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  • Title: Alpha 1-adrenoceptor-activated cation currents in neurones acutely isolated from rat cardiac parasympathetic ganglia.
    Author: Ishibashi H, Umezu M, Jang IS, Ito Y, Akaike N.
    Journal: J Physiol; 2003 Apr 01; 548(Pt 1):111-20. PubMed ID: 12598585.
    Abstract:
    The noradrenaline (NA)-induced cation current was investigated in neurones freshly isolated from rat cardiac parasympathetic ganglia using the nystatin-perforated patch recording configuration. Under current-clamp conditions, NA depolarized the membrane, eliciting repetitive action potentials. NA evoked an inward cation current under voltage-clamp conditions at a holding potential of -60 mV. The NA-induced current was inhibited by extracellular Ca2+ or Mg2+, with a half-maximal concentration of 13 microM for Ca2+ and 1.2 mM for Mg2+. Cirazoline mimicked the NA response, and prazosin and WB-4101 inhibited the NA-induced current, suggesting the contribution of an alpha1-adrenoceptor. The NA-induced current was inhibited by U73122, a phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor. The membrane-permeable IP3 receptor blocker xestospongin-C also blocked the NA-induced current. Furthermore, pretreatment with thapsigargin and BAPTA-AM could inhibit the NA response while KN-62, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and staurosporine had no effect. These results suggest that NA activates the extracellular Ca2+- and Mg2+-sensitive cation channels via alpha 1-adrenoceptors in neurones freshly isolated from rat cardiac parasympathetic ganglia. This activation mechanism also involves phosphoinositide breakdown, release of Ca2+ from intracellular Ca2+ stores and calmodulin. The cation channels activated by NA may play an important role in neuronal membrane depolarization in rat cardiac ganglia.
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