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  • Title: Modulation of Ca-channel current by an adenosine analog mediated by a GTP-binding protein in chick sensory neurons.
    Author: Kasai H, Aosaki T.
    Journal: Pflugers Arch; 1989 Jun; 414(2):145-9. PubMed ID: 2547194.
    Abstract:
    Inhibitory modulation of the high-voltage-activated (HVA) Ca-channel current by 2-chloroadenosine (2CA) was studied in chick sensory neurons using the whole-cell clamp method. 2CA reduced the omega CTX-sensitive HVA-current (Aosaki and Kasai 1989) in a dose-dependent manner with a Kd of 0.8 microM. The inhibition by 2CA was also voltage-dependent, being maximal at hyperpolarized potentials, and completely removed at potentials more positive than 30 mV. This voltage-dependence of 2CA action was also evident as a progressive increase in Ca-channel current magnitude during a depolarization which could be described by a single exponential function and which became faster at larger depolarizations. The concentration of 2CA affected the steady-state reduction in Ca-channel current, but did not alter the time-course of current increase during depolarization. The voltage-dependent effect of 2CA was mimicked by intracellular application of GTP-gamma S, but not by phorbol ester, arachidonic acid or nitroprusside. These results are consistent with model in which 2CA activates a G-protein, which then unmasks an additional activation gate on the Ca-channel.
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