Table 1.
The effect on adenylate cyclase and PKA activity of the drugs used, and the projected effects on the opening of amacrine cell and ganglion cell hemichannels and their combinations of full channels. Abbreviations: AC, amacrine cell; GC, ganglion cell; Q, quinpirole; H or SCH, SCH23390; S, sulpiride; K or SKF, SKF38393; SPA, Sp-8-CPT-cAMPs; RPA, Rp-8-CPT-cAMPs; OKA, okadaic acid; C, hemichannel closure; O, hemichannel opening; +, activate or increase; −, inhibit or decrease; 0, no effect
adenylate cyclase |
PKA activity |
hemichannel p(open) |
effect on channel |
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group(n) | GC (D2) | AC (D1) | GC | AC | GC | AC | kGA | kAA | kGG |
QH (13) | − | − | − | − | − | + | CO | OO | CC |
QK (13) | − | + | − | + | − | − | CC | CC | CC |
SH (12) | + | − | + | − | + | + | OO | OO | OO |
SK (12) | + | + | + | + | + | − | OC | CC | OO |
SKF (11) | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | − | C | CC | 0 |
SCH (9) | 0 | − | 0 | − | 0 | + | O | OO | 0 |
SPA (9) | 0 | 0 | + | + | + | − | OC | CC | OO |
RPA (7) | 0 | 0 | − | − | − | + | CO | OO | CC |
dopamine (19) | − | + | − | + | − | + | CO | CC | CC |
OKA (10) | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | + | − | OC | CC | OO |