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Long-term regulation of contractility and calcium current in smooth muscle

Gomez, Maria LU orcid and Swärd, Karl LU (1997) In American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology 273(5). p.1714-1720
Abstract
Longitudinal smooth muscle strips from guinea pig ileum were cultured in vitro for 5 days, and the relationship between extracellular Ca2+ and force in high-K+ medium was evaluated. In strips cultured with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), this relationship was shifted to the right (50% effective concentration changed by 2-3 mM) compared with strips cultured without FCS. The shift was prevented by inclusion of verapamil (1 microM) during culture and mimicked by ionomycin in the absence of FCS. The intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) during stimulation with high-K+ solution or carbachol was reduced after culture with FCS, whereas the [Ca2+]i-force relationship was unaffected. Cells were isolated from cultured strips, and whole cell... (More)
Longitudinal smooth muscle strips from guinea pig ileum were cultured in vitro for 5 days, and the relationship between extracellular Ca2+ and force in high-K+ medium was evaluated. In strips cultured with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), this relationship was shifted to the right (50% effective concentration changed by 2-3 mM) compared with strips cultured without FCS. The shift was prevented by inclusion of verapamil (1 microM) during culture and mimicked by ionomycin in the absence of FCS. The intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) during stimulation with high-K+ solution or carbachol was reduced after culture with FCS, whereas the [Ca2+]i-force relationship was unaffected. Cells were isolated from cultured strips, and whole cell voltage-clamp experiments were performed. Maximum inward Ca2+ current (10 mM Ba2+), normalized to cell capacitance, was almost three times smaller in cells isolated from strips cultured with FCS. Culture with 1 microM verapamil prevented this reduction. These results suggest that increased [Ca2+]i during culture downregulates Ca2+ current density, with associated effects on contractility. (Less)
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fura 2, verapamil, patch clamp, ionomycin, tissue culture
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  abstract     = {{Longitudinal smooth muscle strips from guinea pig ileum were cultured in vitro for 5 days, and the relationship between extracellular Ca2+ and force in high-K+ medium was evaluated. In strips cultured with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), this relationship was shifted to the right (50% effective concentration changed by 2-3 mM) compared with strips cultured without FCS. The shift was prevented by inclusion of verapamil (1 microM) during culture and mimicked by ionomycin in the absence of FCS. The intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) during stimulation with high-K+ solution or carbachol was reduced after culture with FCS, whereas the [Ca2+]i-force relationship was unaffected. Cells were isolated from cultured strips, and whole cell voltage-clamp experiments were performed. Maximum inward Ca2+ current (10 mM Ba2+), normalized to cell capacitance, was almost three times smaller in cells isolated from strips cultured with FCS. Culture with 1 microM verapamil prevented this reduction. These results suggest that increased [Ca2+]i during culture downregulates Ca2+ current density, with associated effects on contractility.}},
  author       = {{Gomez, Maria and Swärd, Karl}},
  issn         = {{1522-1563}},
  keywords     = {{fura 2; verapamil; patch clamp; ionomycin; tissue culture}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{1714--1720}},
  publisher    = {{American Physiological Society}},
  series       = {{American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology}},
  title        = {{Long-term regulation of contractility and calcium current in smooth muscle}},
  url          = {{http://ajpcell.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/273/5/C1714}},
  volume       = {{273}},
  year         = {{1997}},
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