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1Program in Neuroscience, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee 3206-4075, USA.
Nature
|July 11, 1996
Resumen
Los investigadores descubrieron un nuevo canal permeable al calcio, ILOT, en las células pineal de pollo. Este canal es este canal.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Cronobiología cronobiología.
- Fisiología Molecular Fisiología Molecular
- Fisiología del canal iónico Fisiología del canal iónico
Sus antecedentes:
- Las células de la glándula pineal del pollo muestran ritmos circadianos en la liberación de melatonina.
- La secreción de melatonina está regulada por la AMP cíclica y el calcio intracelular (Ca2+).
- El aumento de la afluencia de Ca2+ ocurre durante la noche, pero no a través de los canales de Ca2+ de tipo L.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Identificar el mecanismo molecular responsable del aumento de la afluencia de Ca2+ durante la secreción nocturna de melatonina en las células pineal del pollo.
Principales métodos:
- Electrofisiología del patch-clamp en células pineal de pollo en cultivo.
- Caracterización de un nuevo canal catiónico de 40 pS (ILOT).
- Evaluación de las propiedades de entrada de la OIT y la ritmicidad circadiana.
Principales resultados:
- Se identificó un nuevo canal catiónico de 40-pS, ILOT, permeable al Ca2+.
- El ILOT exhibe una actividad de puertas distinta, siendo activo por la noche pero no durante el día.
- Los ritmos circadianos en las puertas de ILOT persisten en condiciones de libre funcionamiento y son insensibles a la luz por la noche.
Conclusiones:
- ILOT representa un nuevo canal permeable a Ca2+ de apertura rítmica en las células pineal de pollo.
- La actividad de ILOT probablemente contribuye a la regulación circadiana de la secreción de melatonina.
- El mecanismo de bloqueo de ILOT es independiente del voltaje, el estiramiento, el Ca2+ y los nucleótidos cíclicos.
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