{"title":"Beta-adrenergic receptor stimulates L-type calcium current in adult smooth muscle cells.","authors":"A Welling, J Felbel, K Peper, F Hofmann","doi":"10.1159/000158855","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The hormonal regulation of L-type calcium current was investigated in freshly isolated tracheal smooth muscle cells using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Isoproterenol stimulated the L-type calcium current 2.6-fold through beta-adrenoceptors. Dialysis of these cells with cyclic AMP, cyclic AMP analogues or the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP kinase had no effect on basal or isoproterenol-stimulated calcium current. The calcium current was stimulated and inhibited by dialysis of the cells with GTP gamma S and GDP beta S, respectively. Evidently, in some smooth muscle cells the beta-adrenoceptor couples directly to L-type calcium channels via a G protein.</p>","PeriodicalId":9009,"journal":{"name":"Blood vessels","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000158855","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Blood vessels","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000158855","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The hormonal regulation of L-type calcium current was investigated in freshly isolated tracheal smooth muscle cells using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Isoproterenol stimulated the L-type calcium current 2.6-fold through beta-adrenoceptors. Dialysis of these cells with cyclic AMP, cyclic AMP analogues or the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP kinase had no effect on basal or isoproterenol-stimulated calcium current. The calcium current was stimulated and inhibited by dialysis of the cells with GTP gamma S and GDP beta S, respectively. Evidently, in some smooth muscle cells the beta-adrenoceptor couples directly to L-type calcium channels via a G protein.