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  • Title: Injection of guanosine 5'-cyclic monophosphate into heart cells blocks calcium slow channels.
    Author: Bkaily G, Sperelakis N.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1985 May; 248(5 Pt 2):H745-9. PubMed ID: 2581461.
    Abstract:
    The role of guanosine 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) in the regulation of the ionic slow channels in heart muscle is less well known than that of adenosine 3,'5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). The effects of intracellular injection of cAMP and cGMP in cultured chick embryonic heart (ventricular) cells by the liposome method were studied. Injection of cAMP into the cells induced spontaneous slow action potentials that could be blocked by verapamil and nifedipine. Injection of cGMP blocked on-going slow action potentials, and this effect was reversed by increasing cAMP. Thus both cAMP and cGMP are involved in the regulation of the slow calcium channels in myocardial cells, and the two cyclic nucleotides are antagonistic.
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