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. 1989 Jun;413:315–327. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1989.sp017656

A cation channel in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop of the mouse kidney: inhibition by adenine nucleotides.

M Paulais 1, J Teulon 1
PMCID: PMC1189103  PMID: 2557438

Abstract

1. Patch-clamp single-channel current recordings were used to study the inhibition of Ca2+-activated non-selective cation channels by internal nucleotides in patches excised from basolateral membranes of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop of the mouse kidney. 2. The application of ATP, ADP or AMP to the cytoplasmic face of excised inside-out membrane patches reduced the open-state probability of the channels (Po) in a dose-dependent way without effect upon the unitary current amplitude. Dose-response curves gave half-maximal inhibitory concentrations of 20, 21 and 2.5 microM for ATP, ADP and AMP, respectively, while the Hill coefficient was close to one in all three cases. 3. Cyclic AMP partially inhibited channel activity (Po = 35 +/- 17% of control) only at high, unphysiological concentrations (10(-3) M) while adenosine (10(-3) M) had very little effect (Po = 83 +/- 7% of control). 4. Replacement of adenine with other purines (guanine, hypoxanthine) or pyrimidine (uridine) bases very largely reduced inhibitory activity. Cyclic GMP had no effect. 5. Non-hydrolysable analogues of ATP, AMP-PNP (10(-3) M) and ATP-gamma-S (5 x 10(-4) M), were effective inhibitors of the channel (Po = 24 +/- 7 and 9 +/- 4% of control, respectively.

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