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. 1997 Mar 1;499(Pt 2):417–428. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021938

Alpha 1-adrenoceptor activation of a non-selective cation current in rabbit portal vein by 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol.

R M Helliwell 1, W A Large 1
PMCID: PMC1159316  PMID: 9080371

Abstract

1. The transduction mechanisms involved in the activation and modulation of the noradrenaline-activated cation current (Icat) were investigated with whole-cell patch clamp techniques in rabbit portal vein smooth muscle cells. 2. Intracellular application of guanosine 5-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S, 500 microM) evoked a 'noisy' inward current at -50 mV with a similar current-voltage relationship and reversal potential to the current evoked by bath application of noradrenaline (100 microM). Guanosine 5-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (GDP beta S, 1 mM) markedly inhibited noradrenaline-activated Icat. 3. The phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U73122 inhibited the amplitude of the noradrenaline-activated Icat in a concentration- and time-dependent manner and the IC50 was about 180 nM. U73122 had similar effects on the cation current evoked by GTP gamma S. 4. Intracellular application of myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3, 100 microM) from the patch pipette did not activate any membrane current in cells where intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) was buffered to 14 nM, but subsequent addition of noradrenaline evoked Icat. 5. Bath application of the 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol (DAG) analogue 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG, 10 microM) activated Icat, whereas the phorbol ester phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu, 0.1-5 microM) failed to activate Icat, in every cell examined. Icat activated by OAG after bath application of PDBu was not significantly different from OAG-activated Icat in the absence of PDBu. The DAG lipase inhibitor RHC80267 (10 microM) activated Icat in some cells, whereas the DAG kinase inhibitor R59949 (10 microM) never activated Icat. 6. Bath application of the protein kinase C inhibitor chelerythrine (1-10 microM) had no effect on either OAG-or noradrenaline-activated Icat. 7. It is concluded that noradrenaline activates Icat via a G-protein coupled to PLC and that the resulting DAG product plays a central role in the activation of cation channels via a protein kinase C-independent mechanism.

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