Table 5.
Endothelial Cell Type | ISOC: Electrophysiological and Pharmacological Features | Agonist Used to Reduce the [Ca2+]ER | Intracellular Ca2+ Buffering | Reference |
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hPAECs | Slightly DR, Erev ≈ 0 mV, inhibited by 1 µM La3+ | CPA | 1.15 mM EGTA, no CaCl2 | [192] |
CPAE cells | Linear IV, Erev ≈ 0 mV, permeability to Na+, K+, Ca2+, inhibited by 50 µM La3+ | CPA | 0.3 mM CaCl2, 2.2 mM EGTA | [187] |
HUVECs | Single-channel conductance: 28 pS (140 mM KCl in the bath and the pipette) | CPA | Cell-attached single channel study | [190] |
HUVECs | Linear IV, Erev ≈ 0 mV, permeability to Na+, K+, Ca2+, inhibited by 50 µM La3+ | Intracellular infusion of InsP3 | 10 mM BAPTA, no CaCl2 | [37,188] |
HUVECs | Linear IV, Erev ≈ 0 mV, inhibited by 1 µM La3+ | Intracellular infusion of 3-deoxy-3-fluoro-D-myo-InsP3 (metabolism-resistant InsP3) and/or thapsigargin | 12 mM BAPTA, no CaCl2 | [43,193] |
Abbreviations: CPAE cells: calf pulmonary artery endothelial cells; HUVECs: human umbilical vein endothelial cells.