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  • Title: Modulation of single channels underlying hippocampal L-type current enhancement by agonists depends on the permeant ion.
    Author: Tavalin SJ, Shepherd D, Cloues RK, Bowden SE, Marrion NV.
    Journal: J Neurophysiol; 2004 Aug; 92(2):824-37. PubMed ID: 15056682.
    Abstract:
    The influx of calcium (Ca(2+)) ions through L-type channels underlies many cellular processes, ranging from initiation of gene transcription to activation of Ca(2+)-activated potassium channels. L-type channels possess a diagnostic pharmacology, being enhanced by the dihydropyridine BAY K 8644 and benzoylpyrrole FPL 64176. It is assumed that the action of these compounds is independent of the ion conducted through the channel. In contrast to this assumption, modulation of L-type channel activity in acutely dissociated rat CA1 hippocampal neurons depended on the divalent ion identity. BAY K 8644 and FPL 64176 substantially increased single-channel open time only when barium (Ba(2+)) was the permeant ion. BAY K 8644 increased single-channel conductance when either Ba(2+) or Ca(2+) ions were the charge carrier, an effect not observed with FPL 64176. BAY K 8644 enhanced the whole cell L-type channel Ca(2+)- or Ba(2+)-carried current without a change in deactivation tail kinetics. In contrast, enhancement by FPL 64176 was associated with a dramatic slowing of deactivation kinetics only when Ba(2+) and not Ca(2+) was the charge carrier. Current activation was slowed by FPL 64176 with either charge carrier, an effect arising from a clustering of agonist-modified long-duration openings toward the end of the voltage step. These data indicate that agonists enhanced L-type current by distinct mechanisms dependent on the permeant ion, indicating that care must be considered when used as diagnostic tools.
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