin GVIA (0.1 microM) and omega-Agatoxin IVA (0.2 microM; by about 25 and 45%, respectively). Nifedipine inhibited the veratridine-evoked [Ca(2+)](i) increase concentration-dependently (IC(50): 4.9 nM); Bay K 8644 (3 microM) shifted the nifedipine concentration-response curve to the right. Mibefradil (10 microM) abolished the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) evoked by K(+) and reduced the increase evoked by veratridine by almost 90%. KB-R7943 (3 microM) an inhibitor of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger NCX1, decreased the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) evoked by veratridine by approximately 20%. It is concluded that the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) after K(+) depolarization caused by Ca(2+) influx predominantly via P/Q-type Ca(2+) channels and after veratridine depolarization via N- and P/Q-type, but also by L-type Ca(2+) channels. The toxin- and nifedipine-resistant fraction of the veratridine response may result both from influx via R-type Ca(2+) channels and by Ca(2+) inward transport via Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger.
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