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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 257: C323-C332, 1989;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 2 C323-C332, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Continuous membrane voltage recordings in A10 vascular smooth muscle cells: effect of AVP

C. Korbmacher, H. Helbig, F. Stahl, M. Coroneo, H. Haller, C. Lindschau, P. Quass and M. Wiederholt
Institut fur Klinische Physiologie Freie Universitat Berlin, Klinikum Steglitz, Federal Republic of Germany.

Continuous membrane voltage (V) recordings were obtained in A10 vascular smooth muscle cells (rat aorta) using glass microelectrodes. Resting membrane voltage in 262 impalements averaged 54.0 +/- 0.4 (SE) mV. Relative K+ conductance was characterized, and the contribution of electrogenic Na+-K+-ATPase to membrane voltage was investigated. Action potentials could be induced by application of 1 mM barium or 10(-4) M acetylcholine. In a few recordings, spontaneous spike activity occurred, and this could be abolished by 5 mM MgCl2 or by removal of extracellular Ca2+. Barium-induced action potentials were not dependent on the presence of extracellular Na+ and not inhibitable by 10(-6) M tetrodotoxin. Application of 10(-6) M [Arg8] vasopressin (AVP) for 30 s caused a typical biphasic membrane voltage response with an initial transient hyperpolarization of -9.5 +/- 1.1 mV and a more sustained subsequent depolarizing response averaging 28.2 +/- 1.3 mV (mean +/- SE, n = 58). The effect of AVP on membrane voltage was blocked by the V1-antagonist [beta-mercapto-beta,beta-cyclopentamethylenepropionyl1,O-Me- Tyr2,Arg8]vasopressin. The initial hyperpolarizing component of the membrane voltage response to AVP became more prominent when V was predepolarized, for example, by a preceding AVP application. However, when AVP was applied during high K+ depolarization or in the presence of quinidine (1 mM), the initial hyperpolarizing response was practically abolished. The time course of the initial hyperpolarization was shown to be similar to the calcium transient observed in fura-2-loaded A10 cell suspensions after the application of AVP. We conclude that the initial AVP-induced hyperpolarization in A10 cells corresponds to an activation of Ca2+-activated K+ channels.


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