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Inhibitory modulation of the high-voltage-activated (HVA) Ca-channel current by 2-chloroadenosine (2CA) was studied in chick sensory neurons using the whole-cell clamp method. 2CA reduced the ωCTX-sensitive HVA-current (Aosaki and Kasai 1989) in a dose-dependent manner with aK d of 0.8 μM. The inhibition by 2CA was also voltage-dependent, being maximal at hyperpolarized potentials, and completely removed at potentials more positive than 30 mV. This voltage-dependence of 2CA action was also evident as a progressive increase in Ca-channel current magnitude during a depolarization which could be described by a single exponential function and which became faster at larger depolarizations. The concentration of 2CA affected the steady-state reduction in Ca-channel current, but did not alter the time-course of current increase during depolarization. The voltage-dependent effect of 2CA was mimicked by intracellular application of GTP-γS, but not by phorbol ester, arachidonic acid or nitroprusside. These results are consistent with model in which 2CA activates a G-protein, which then unmasks an additional activation gate on the Ca-channel.
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Kasai, H., Aosaki, T. Modulation of Ca-channel current by an adenosine analog mediated by a GTP-binding protein in chick sensory neurons. Pflugers Arch. 414, 145–149 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580956
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