Abstract:
:Receptor-mediated responses to prostaglandins E1 and E2 are shown by electrophysiological methods in follicle-enclosed oocytes of Xenopus laevis. In voltage-clamped oocytes, prostaglandins E1 and E2 elicited an outward hyperpolarizing current. This outward membrane current was caused by an increase in K+ conductance. The prostaglandin-induced current was augmented by adenylate cyclase activator, forskolin, and by phosphodiesterase inhibitor, theophylline, indicating that adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) is involved in activating the K+ current. The prostaglandin responses were either abolished or greatly reduced by removing follicular cells with collagenase, suggesting that prostaglandin receptors reside in the follicular cells.
journal_name
Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Mori K,Oka S,Tani A,Ito S,Watanabe Ydoi
10.1016/0006-291x(89)90849-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-08-15 00:00:00pages
1535-40issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
0006-291X(89)90849-8journal_volume
162pub_type
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