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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
卷 81, 期 3, 页码 247-258出版社
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/Y03-045
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chick heart cells; bradykinin; B-1 receptor; B-2 receptor; Ca2+; Na+; K+ currents
Using Fluo-3 calcium dye confocal microscopy and spontaneously contracting embryonic chick heart cells, bradykinin (10(-10) M) was found to induce positive chronotropic effects by increasing the frequency of the transient increase of cytosolic and nuclear free Ca2+. Pretreatment of the cells with either B-1 or B-2 receptor antagonists (R126 and R817, respectively) completely prevented bradykinin (BK) induced positive chronotropic effects on spontaneously contracting single heart cells. Using the whole-cell voltage clamp technique and ionic substitution to separate the different ionic current species, our results showed that BK (10(-6) M) had no effect on fast Na+ inward current and delayed outward potassium current. However, both L- and T-type Ca2+ currents were found to be increased by BK in a dose-dependent manner (10(-10)-10(-7) M). The effects of BK on T- and L-type Ca2+ currents were partially blocked by the B-1 receptor antagonist [Leu(8)]des-Arg(9)-BK (R592) (10(-7) M) and completely reversed by the B-2 receptor antagonist D-Arg[Hyp(3),D-Phe(7),Leu(8)]BK (R-588) (10(-7) M) or pretreatment with pertussis toxin (PTX). These results demonstrate that BK induced a positive chronotropic effect via stimulation of T- and L-type Ca2+ currents in heart cells mainly via stimulation of B-2 receptor coupled to PTX-sensitive G-proteins. The increase of both types of Ca2+ current by BK in heart cells may explain the positive inotropic and chronotropic effects of this hormone.
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