Characterization of the calcium influx induced by depolarization of guinea pig cochlear spiral ganglion cells

We examined dynamic changes in intracellular calcium ion concentrations ([Ca2+]i) in isolated cochlear spiral ganglion cells (SGCs) of the guinea pig using digital imaging microscopy and the Ca(2+)-sensitive fluorescence dye fura-2. [Ca2+]i in SGCs was 83 +/- 22 nM (n = 50, means +/- SD) in cell somata at the resting state. Reversible increases in [Ca2+]i were elicited during membrane depolarization by high K+ (150 mM). This increase in [Ca2+]i was not observed under conditions of depolarization in Ca(2+)-free medium containing 1 mM EGTA. In addition, these increases in [Ca2+]i were sensitive to L-type calcium channel ligands, viz., antagonized by nifedipine (50 microM), verapamil (10 microM) and enhanced by BAY K 8644 (1 microM). These observations suggest that increases in [Ca2+]i of cochlear SGCs induced by high K+ are due to an influx of extracellular Ca2+, probably through voltage-gated L-type calcium channels.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1994

Erschienen:

1994

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties - 56(1994), 3 vom: 11. Mai, Seite 125-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Han, D Y [VerfasserIn]
Harada, N [VerfasserIn]
Tomoda, K [VerfasserIn]
Yamashita, T [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester
71145-03-4
CJ0O37KU29
Calcium
Calcium Channels
I9ZF7L6G2L
Journal Article
Nifedipine
Potassium
RWP5GA015D
SY7Q814VUP
Verapamil

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.07.1994

Date Revised 16.02.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM074915649