Publication Date:
1989-02-03
Description:
Although the structure of rabbit skeletal muscle dihydropyridine (DHP) receptor, deduced from cDNA sequence, indicates that this protein is the channel-forming subunit of voltage-dependent calcium channel (VDCC), no functional proof for this prediction has been presented. Two DNA oligonucleotides complementary to DHP-receptor RNA sequences coding for putative membrane-spanning regions of the DHP receptor specifically suppress the expression of the DHP-sensitive VDCC from rabbit and rat heart in Xenopus oocytes. However, these oligonucleotides do not suppress the expression of the DHP-insensitive VDCC and of voltage-dependent sodium and potassium channels. Thus, the gene for DHP receptor of rabbit skeletal muscle is closely related, or identical to, a gene expressed in heart that encodes a component of the DHP-sensitive VDCC. The DHP-sensitive and DHP-insensitive VDCCs are distinct molecular entities.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lotan, I -- Goelet, P -- Gigi, A -- Dascal, N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Feb 3;243(4891):666-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2464853" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid,
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1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl
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ester/pharmacology
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Animals
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Calcium Channels/drug effects/*physiology
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DNA/*genetics
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DNA Probes
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Electric Conductivity
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*Gene Expression Regulation
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Muscles/analysis
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Myocardium/analysis
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Nucleic Acid Hybridization
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Oocytes/physiology
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RNA/genetics
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RNA, Messenger/genetics
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Rabbits
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Rats
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Receptors, Nicotinic/*genetics
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Xenopus
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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