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XB-ART-22627
Pflugers Arch 1993 May 01;4233-4:173-80.
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Cyclic AMP-dependent regulation of P-type calcium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

Fournier F , Bourinet E , Nargeot J , Charnet P .


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Xenopus oocytes injected with rat cerebellum mRNA, express voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCC). These were identified as P-type Ca2+ channels by their insensitivity to dihydropyridines and omega-conotoxin and by their blockade by Agelenopsis aperta venom (containing the funnel-web spider toxins: FTX and omega-Aga-IV-A). Coinjection of cerebellar mRNA and antisense oligonucleotide complementary to the dihydropyridine-resistant brain Ca2+ channel, named BI [Mori Y. et al. (1991) Nature 350:398-402] or rbA [Starr T. V. B. et al. (1991) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 88:5621-5625], strongly reduced the expressed Ba2+ current suggesting that these clones encode a P-type VDCC. The macroscopic Ca2+ channel activity was increased by direct intraoocyte injection of cAMP. This increase in current amplitude was concomitant with a slowing of current inactivation, and was attributed to activation of protein kinase A, since it could be antagonized by a peptidic inhibitor of this enzyme. Positive regulation of P-type VDCC could be of importance in Purkinje neurons and motor nerve terminals where this channel is predominant.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: aga camp tbx2

References [+] :
Biel, Tissue-specific expression of high-voltage-activated dihydropyridine-sensitive L-type calcium channels. 1991, Pubmed