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:Polyamines modulate many biological functions. Here we report a novel inhibitory modulation by spermine of catecholamine release by the rat carotid body and have identified the molecular mechanism underpinning it. We used molecular (RT-PCR and confocal microscopy) and functional (i.e., neurotransmitter release, patch clamp recording and calcium imaging) approaches to test the involvement of: (i) voltage-dependent calcium channels, and; (ii) the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor, CaR, a G protein-coupled receptor which is also activated by polyamines. RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry of isolated carotid bodies revealed that only Ca(v)1.2 and Ca(v)2.2 were expressed in type 1 cells while Ca(v)1.3, Ca(v)1.4, Ca(v)2.1, Ca(v)2.3 and Ca(v)3.1, Ca(v)3.2 and Ca(v)3.3, could not be detected. CaR expression was detected exclusively in the nerve endings. In isolated carotid bodies, the hypoxia-dependent (7% O(2) for 10 minutes) and depolarization-evoked catecholamine release were partially suppressed by pre- (and co)-incubation with 500microM spermine. In dissociated type 1 glomus cells intracellular calcium concentration did not change following spermine treatment, but this polyamine did inhibit the depolarisation-evoked calcium influx. Whole-cell patch clamp recordings of HEK293 cells stably transfected with Ca(v)1.2 demonstrated that spermine inhibits this calcium channel. Interestingly, this inhibition was not apparent if the extracellular solution contained a concentration of Ba(2) above 2 mM as the charge carrier. In conclusion, spermine attenuates catecholamine release by the carotid body principally via inhibition of Ca(v)1.2. This mechanism may represent a negative feedback, which limits transmitter release during hypoxia.
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Adv Exp Med Bioljournal_title
Advances in experimental medicine and biologyauthors
Cayzac S,Rocher A,Obeso A,Gonzalez C,Kemp PJ,Riccardi Ddoi
10.1007/978-90-481-2259-2_11subject
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2009-01-01 00:00:00pages
97-104eissn
0065-2598issn
2214-8019journal_volume
648pub_type
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