Swelling and cAMP on hyperpolarization-activated Cl- conductance in rat Leydig cells

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (1) ◽  
pp. C74-C84 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Noulin ◽  
E. Fayolle-Julien ◽  
J. F. Desaphy ◽  
J. P. Poindessault ◽  
M. Joffre
Keyword(s):  
Leydig Cells ◽  
Membrane Conductance ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Intracellular Camp ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Osmotic Swelling ◽  
Bath Solution ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Current Activation ◽  
Cl Conductance

We have used the whole cell patch-clamp technique to characterize changes in membrane conductance induced by osmotic swelling in mature rat Leydig cells dialyzed with ATP (control cells) or adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) plus ATP (cAMP cells). A spontaneous current activation occurs in both groups in isosmotic conditions (300/295 mosM in/out). This development is entirely counteracted in control cells and partly inhibited in cAMP cells by exposing them to a hyperosmotic (350 mosM) bath solution, and these currents increase again in a hyposmotic (205 mosM) bath solution. These currents are sensitive to 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, a Cl- channel blocker. Taken together, the results indicate that, in the control cells (ATP alone) as well as in the presence of intracellular cAMP, osmotic swelling activates the background hyperpolarization-activated Cl- conductance, osmotic swelling and cAMP appearing to act synergistically.

Characterization of a swelling-induced chloride conductance in cultured rat epididymal cells

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (4) ◽  
pp. C997-C1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Chan ◽  
W. O. Fu ◽  
Y. W. Chung ◽  
S. J. Huang ◽  
T. S. Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kinase Inhibitor ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Channel Blockers ◽  
Induced Current ◽  
Whole Cell ◽  
Cyclic Monophosphate ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Current Activation ◽  
Ethanesulfonic Acid ◽  
Cl Conductance

Swelling-induced Cl- conductance in cultured rat epididymal cells was characterized using whole cell patch-clamp techniques. Activation of whole cell current with an outwardly rectifying current-potential relationship was observed in cells exposed to hyposmotic solutions. This current was determined, from the observed current-reversal potentials at different Cl- concentrations, to be Cl- selective. The anion selectivity sequence of the swelling-induced Cl- conductance was I- approximately NO3- approximately Br- > Cl- > 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid. The swelling-induced Cl- conductance was reversibly inhibited by different Cl- channel blockers. Unlike diphenylamine-2-carboxylate or 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoate, which showed voltage-independent blockade, 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid showed a marked voltage-dependent blockade of the volume-sensitive Cl- current, with a greater effect at depolarizing voltages. The swelling-induced Cl- conductance appeared to be different from the Ca(2+)- or adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-activated Cl- conductances on the basis of the following observations: 1) swelling-induced current activation was seen even in the presence of kinase inhibitor (H-8) or absence of external free Ca2+, and 2) further increase in current activation could be produced by swelling after Ca(2+)- or adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-induced current activation. The swelling-induced Cl- conductance may be involved in regulating epithelial cell volume as well as serving other important epididymal functions such as facilitating transepithelial secretion of organic compounds.

Transmembrane chloride currents in human atrial myocytes

1996 ◽  
Vol 270 (2) ◽  
pp. C500-C507 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Li ◽  
J. Feng ◽  
Z. Wang ◽  
S. Nattel
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Conductance ◽  
Cell Swelling ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Atrial Myocytes ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Chloride Currents ◽  
Whole Cell ◽  
Human Atrial Myocytes ◽  
Cyclic Monophosphate ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp

The present study was designed to evaluate the presence of basal, swelling-induced, and cAMP-dependent Cl- currents in human atrial myocytes studied with the whole cell patch-clamp technique. Under basal conditions, a small outwardly rectifying background conductance was noted that reversed close to 0 mV and was not altered by Cl- replacement. Isoproterenol (1 microM), forskolin (3 microM), and 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (50 microM) did not increase membrane conductance, even when responsiveness to isoproterenol was confirmed by an increase in Ca2+ current and when perforated-patch techniques (nystatin) were used. Exposure to hyposmotic solutions increased cell volume and induced a whole cell conductance that showed outward rectification, was inhibited by 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (100 microM), and responded to changes in Cl- gradient in a fashion consistent with a Cl(-)-selective conductance, with estimated relative permeabilities of 1, 0.25, and 0.07 for Cl-, methanesulfonate, and aspartate, respectively. The results suggest that human atrial cells lack basal and adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-dependent Cl- current but manifest a substantial Cl- conductance in the presence of cell swelling.

BICUCULLINE/BACLOFEN-INSENSITIVE GABA RESPONSE IN CRUSTACEAN NEURONES IN CULTURE

1994 ◽  
Vol 191 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-193
Author(s):  
C Jackel ◽  
W Krenz ◽  
F Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Membrane Conductance ◽  
Gamma Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Action Potential Firing ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Conformationally Restricted ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Gabac Receptor ◽  
Potential Firing ◽  
Sr 95531

Neurones were dissociated from thoracic ganglia of embryonic and adult lobsters and kept in primary culture. When gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was applied by pressure ejection, depolarizing or hyperpolarizing responses were produced, depending on the membrane potential. They were accompanied by an increase in membrane conductance. When they were present, action potential firing was inhibited. The pharmacological profile and ionic mechanism of GABA-evoked current were investigated under voltage-clamp with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. The reversal potential of GABA-evoked current depended on the intracellular and extracellular Cl- concentration but not on extracellular Na+ and K+. Blockade of Ca2+ channels by Mn2+ was also without effect. The GABA-evoked current was mimicked by application of the GABAA agonists muscimol and isoguvacine with an order of potency muscimol>GABA>isoguvacine. cis-4-aminocrotonic acid (CACA), a folded and conformationally restricted GABA analogue, supposed to be diagnostic for the vertebrate GABAC receptor, also induced a bicuculline-resistant chloride current, although with a potency about 10 times lower than that of GABA. The GABA-evoked current was largely blocked by picrotoxin, but was insensitive to the GABAA antagonists bicuculline, bicuculline methiodide and SR 95531 at concentrations of up to 100 µmol l-1. Diazepam and phenobarbital did not exert modulatory effects. The GABAB antagonist phaclophen did not affect the GABA-induced current, while the GABAB agonists baclophen and 3-aminopropylphosphonic acid (3-APA) never evoked any response. Our results suggest that lobster thoracic neurones in culture express a chloride-conducting GABA-receptor channel which conforms to neither the GABAA nor the GABAB types of vertebrates but shows a pharmacology close to that of the novel GABAC receptor described in the vertebrate retina.

Calcium-activated chloride currents in primary cultures of rabbit distal convoluted tubule

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (4) ◽  
pp. F940-F950 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bidet ◽  
M. Tauc ◽  
I. Rubera ◽  
G. de Renzis ◽  
C. Poujeol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Selectivity ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Primary Cultures ◽  
Distal Convoluted Tubule ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Resting Membrane Potential ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Steady State Current ◽  
Cl Permeability

Chloride (Cl-) conductances were studied in primary cultures of rabbit distal convoluted tubule (very early distal “bright” convoluted tubule, DCTb) by the whole cell patch-clamp technique. We identified a Cl- current activated by 2 microM extracellular ionomycin. The kinetics of the macroscopic current were time dependent for depolarizing potentials with a slow developing component. The steady state current presented outward rectification, and the ion selectivity sequence was I- > Br- > > Cl > glutamate. The current was inhibited by 0.1 mM 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropyl-amino)benzoic acid, 1 mM 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, and 1 mM diphenylamine-2-carboxylate. To identify the location of the Cl- conductance, 6-methoxy-N-(3-sulfopropyl)quinolinium fluorescence experiments were carried out in confluent cultures developed on collagen-coated permeable filters. Cl- removal from the apical solution induced a Cl- efflux that was stimulated by 10 microM forskolin. Forskolin had no effect on the basolateral Cl- permeability Cl- substitution in the basolateral solution induced an efflux stimulated by 2 microM ionomycin or 50 microM extracellular ATP Ionomycin had no effect on the apical Cl- fluxes. Thus cultured DCTb cells exhibit Ca(2+)-activated Cl- channels located in the basolateral membrane. This Cl- permeability was active at a resting membrane potential and could participate in the Cl- reabsorption across the DCTb in control conditions.

Cl- current in IMCD cells activated by hypotonicity: time course, ATP dependence, and inhibitors

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (3) ◽  
pp. F552-F559 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Volk ◽  
C. Zhang ◽  
R. F. Husted ◽  
J. B. Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Primary Cultures ◽  
Renal Medulla ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Voltage Dependent

The hypertonic environment of the renal medulla can change rapidly according to the state of hydration of the animal. We used primary cultures of rat inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells to investigate the characteristics of Cl- currents activated by an acute reduction in osmolarity (ICl(osm)). Using the whole cell patch-clamp technique, we identified an outwardly rectifying current that decayed slowly at strongly depolarizing voltages. The onset of ICl(osm) began 6.7 min after the fall in bath osmolarity, a delay longer than reported in other cell types. Hypotonicity did not induce an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration, and activation of ICl(osm) did not require the presence of Ca2+. Intracellular ATP was needed to evoke ICl(osm) when the hypotonic stimulus was modest (50 mosmol/l or less) but was not necessary when the stimulus was stronger (100 mosmol/ l). ICl(osm) was inhibited by 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acid but not by tamoxifen or glibenclamide. 4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid produced a voltage-dependent block. Acute reduction in osmolarity using cells grown on filters did not induce a Cl- secretory current. The ICl(osm) of IMCD cells appears to be on the basolateral membrane and displays some unique features.

P2X receptors in mouse Leydig cells

2006 ◽  
Vol 290 (4) ◽  
pp. C1009-C1017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Artur Poletto Chaves ◽  
Endrigo Piva Pontelli ◽  
Wamberto Antonio Varanda
Keyword(s):  
Leydig Cells ◽  
Pyridoxal Phosphate ◽  
Hill Coefficient ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Inward Rectification ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Concentration Dependent Manner ◽  
Apparent Dissociation Constant ◽  
Whole Cell

ATP-activated currents were studied in Leydig cells of mice with the patch-clamp technique. Whole cell currents were rapidly activating and slowly desensitizing (55% decrement from the peak value on exposure to 100 μM ATP for 60 s), requiring 3 min of washout to recover 100% of the response. The concentration-response relationships for ATP, adenosine 5′- O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (ATPγS), and 2-methylthio-ATP (2-MeS-ATP) were described by the Hill equation with a concentration evoking 50% of maximal ATP response ( Kd) of 44, 110, and 637 μM, respectively, and a Hill coefficient of 2. The order of efficacy of agonists was ATP ≥ ATPγS > 2-MeS-ATP > 2′,3′- O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)-ATP (BzATP). αβ-Methylene-ATP (αβ-MeATP), GTP, UTP, cAMP, and adenosine were ineffective. Suramin and pyridoxal phosphate-6-azophenyl-2′,4′-disulfonic acid (PPADS) blocked the responses in a concentration-dependent manner. The ATP-activated currents were dependent on extracellular pH, being maximal at pH 6.5 and decreasing with both acidification and alkalinization (apparent dissociation constant (p Ka) of 5.9 and 7.4, respectively). The whole cell current-voltage relationship showed inward rectification and reversed near 0 mV. Experiments performed in bi-ionic conditions for measurement of reversal potentials showed that this channel is highly permeable to calcium [permeability ( P)Ca/ PNa = 5.32], but not to chloride ( PCl/ PNa = 0.03) or N-methyl-d-glucamine (NMDG) ( PNMDG/ PNa = 0.09). Unitary currents recorded in outside-out patches had a chord conductance of 27 pS (between −90 and −50 mV) and were inward rectifying. The average current passing through the excised patch decreased with time [time constant (τ) = 13 s], resembling desensitization of the macroscopic current. These findings indicate that the ATP receptor present in Leydig cells shows properties most similar to those of cloned homomeric P2X2.

Stilbenes stimulate T84 Cl- secretion by elevating Ca2+

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (2) ◽  
pp. G325-G333 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Brayden ◽  
M. E. Krouse ◽  
T. Law ◽  
J. J. Wine
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
T84 Cells ◽  
Cl Secretion ◽  
Heat Stable ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Sustained Inhibition ◽  
Cl Conductance

Basolateral but not apical application of 10-200 microM 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) or 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (SITS) to T84 monolayers produced a transient increase in short-circuit current (Isc), followed by a sustained inhibition. 4,4'-Dinitrostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DNDS) had no effect. The increase in Isc produced by DIDS represents Cl- secretion and appears to result from Ca2+ elevation, because in all respects except time course the response to DIDS mimicked the response to the Ca(2+)-elevating agent thapsigargin. Fura-2 measurements established that thapsigargin elevates Ca2+ in T84 cells, but Ca2+ responses to DIDS could not be established directly because DIDS absorbs strongly at the critical wavelengths. Responses to DIDS and thapsigargin were 1) blocked by bumetanide; 2) not blocked by basolateral Ba2+; 3) completely nonadditive; 4) strongly synergistic with basal levels of Isc or with Isc increases produced by elevating adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP; with forskolin) or guanosine 3',5'-cycxlic monophosphate (with heat-stable enterotoxin); and 5) reversibly abolished by removal of basolateral Ca2+. Interactions between Ca2+ and cAMP-elevating agents strongly support a model of Cl- secretion in which apical Cl- conductance is activated by cyclic nucleotides but not by Ca2+ while basolateral K+ channels are activated by Ca2+. In contrast with this mechanism, whole cell patch-clamp recordings of nonconfluent T84 cells indicated that DIDS and other Ca(2+)-elevating agents stimulated an increase in Cl- conductance. Thus increases in cytosolic free Ca2+ in nonconfluent T84 cells activate conductances that differ from those in confluent monolayers.

cGMP-mediated inhibition of cardiac L-type Ca2+current by a monoclonal antibody against the M2 ACh receptor

2001 ◽  
Vol 281 (4) ◽  
pp. C1251-C1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. M. Nascimento ◽  
L. Sallé ◽  
J. Hoebeke ◽  
J. Argibay ◽  
N. Peineau
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibody ◽  
Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Intracellular Camp ◽  
Classical Pathway ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Cyclic Monophosphate ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Dependent Protein

The effects of a monoclonal antibody (B8E5) directed against the second extracellular loop of the muscarinic M2receptor were studied on the L-type Ca2+ currents ( I Ca,L) of guinea pig ventricular myocytes using the whole cell patch-clamp technique. Similar to carbachol, B8E5 reduced the isoproterenol (ISO)-stimulated I Ca,L but did not significantly affect basal I Ca,L. Atropine blocked the inhibitory effect of B8E5. The electrophysiological parameters of ISO-stimulated I Ca,L were not modified in presence of B8E5. Inhibition of I Ca,L by B8E5 was still observed when intracellular cAMP was either enhanced by forskolin or maintained constant by using a hydrolysis-resistant cAMP analog (8-bromoadenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate) or by applying the phosphodiesterase inhibitor IBMX. The effect of B8E5 was mimicked by 8-bromoguanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate, a potent stimulator of cGMP-dependent protein kinase, and prevented by a selective inhibitor of nitric oxide-sensitive guanylyl cyclase {1 H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxaline-1-one}. These results indicate that the antibody B8E5 inhibits the β-adrenergic-stimulated I Ca,L through activation of the M2 muscarinic receptor and further suggest that the antibody acts not via the classical pathway of decreasing intracellular cAMP, but rather by increasing cGMP.

Purinergic activation of spontaneous transient outward currents in guinea pig taenia colonic myocytes

2000 ◽  
Vol 278 (2) ◽  
pp. C352-C362 ◽  
Author(s):  
In Deok Kong ◽  
Sang Don Koh ◽  
Kenton M. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Pyridoxal Phosphate ◽  
Receptor Blocker ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Sk Channels ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Outward Currents ◽  
Relaxation Responses ◽  
Spontaneous Transient Outward Currents

Spontaneous transient outward currents (STOCs) were recorded from smooth muscle cells of the guinea pig taenia coli using the whole cell patch-clamp technique. STOCs were resolved at potentials positive to −50 mV. Treating cells with caffeine (1 mM) caused a burst of outward currents followed by inhibition of STOCs. Replacing extracellular Ca2+ with equimolar Mn2+ caused STOCs to “run down.” Iberiotoxin (200 nM) or charybdotoxin (ChTX; 200 nM) inhibited large-amplitude STOCs, but small-amplitude “mini-STOCs” remained in the presence of these drugs. Mini-STOCs were reduced by apamin (500 nM), an inhibitor of small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (SK channels). Application of ATP or 2-methylthioadenosine 5′-triphosphate (2-MeS-ATP) increased the frequency of STOCs. The effects of 2-MeS-ATP persisted in the presence of charybdotoxin but were blocked by combination of ChTX (200 nM) and apamin (500 nM). 2-MeS-ATP did not increase STOCs in the presence of pyridoxal phosphate 6-azophenyl-2′,4′-disulfonic acid, a P2 receptor blocker. Similarly, pretreatment of cells with U-73122 (1 μM), an inhibitor of phospholipase C (PLC), abolished the effects of 2-MeS-ATP. Xestospongin C, an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor blocker, attenuated STOCs, but these events were not affected by ryanodine. The data suggest that purinergic activation through P2Y receptors results in localized Ca2+ release via PLC- and IP3-dependent mechanisms. Release of Ca2+ is coupled to STOCs, which are composed of currents mediated by large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels and SK channels. The latter are thought to mediate hyperpolarization and relaxation responses of gastrointestinal muscles to inhibitory purinergic stimulation.

Intercellular communication between mouse Leydig cells

1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (2) ◽  
pp. C563-C569 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Varanda ◽  
A. C. de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Leydig Cells ◽  
Connexin 43 ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Voltage Gradient ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
Western Blots ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Electrophysiological Measurements ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
Single Channel Currents

In this paper we describe the basic features of gap junctions in pairs of Leydig cells mechanically dissociated from mouse testes, studied with the double whole cell patch-clamp technique. These cells are extensively coupled with regard to dye injection and electrophysiological measurements. The mean junctional conductance (gj) measured in 61 pairs of cells was 10.6 +/- 1.5 (SE) nS. In most pairs gj was voltage dependent when transjunctional voltage exceeded +/- 50 mV. On imposition of a voltage gradient across the junction the transjunctional current decayed exponentially to a lower level, with a time constant of 3.3 s at 50 mV and 430 ms at 100 mV. As in other systems, octanol (600 microM final concentration) uncoupled the cells within approximately 2 min. In a few cell pairs, gj was low enough to permit recording of single channel currents without the use of uncoupling agents. Single channel conductance fluctuations measured using pipettes containing potassium aspartate were distributed mainly around three peaks, at 21, 39, and 60 pS, suggesting the presence of channels formed by connexin 43. Western blots of Percoll gradient purified Leydig cells using specific antibodies indicate that connexin 43 is indeed expressed in these cells, whereas connexin 26 and connexin 32 are not.

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