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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
Volume 579, Issue 2, Pages 465-471Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.127480
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL058860, P01 HL028958, HL-28958, HL 58860] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS-29755, R01 NS029755] Funding Source: Medline
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This study examines the molecular basis for the T-type and L-type Ca2+ currents in canine Purkinje cells. The I-CaT in Purkinje cells was completely suppressed by 200 nM kurtoxin, a specific blocker of both Ca(v)3.1 and Ca(v)3.2 channels. Since only Ca(v)3.2 mRNA is expressed at high levels in Purkinje fibres, being approximately 100-fold more abundant than either Ca(v)3.1 or Ca(v)3.3 mRNAs, it is concluded that the Ca(v)3.2 gene encodes the bulk of the T-type Ca2+ channels in canine Purkinje cells. This conclusion is consistent with the sensitivity of the current to blockade by Ni2+ ions (K-D = 32 mu M). For L-type channels, Ca(v)1.2 mRNA was most abundant in Purkinje fibres but a significant level of Ca(v)1.3 mRNA expression was also found. A comparison of the sensitivity to blockade by isradipine of the L-type currents in Purkinje cells and ventricular epicardial myocytes, which only express Ca(v)1.2, suggests that the Ca(v)1.3 channels make, at most, a minor contribution to the L-type current in canine Purkinje cells.
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