Effects of acetylcholine (ACh) on the L-type calcium current were examined in isolated atrioventricular nodal cells that exhibited spontaneous contractions. ACh (0.1 to 10 microM) inhibited basal calcium current dose-dependently. This inhibition was eliminated by dialysis with 8Br cAMP or cAMP-dependent kinase inhibitory peptide. Both extracellular N-ethylmaleimide 50 microM and intracellular GDPssS 0.2 mM abolished the ACh effect. Dialysis with cGMP or NG-monomethyl-L-arginine did not significantly affect ACh inhibition of basal calcium current. Similarly, cGMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor KT5823 (1 microM) and the type II phosphodiesterase inhibitor erythro-9-(2-hydroxy-3-nonyl) adenine (30 microM) did not attenuate the ACh effect. Therefore, ACh inhibits the basal calcium current in the atrioventricular node mainly by suppressing cAMP synthesis through the inhibitory GTP-binding protein.
Muscarinic inhibition of basal L-type calcium current in pacemaker cells from the rabbit atrioventricular node. Publishing Authors By Initials
Muscarinic inhibition of basal L-type calcium current in pacemaker cells from the rabbit atrioventricular node. Journal Published:
PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article
Journal: The Canadian journal of cardiology
VOLUME: 13
Page Numbers: 1188-90
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ISSN: 1916-7075
DAY: 3
MONTH: Dec
YEAR: 1997
Muscarinic inhibition of basal L-type calcium current in pacemaker cells from the rabbit atrioventricular node. Information
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KEYWORDS: Sinoatrial Node
MESH TERMS: physiology
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Substance Name: Acetylcholine
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AFFILIATION: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. yhabuchi@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
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