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Isoproterenol enhances a calcium-independent potassium current in mouse anterior pituitary tumor cells

R Weik1, J Spiess

  • 1Department of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Goettingen, Federal Republic of Germany.

Journal of Neurophysiology
|July 1, 1992
PubMed

1. The patch-clamp technique was used to study the action of the beta-adrenergic agonist (-)-isoproterenol in anterior pituitary tumor cells of the mouse. 2. (-)-Isoproterenol induced an inward-rectifying potassium conductance with half-maximal stimulation at a concentration of approximately 67 nM. The isomer (+)-isoproterenol was less effective in stimulating the current. 3. The effect of (-)-isoproterenol was abolished by cholera toxin treatment, indicating the involvement of a Gs protein, whereas pertussis toxin treatment did not exhibit a current reduction. 4. We blocked or stimulated phosphorylation pathways in cells to test the involvement of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). It was concluded that the current stimulation probably was not exclusively mediated by cAMP. 5. Activation of calcium-dependent potassium channels by an isoproterenol-induced calcium influx into the cell could be excluded. 6. Therefore it is suggested that the observed activation of a potassium current by isoproterenol could be directly mediated by a Gs protein.

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