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MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS

Pacemaker activity in urethral interstitial cells is not dependent on capacitative calcium entry

Smooth Muscle Research Centre, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Ireland

Submitted 3 March 2005 ; accepted in final form 27 April 2005

The aim of the present study was to investigate the properties and role of capacitative Ca²⁺ entry (CCE) in interstitial cells (IC) isolated from the rabbit urethra. Ca²⁺ entry in IC was larger in cells with depleted intracellular Ca²⁺ stores compared with controls, consistent with influx via a CCE pathway. The nonselective Ca²⁺ entry blockers Gd³⁺ (10 µM), La³⁺ (10 µM), and Ni²⁺ (100 µM) reduced CCE by 67% (n = 14), 65% (n = 11), and 55% (n = 9), respectively. These agents did not inhibit Ca²⁺ entry when stores were not depleted. Conversely, CCE in IC was resistant to SKF-96365 (10 µM), wortmannin (10 µM), and nifedipine (1 µM). Spontaneous transient inward currents were recorded from IC voltage-clamped at –60 mV. These events were not significantly affected by Gd³⁺ (10 µM) or La³⁺ (10 µM) and were only slightly decreased in amplitude by 100 µM Ni²⁺. The results from this study demonstrate that freshly dispersed IC from the rabbit urethra possess a CCE pathway. However, influx via this pathway does not appear to contribute to spontaneous activity in these cells.

smooth muscle; patch clamp; spontaneous transient inward currents

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