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. 1991 Feb;433:495–517. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018440

Calcium release induced by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in single rabbit intestinal smooth muscle cells.

S Komori 1, T B Bolton 1
PMCID: PMC1181385  PMID: 1841955

Abstract

1. Single smooth muscle cells were isolated by enzymic digestion from the longitudinal muscle layer of rabbit jejunum, and the response of the cells to calcium (Ca2+) release by InsP3 (D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate) was studied. Changes in internal Ca2+ concentration were monitored by measuring Ca(2+)-activated K+ currents (outward currents) using the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique. 2. At break-through from cell-attached patch to whole-cell recording mode using a 100 microM-InsP3-filled pipette, cells exhibited a brief outward current which reached its peak in 1.1 s and terminated within 10 s. Following this the generation of spontaneous transient outward currents (STOCs) was inhibited. (STOCs are considered to represent bursts of openings of Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels in response to spontaneous discharges of Ca2+ from the stores.) When a pipette filled with 20 microM-InsP3 was used, similar current responses were also evoked, but some cells failed to respond. 3. The InsP3-induced outward current at membrane break-through was similar in size and time course to the outward current response of normal cells to bath-applied carbachol (CCh, 100 microM) or caffeine (20 mM). 4. Dialysis with InsP3-containing solution inhibited the caffeine-induced outward current, depending on the pipette InsP3 concentration. Inclusion of heparin (5 mg/ml) in the pipette completely prevented inhibition by InsP3 of the caffeine response and of STOC discharge. However, the InsP3-induced current at break-through remained unchanged, probably because of the slower rate of diffusion of heparin. 5. In cells dialysed with pipette solution containing 30 or 100 microM-caged InsP3, flash photolysis (producing up to 1.5 microM-InsP3) induced an outward current response after a latency of 31.0 +/- 1.8 ms (n = 15), which was followed by inhibition of STOCs. The reversal potential of the current to flash-release of InsP3 followed closely the Nernst potential for K+ ions (EK), suggesting negligible contributions from channels other than Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels. 6. Photolysis of caged InsP3 (30 or 100 microM) still produced a current response after 3-6 min in Ca(2+)-free (3 mM-EGTA added) bathing solution, but no response occurred if the cell was exposed to either caffeine (20 mM) or CCh (100 microM) to deplete Ca stores.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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