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Modulation of ICl(Ca) in vascular smooth muscle cells by oxidizing and cysteine-reactive reagents
Iain A Greenwood1, Normand Leblanc, Dmitri V Gordienko
1Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Group, St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK. i.greenwood@sghms.ac.uk
Abstract:
The present study investigated the effect of redox agents on Ca2+-activated Cl- currents ( ICl(Ca)) recorded in smooth muscle cells isolated from rabbit portal vein. In perforated-patch experiments on portal vein cells the amplitude of ICl(Ca) evoked by either spontaneous release of Ca2+ from internal stores or Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels was markedly and irreversibly enhanced by the non-specific oxidant, diamide (10-200 microM). Diamide also prolonged the decay of both currents. The reductant dithiothreitol had no effect on control ICl(Ca) but reversed the increase of current amplitude produced by diamide. Diamide also increased global intracellular Ca2+ at rest but had no effect on the time-course of Ca "sparks" determined by confocal microscopy. Diamide and the endogenous oxidant hydrogen peroxide increased the amplitude and prolonged the kinetics of ICl(Ca)evoked by pipette solutions containing free Ca2+ clamped at 500 nM. Similar effects were observed with the hydrophilic thiol-reactants thimerosal and p-chloromercuriphenylsulphonic acid (PCMPS). Therefore, the gating and activation of Ca2+-activated Cl- conductance is sensitive to redox modification.
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