TY - JOUR
T1 - Extracellular adenosine 5′-triphosphate-evoked norepinephrine secretion not relating to voltage-gated Ca channels in pheochromocytoma PC12 cells
AU - Inoue, Kazuhide
AU - Nakazawa, Ken
AU - Fujimori, Kannosuke
AU - Takanaka, Akira
PY - 1989/12/4
Y1 - 1989/12/4
N2 - Characteristics of extracellular ATP-stimulated norepinephrine (NE) secretion were investigated by the batch method in relation to membrane current measured with the whole cell voltage-clamp technique. Extracellular ATP stimulated [3H]NE secretion from PC12 cells in a concentration range from 10 μM to 1 mM. The maximal effect of ATP was about 5 times larger than that of nicotine. ATP-stimulated secretion was extracellular Ca-dependent, but it was not inhibited by the Ca-channel blockers, cadmium (300 μM) or nicardipine (10 μM). Extracellular ATP activated an inward current in PC12 cells and the peak amplitude of the current was about 5 times larger than that activated by nicotine. These findings suggest that extracellular ATP activates receptor-operated channels and causes NE secretion.
AB - Characteristics of extracellular ATP-stimulated norepinephrine (NE) secretion were investigated by the batch method in relation to membrane current measured with the whole cell voltage-clamp technique. Extracellular ATP stimulated [3H]NE secretion from PC12 cells in a concentration range from 10 μM to 1 mM. The maximal effect of ATP was about 5 times larger than that of nicotine. ATP-stimulated secretion was extracellular Ca-dependent, but it was not inhibited by the Ca-channel blockers, cadmium (300 μM) or nicardipine (10 μM). Extracellular ATP activated an inward current in PC12 cells and the peak amplitude of the current was about 5 times larger than that activated by nicotine. These findings suggest that extracellular ATP activates receptor-operated channels and causes NE secretion.
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U2 - 10.1016/0304-3940(89)90179-1
DO - 10.1016/0304-3940(89)90179-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 2557565
AN - SCOPUS:0024317045
SN - 0304-3940
VL - 106
SP - 294
EP - 299
JO - Neuroscience Letters
JF - Neuroscience Letters
IS - 3
ER -