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. 1994 Apr;111(4):1333–1341. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb14891.x

Effects of Cl channel blockers on Ca-activated chloride and potassium currents in smooth muscle cells from rabbit portal vein.

R C Hogg 1, Q Wang 1, W A Large 1
PMCID: PMC1910114  PMID: 8032620

Abstract

1. The effects of some chloride channel antagonists were studied on the calcium-activated chloride current (ICl(Ca)) in smooth muscle cells from the rabbit portal vein with the perforated patch technique. 2. 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (SITS) and 4,4'-diisothiocyanato-stilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (DIDS) reduced the amplitude of spontaneous transient inward currents (STICs, calcium-activated chloride currents) in a concentration-dependent manner. The concentrations required to reduce the amplitude by 50% (IC50) of STICs were 2.1 x 10(-4) M and 6.4 x 10(-4) M for DIDS and SITS, respectively. This effect was not voltage-dependent. 3. The time constant of decay of STICs (tau), which is voltage-dependent, was increased by about 30% by SITS and decreased by about 20% by DIDS. The effect of DIDS and SITS on tau was similar at holding potentials of -50 and +50 mV. 4. These compounds did not modify the characteristics of spontaneous transient outward currents (STOCs, calcium-activated potassium currents). 5. DIDS and SITS decreased the amplitude of ICl(Ca) evoked by noradrenaline and caffeine less potently than STICs with IC50 values of 7.5 x 10(-4) M and 1.8 x 10(-3) M, respectively. 6. DIDS and SITS increased the calcium-activated potassium current (IK(Ca) evoked by noradrenaline and caffeine by 3-6 fold. 7. Anthracene-9-carboxylic acid (A-9-C) inhibited STICs in a voltage-dependent fashion and was about 3 fold more active at +50 mV than at -50 mV. A-9-C increased STIC tau and this effect was enhanced by depolarization.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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