Pharmacological characterisation of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in isolated ganglia from the myenteric plexus.

Abstract:

:Voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels of fura-2-loaded ganglionic cells from the myenteric plexus of newborn rats were pharmacologically characterised. In contrast to completely dissociated myenteric cells, intact ganglia showed a stronger loading with the Ca2+-sensitive dye and a reproducible stimulation of the fura-2 signal by the cholinergic agonist, carbachol. A depolarisation-induced increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was induced by superfusion with 35 mmol l(-1) KCl. This increase in [Ca2+]i was sensitive to Ni2+ and Co2+ as well as omega-conotoxin MVIIA, omega-agatoxin IVA, and SNX-482. The strongest inhibition was achieved by nifedipine (5 x 10(-7) mol l(-1)) and omega-conotoxin GVIA (4.3 x 10(-7) mol l(-1)). These two blockers also inhibited the [Ca2+]i increase evoked by nicotinic receptor stimulation. Consequently, isolated myenteric ganglia in culture express different types of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, from which the L- and the N-type seem to be the most important. When exposed to mediators of inflammation such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) or different prostaglandins, no pronounced alterations in the fura-2 ratio were observed suggesting that changes in the Ca2+-signalling are not centrally involved in the response of enteric ganglionic cells to these paracrine substances.

journal_name

Life Sci

journal_title

Life sciences

authors

Schäufele N,Diener M

doi

10.1016/j.lfs.2004.12.053

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-09-30 00:00:00

pages

2489-99

issue

20

eissn

0024-3205

issn

1879-0631

pii

S0024-3205(05)00474-1

journal_volume

77

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