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  • Title: 2-Aminoethoxydiphenyl borate inhibits KCl-induced vascular smooth muscle contraction.
    Author: Ratz PH, Berg KM.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 2006 Jul 17; 541(3):177-83. PubMed ID: 16765942.
    Abstract:
    K(+)-depolarization (KCl)-activated Ca(2+) entry permitting sustained force-maintenance in tonic vascular smooth muscle has long been attributed solely to activation of L-type voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels (VOCs). We used the transient receptor potential channel (TRP) blocker, 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB), to test the hypothesis that KCl activates additional Ca(2+) entry pathways. 2-APB alone caused a transient weak increase in force, a sustained weak increase in basal [Ca(2+)](i) and myosin light chain phosphorylation, and inhibition of KCl-induced force, [Ca(2+)](i) and myosin light chain phosphorylation. 2-APB did not appear to block VOCs, because 2-APB did not inhibit 30 nM Bay k 8644-induced increases in [Ca(2+)](i). Moreover, although 1 microM nifedipine abolished the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) produced by alpha-adrenergic receptor activation, 2-APB produced an additional reduction in [Ca(2+)](i) below the basal level. These data support the conclusion that membrane depolarization activates 2-APB-sensitive TRPs in addition to VOCs to permit strong force-maintenance in tonic vascular smooth muscle.
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