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  • 1
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    Patch and whole-cell voltage clamp of single mammalian visceral and vascular smooth muscle cells (1985)
    Springer
    Cellular and molecular life sciences 41 (1985), S. 887-894 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: smooth muscle ; K channels ; patch clamp
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Dispersal of the constituent cells of mammalian visceral and vascular smooth muscles has permitted recordings both of membrane currents under whole-cell voltage clamp, and of currents through single ionic channels using the patch-clamp technique. A rectangular depolarizing step applied to a single cell under voltage clamp yielded a net inward current followed by a net outward current in normal physiological solution. In isolated, ‘inside-out’ patches of cell membrane a calcium- and potential-sensitive K channel (100 pS conductance) and a calcium-insensitive, potential-sensitive K+ channel (50 pS conductance) with slow kinetics have so far been identified and characterized.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01970006
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    EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING IN GASTROINTESTINAL AND OTHER SMOOTH MUSCLES (1999)
    Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews
    Annual Review of Physiology 61 (1999), S. 85-115 
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    ISSN: 0066-4278
    Source: Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
    Topics: Medicine , Biology
    Notes: Abstract The main contributors to increases in [Ca2+]i and tension are the entry of Ca2+ through voltage-dependent channels opened by depolarization or during action potential (AP) or slow-wave discharge, and Ca2+ release from store sites in the cell by the action of IP3 or by Ca2+-induced Ca2+-release (CICR). The entry of Ca2+ during an AP triggers CICR from up to 20 or more subplasmalemmal store sites (seen as hot spots, using fluorescent indicators); Ca2+ waves then spread from these hot spots, which results in a rise in [Ca2+]i throughout the cell. Spontaneous transient releases of store Ca2+, previously detected as spontaneous transient outward currents (STOCs), are seen as sparks when fluorescent indicators are used. Sparks occur at certain preferred locations-frequent discharge sites (FDSs)-and these and hot spots may represent aggregations of sarcoplasmic reticulum scattered throughout the cytoplasm. Activation of receptors for excitatory signal molecules generally depolarizes the cell while it increases the production of IP3 (causing calcium store release) and diacylglycerols (which activate protein kinases). Activation of receptors for inhibitory signal molecules increases the activity of protein kinases through increases in cAMP or cGMP and often hyperpolarizes the cell. Other receptors link to tyrosine kinases, which trigger signal cascades interacting with trimeric G-protein systems.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.physiol.61.1.85
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    Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channel in Intestinal and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (1988)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 522 (1988), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1749-6632
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb33340.x
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    Rate of offset of action of slow-acting muscarinic antagonists is fast (1977)
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 270 (1977), S. 354-356 
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] The iontophoretic application of ACh (typically using a 50-nA, 2.5-nC pulse) usually elicited a monophasic depolarisation with a latency of 0.1-1 s (Fig. 1) although bi- and polyphasic responses were also observed18. The sensitivity to ACh was tested every 16-20 s, or occasionally every 8 s, and in ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/270354a0
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    Acetylcholine activates an inward current in single mammalian smooth muscle cells (1985)
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 316 (1985), S. 345-347 
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] Membrane current and voltage recordings were made from enzymatically dispersed single cells isolated from the longitudinal smooth muscle layer of adult rabbit jejunum7. These cells were 5-15 ??? wide, up to 300 ??? long and contracted on application of acetylcholine. Acetylcholine was applied ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/316345a0
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    A simple method of fast extracellular solution exchange for the study of whole-cell or single channel currents using patch-clamp technique (1987)
    Springer
    Pflügers Archiv 410 (1987), S. 335-337 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Concentration-jump technique ; Patch-clamp technique ; Single smooth muscle cell
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract A new concentration-jump technique was devised for the rapid application of drugs to single, isolated cells attached to the base of the experimental chamber while recording from them with patch-clamp technique. Cells were placed in a micro-drop (less than 0.1 μl) in a small inner bath which was separated from an outer bath by a ring of “Sylgard” polymer. Stable whole-cell recordings were made in the micro-drop and rapid solution exchange took place when a much larger volume of test solution from the outer bath was flooded over the Sylgard ring and mixed with the micro-drop. Complete equilibration occurred within less than 10 ms.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00580285
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    Action of nifedipine of BAY K8644 is dependent on calcium channel state in single smooth muscle cells from rabbit ear artery (1988)
    Springer
    Pflügers Archiv 411 (1988), S. 590-592 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: concentration-jump technique ; patch-clamp technique ; single smooth muscle cell ; 1,4-dihydropyridines
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The actions of nifedipine or BAY K 8644 were studied on barium currents recorded from single, collagenase- and elastase-dispersed, smooth muscle cells from the rabbit ear artery using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Nifedipine (3μM) caused a reduction in the barium current (IBa) evoked by steps to potentials positive of-10mV. This was characterized by a pronounced ‘initial’ block, an increase in the rate of current decay during the voltage-clamp step, but by no increase in block if pulses were repeated every 600ms. Rapid extracellular application of nifedipine (1μM) during the sustained current component (using a new concentration-jump technique) was found to have no effect on IBa over 4s at +20mV, but after returning to the holding potential (-60mV) for 10s, sustained IBa was subsequently abolished. BAY K 8644 (1μM) increased IBa at all potentials, and on rapid application during the sustained current component markedly potentiated IBa. The results suggest that nifedipine binds with high affinity to the closed, available state of the Ca++ channels but they do not suggest binding to the open or inactivated states. The effect of BAY K 8644 is consistent with high affinity binding to the open or inactivated and to the closed, available states.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00582383
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    The action of caffeine on inward barium current through voltage-dependent calcium channels in single rabbit ear artery cells (1990)
    Springer
    Pflügers Archiv 416 (1990), S. 462-466 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Caffeine ; Methylxanthine ; Smooth muscle ; Calcium channel
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effect of caffeine on inward current carried by barium ions through voltage-dependent calcium channels has been investigated in single rabbit ear artery cells using whole-cell voltage-clamp techniques. Caffeine (1 –30 mM) caused a rapid and reversible concentration-dependent blockade of barium current and a related compound, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), was a more potent inhibitor of barium current. Caffeine-induced inhibition of barium current showed no voltage- or usedependence and caffeine did not alter the steady-state inactivation of barium current. The effect of caffeine was not blocked by extracellular or by intracellular ryanodine or inclusion of both 5 mM 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)-ethane N,N,N′,N′,-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) and 2 mM ethylene glycol-bis(β-amino ethyl ether) N,N,N′,N′,-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) in the intracellular solution. Rolipram and M&B 22984, non-xanthine inhibitors of phosphodiesterase, did not diminish inward barium current. The data indicate that caffeine and IBMX block voltage-operated calcium channels and it is suggested that this is due to a direct interaction of methylxanthines with the calcium channel.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00370755
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    Inositol trisphosphate releases stored calcium to block voltage-dependent calcium channels in single smooth muscle cells (1991)
    Springer
    Pflügers Archiv 418 (1991), S. 437-441 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Inositol trisphosphate ; Caged InsP 3 ; Caged ATP ; Heparin ; Calcium current
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In single cells obtained by enzymic treatment of rabbit small-intestinal smooth muscle, and held under voltage clamp by patch pipette in the whole-cell recording mode, release of inositol trisphosphate (InsP 3) from its caged precursor by flash photolysis caused complete inhibition of the voltage-dependent calcium current. No inhibition was seen in control experiments where the cage (2-nitrosoacetophenone) was released by flash photolysis from caged ATP. The inhibition by InsP 3 of the calcium current was prevented if 10 mM EGTA or 2 mg/ml heparin was included in the pipette solution. Heparin is known to block InsP 3 receptors. These results suggest that release of calcium stores by InsP 3 raises Cai and that calcium ions inhibit the calcium current by acting either directly or otherwise on the internal mouth of the calcium channel.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00497770
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    Oscillations of receptor-operated cationic current and internal calcium in single guinea-pig ileal smooth muscle cells (1993)
    Springer
    Pflügers Archiv 424 (1993), S. 431-438 
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    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Calcium oscillations ; Muscarinic receptor ; Calcium stores ; G protein ; Heparin ; Ryanodine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In single cells isolated from guinea-pig ileal smooth muscle, held under voltage clamp at −40 mV or −50 mV by patch pipette in the whole-cell recording mode, carbachol (CCh) evoked an oscillatory inward cationic current. The frequency of current oscillations increased with increasing CCh concentration. CCh-evoked current oscillations were followed very closely by oscillations in intracellular free Ca2+ estimated from the Indo-1 signal, and were abolished by inclusion of EGTA in the pipette solution. Ryanodine and heparin, but not nifedipine, blocked the generation of current oscillations. CCh-evoked current oscillations were abolished upon withdrawal of extracellular calcium and restored upon its reintroduction. Inclusion of GTP[γS] in the pipette solution caused the generation of an oscillatory inward current, which was blocked by ryanodine. The present results are consistent with the hypothesis that CChevoked cationic current is gated by activation of a G protein and is steeply dependent on [Ca2+]i, fluctuations in the release of Ca2+ from stores during carbachol's action produce oscillations in [Ca2+]i which cause similar oscillations in the cationic current.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00374905
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