alpha-Adrenergic and cholinergic receptor agonists modulate voltage-gated Ca2+ channels
The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
;
: 485-493, 1997.
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ABSTRACT
We investigated the effect of alpha-adrenergic and cholinergic receptor agonists on Ca2+ current in adult rat trigeminal ganglion neurons using whole-cell patch clamp methods. The application of acetylcholine, carbachol, and oxotremorine (50 muM each) produced a rapid and reversible reduction of the Ca2+ current by 17+/-6%, 19+/-3% and 18+/-4%, respectively. Atropine, a muscarinic antagonist, blocked carbachol-induced Ca2+ current inhibition to 3 +/- 1%. Norepinephrine (50 muM) reduced Ca2+ current by 18 +/- 2%, while clonidine (50 muM), an alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonist, inhibited Ca2+ current by only 4 +/- 1%. Yohimbine, an alpha2-adrenergic receptor antagonist, did not block the inhibitory effect of norepinephrine on Ca2+ current, whereas prazosin, an alpha1-adrenergic receptor antagonist, attenuated the inhibitory effect of norepinephrine on Ca2+ current to 6 +/- 1%. This pharmacology contrasts with alpha2-adrenergic receptor modulation of Ca2+ channels in rat sympathetic neurons, which is sensitive to clonidine and blocked by yohimbine. Our data suggest that the modulation of voltage dependent Ca2+ channel by norepinephrine is mediated via an alpha1-adrenergic receptor. Pretreatment with pertussis toxin (250 ng/ml) for 16 h greatly reduced norepinephrine- and carbachol-induced Ca2+ current inhibition from 17 +/- 3% and 18 +/- 3% to 2 +/- 1% and 2 +/- 1%, respectively. These results demonstrate that norepinephrine, through an alpha1-adrenergic receptor, and carbachol, through a muscarinic receptor, inhibit Ca2+ currents in adult rat trigeminal ganglion neurons via pertussis toxin sensitive GTP-binding proteins.
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Main subject:
Oxotremorine
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Pharmacology
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Atropine
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Yohimbine
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Carbachol
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Prazosin
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Acetylcholine
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Norepinephrine
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Trigeminal Ganglion
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Receptors, Muscarinic
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Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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