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  • Title: Voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels involved in nicotinic receptor-mediated [3H]dopamine release from rat striatal synaptosomes.
    Author: Soliakov L, Wonnacott S.
    Journal: J Neurochem; 1996 Jul; 67(1):163-70. PubMed ID: 8666987.
    Abstract:
    The potent nicotinic agonist anatoxin-a elicits mecamylamine-sensitive [3H]dopamine release from striatal synaptosomes, and this action is both Na+ and Ca2+ dependent and is blocked by Cd2+. This suggests that stimulation of presynaptic nicotinic receptors results in Na+ influx and local depolarisation that activates voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels, which in turn provide the Ca2+ for exocytosis. Here we have investigated the subtypes of Ca2+ channels implicated in this mechanism. [3H]-Dopamine release evoked by anatoxin-a (1 microM) was partially blocked by 20 microM nifedipine, whereas KCl-evoked release was insensitive to the dihydropyridine. However, a 86Rb+ efflux assay of nicotinic receptor function suggested that nifedipine has a direct effect on the receptor, discrediting the involvement of L-type channels. The N-type Ca2+ channel blocker omega-conotoxin GVIA (1 microM) blocked anatoxin-a-evoked [3H]dopamine release by 60% but had no significant effect on 86Rb+ efflux; release evoked by both 15 and 25 mM KCl was inhibited by only 30%. The P-type channel blocker omega-agatoxin IVA (90 nM) also inhibited KCl-evoked release by approximately 30%, whereas anatoxin-a-evoked release was insensitive. The Q-type channel blocker omega-conotoxin MVIIC (1 microM) had no effect on either stimulus. These results suggest that presynaptic nicotinic receptors on striatal nerve terminals promote [3H]dopamine release by activation of N-type Ca2+ channels. In contrast, KCl-evoked [3H]dopamine release appears to involve both N-type and P-type channels.
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