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J Neurophysiol 68: 2026-2032, 1992;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 68, Issue 6 2026-2032, Copyright © 1992 by APS

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Roles of Ca2+ influx through ATP-activated channels in catecholamine release from pheochromocytoma PC12 cells

K. Nakazawa and K. Inoue
Division of Pharmacology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.

1. Extracellular ATP evokes catecholamine release concomitant with depolarization in pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. Roles of Ca2+ influx through ATP-activated channels during the catecholamine release were investigated. 2. Norepinephrine or dopamine release induced by > or = 100-microM concentrations of ATP was insensitive to 300 microM Cd2+, whereas the release induced by increasing extracellular KCl (50-150 mM) was completely blocked by this concentration of Cd2+. 3. ATP (100 microM) increased the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration measured with fura-2. The increase was not affected by 300 microM Cd2+ or 100 microM nicardipine, suggesting that Ca2+ influx through ATP-activated channels but not through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels contributes to the ATP-evoked catecholamine release. 4. Inward currents permeating through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels were measured using the whole-cell voltage clamp. In the presence of 10 microM ATP, a concentration that induces an ATP-activated channel-mediated current equivalent to that induced by 100 microM ATP during the depolarization in "non-voltage clamped" cells, the Ca2+ current activated by a voltage step to +10 mV was reduced. The reduction in the Ca2+ channel-mediated current was not observed when the extracellular Ca2+ was replaced with Ba2+. 5. The ATP (100 microM)-evoked dopamine release was inhibited by 300 microM Cd2+ when measured with extracellular Ba2+ instead of Ca2+. This effect of Ba2+ may not be related to K+ channel-blocking activity, because the ATP-evoked dopamine release obtained with 5 mM tetraethylammonium (TEA) was not inhibited by Cd2+.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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