Publication Date:
1989-05-26
Description:
In isolated heart cells, beta-adrenergic receptor stimulation induced a background current that was suppressed by simultaneous muscarinic receptor stimulation. Direct activation of adenylate cyclase with forskolin also elicited this current, suggesting regulation by adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP). This current could be recorded when sodium, calcium, and potassium currents were eliminated by channel antagonists or by ion substitution. Alteration of the chloride equilibrium potential produced changes in the reversal potential expected for a chloride current. Activation of this chloride current modulated action potential duration and altered the resting membrane potential in a chloride gradient-dependent manner.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Harvey, R D -- Hume, J R -- HL30143/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 May 26;244(4907):983-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno 89557.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2543073" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acetylcholine/pharmacology
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Action Potentials/drug effects
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Adenylyl Cyclases/metabolism
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Animals
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Chloride Channels
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Chlorides/*physiology
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Colforsin/pharmacology
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Cyclic AMP/physiology
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Electric Conductivity
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Enzyme Activation/drug effects
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Guinea Pigs
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Heart/*physiology
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Isoproterenol/pharmacology
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Membrane Potentials/drug effects
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Membrane Proteins/*physiology
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Propranolol/pharmacology
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Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/drug effects/*physiology
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Receptors, Muscarinic/physiology
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Ventricular Function
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
