Lm. Smith et al., Effects of phosphorylation-related drugs on slow Ca2+ tail current in guinea-pig detrusor cells, EUR J PHARM, 370(2), 1999, pp. 187-193
In isolated guinea-pig detrusor cells, large conditioning depolarizations e
voke slowly deactivating Ca2+ tail currents, considered to represent the se
cond open state. The possible involvement of channel phosphorylation in thi
s open state was examined. Application of isoprenaline caused a marginal in
crease in Ca2+ channel current evoked by simple depolarization, while forsk
olin did not. During application of either drug, slow-tail currents were ne
ver observed after simple depolarizations. The conditions necessary to indu
ce slow-tail currents were not changed, even when cyclic AMP, ATP-gamma-S (
adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate)), GDP-beta-S (guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodip
hosphate)) (in the pipette) or H-7 (1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpipe
razine dihydrochloride) (to the bathing solution) was applied. The frequent
depolarization protocol, known to facilitate Ca2+ current via Ca2+ and cyc
lic AMP-dependent phosphorylation mechanism(s) in cardiac myocytes, did not
induce slow-tail currents. These results suggest that the transition of Ca
2+ channels to the second open state during large depolarization is not a r
esult of (voltage-operated) channel phosphorylation itself. Possible underl
ying mechanisms are discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights re
served.