Transcriptional regulation of voltage-gated Ca2+channels

2017 ◽  
Vol 222 (1) ◽  
pp. e12883 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. González-Ramírez ◽  
R. Felix
Keyword(s):  
Transcriptional Regulation ◽  
Voltage Gated ◽  
Ca2 Channels

scholarly journals Role of a conserved glutamine in the function of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels revealed by a mutation in human CACNA1D

2018 ◽  
Vol 293 (37) ◽  
pp. 14444-14454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Garza-Lopez ◽  
Josue A. Lopez ◽  
Jussara Hagen ◽  
Ruth Sheffer ◽  
Vardiella Meiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Voltage Gated ◽  
Ca2 Channels

Antagonist drug selectivity for radioligand binding sites on voltage-gated and receptor-gated Ca2+ channels

1989 ◽  
Vol 105 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 227-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drusilla B. Jaffe ◽  
Shelley S. Marks ◽  
David A. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Binding Sites ◽  
Radioligand Binding ◽  
Voltage Gated ◽  
Drug Selectivity ◽  
Ca2 Channels

Targeting voltage-gated Ca2+ channels

The Lancet ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 357 (9264) ◽  
pp. 1294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Striessnig
Keyword(s):  
Voltage Gated ◽  
Ca2 Channels

scholarly journals Voltage-gated transient currents in bovine adrenal fasciculata cells. I. T-type Ca2+ current.

1993 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Mlinar ◽  
B A Biagi ◽  
J J Enyeart
Keyword(s):  
Time Constant ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Zona Fasciculata ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Time Constants ◽  
Voltage Gated ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Boltzmann Function ◽  
Voltage Dependent ◽  
Ca2 Channels

The whole cell version of the patch clamp technique was used to identify and characterize voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in enzymatically dissociated bovine adrenal zona fasciculata (AZF) cells. The great majority of cells (84 of 86) expressed only low voltage-activated, rapidly inactivating Ca2+ current with properties of T-type Ca2+ current described in other cells. Voltage-dependent activation of this current was fit by a Boltzmann function raised to an integer power of 4 with a midpoint at -17 mV. Independent estimates of the single channel gating charge obtained from the activation curve and using the "limiting logarithmic potential sensitivity" were 8.1 and 6.8 elementary charges, respectively. Inactivation was a steep function of voltage with a v1/2 of -49.9 mV and a slope factor K of 3.73 mV. The expression of a single Ca2+ channel subtype by AZF cells allowed the voltage-dependent gating and kinetic properties of T current to be studied over a wide range of potentials. Analysis of the gating kinetics of this Ca2+ current indicate that T channel activation, inactivation, deactivation (closing), and reactivation (recovery from inactivation) each include voltage-independent transitions that become rate limiting at extreme voltages. Ca2+ current activated with voltage-dependent sigmoidal kinetics that were described by an m4 model. The activation time constant varied exponentially at test potentials between -30 and +10 mV, approaching a voltage-independent minimum of 1.6 ms. The inactivation time constant (tau i) also decreased exponentially to a minimum of 18.3 ms at potentials positive to 0 mV. T channel closing (deactivation) was faster at more negative voltages; the deactivation time constant (tau d) decreased from 8.14 +/- 0.7 to 0.48 +/- 0.1 ms at potentials between -40 and -150 mV. T channels inactivated by depolarization returned to the closed state along pathways that included two voltage-dependent time constants. tau rec-s ranged from 8.11 to 4.80 s when the recovery potential was varied from -50 to -90 mV, while tau rec-f decreased from 1.01 to 0.372 s. At potentials negative to -70 mV, both time constants approached minimum values. The low voltage-activated Ca2+ current in AZF cells was blocked by the T channel selective antagonist Ni2+ with an IC50 of 20 microM. At similar concentrations, Ni2+ also blocked cortisol secretion stimulated by adrenocorticotropic hormone. Our results indicate that bovine AZF cells are distinctive among secretory cells in expressing primarily or exclusively T-type Ca2+ channels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels

2000 ◽  
pp. 161-183
Author(s):  
Frances M. Ashcroft
Keyword(s):  
Voltage Gated ◽  
Ca2 Channels
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