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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 272: G962-G971, 1997;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 5 962-G971, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Spontaneous activity of guinea pig ileum longitudinal muscle regulated by Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel

S. J. Hong, Y. F. Roan and C. C. Chang
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei.

Isolated guinea pig ileum displayed spontaneous contraction and fluctuation of membrane potential originating from the longitudinal muscle. Transmural stimulation of the enteric nerve plexus evoked contractions that were followed by lowered muscle tone and decreased spontaneous activity. The Na+ channel blocker tetrodotoxin, N-type Ca2+ channel blockers omega-conotoxins GVIA and MVIIA, the muscarinic receptor antagonist atropine, and inhibitory mediators alpha, beta-methylene-ATP and sodium nitroprusside all inhibited stimulation-evoked contraction while restoring spontaneous motility. L-type Ca2+ channel blockers nifedipine and calciseptine completely suppressed evoked and spontaneous contractions. Blockade of the large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ (Kca) channel with charybdotoxin (but not of small-conductance Kca channel by apamin or of ATP-regulated K+ channel by glybenclamide) induced spikelike depolarization, inhibited nerve stimulation-evoked membrane hyperpolarization, and increased spontaneous activity. The results suggest that the large-conductance Kca channel is constitutively activated for modulations of spontaneous activity, and that muscle excitation, through elevation of Ca2+ levels, stimulates the large-conductance Kca channel to suppress spontaneous activity.


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