The effects of protein kinase C (PKC) activation and inhibition on the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP 3 ) and cytosolic Ca 2Ο© ([Ca 2Ο© ] i ) responses of rat submandibular acinar cells were investigated. IP 3 formation in response to acetylcholine (ACh) was not affected by the PKC activator phorbol
Tetraethylammonium-insetisitive, Ca2+-activated whole-cell K+currents in rat submandibular acinar cells
β Scribed by Toru Ishikawa; Masataka Murakami
- Book ID
- 104746977
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 328 KB
- Volume
- 429
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-6768
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β¦ Synopsis
Using whole-cell patch-clamp techniques, we demonstrate, for the first time, that rat submandibular acinar cells contain a tetraethylammonium (TEA)-insensitive, Ca2+-activated K + conductance which is not attributable to large conductance, voltage-sensitive, Ca2+-dependent K+ channels (maxi-K+ channels). Taken together with our recent K + efflux and fluid secretion studies in intact rat submandibular gland, we postulate that the K Β§ conductance reported here may be involved in the basolateral K + efflux pathway activated by cytosolic Ca2+ concentration during secretion by this gland.
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Acetylcholine (ACh) caused repetitive transient CI-currents activated by intracellular Caz+ in single rat submandibular grand acinar cells. As the concentration of ACh increased the amplitude and the frequency of the transient CI-currents increased. These responses occurred also in the absence of ex