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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H295-H303, 2007. First published August 25, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00719.2006
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Developmental changes in time course of recovery from inactivation in L-type calcium currents of rabbit ventricular myocytes

Takao Namiki, Ronald W. Joyner, and Mary B. Wagner

Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

Submitted 6 July 2006 ; accepted in final form 24 August 2006

The mechanisms of recovery from inactivation of the L-type calcium current (ICa) are not well established, and recovery is affected by many experimental conditions. Little is known about developmental changes of recovery from inactivation of ICa. We studied developmental changes of recovery from inactivation in ICa using isolated adult and newborn (1–4 days) rabbit ventricular myocytes. We used broken-patch and perforated-patch techniques with physiological extracellular ionic concentrations of calcium and sodium and interpulse conditioning potentials of –80 or –50 mV. We also maximized ICa with forskolin. We found that recovery from inactivation did not differ between adult and newborn cells when either EGTA or BAPTA was used to buffer intracellular calcium. Maximizing ICa with forskolin slowed recovery from inactivation in newborn but not in adult cells. In contrast, when the intracellular buffering of the cell was left nearly intact (perforated patch), recovery from inactivation (half-time of recovery) in the newborn cells was significantly slower than for the adult cells when either a conditioning potential of –80 mV (140 ± 9 vs. 58 ± 4 ms, newborn vs. adult; P < 0.05) or –50 mV (641 ± 106 vs. 168 ± 15 ms, newborn vs. adult; P < 0.05) was used. Forskolin significantly increased half-time of recovery for both adult and newborn cells. Dialysis with no calcium buffer showed a slower recovery from inactivation in newborn cells. Intracellular dialysis with a calcium buffer masked differences in recovery from inactivation of ICa between newborn and adult rabbit ventricular cells.

voltage clamp; calcium buffering; perforated patch; forskolin


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: M. B. Wagner, Dept. of Pediatrics, Emory Univ. School of Medicine, 2015 Uppergate Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322 (e-mail: mwagner{at}cellbio.emory.edu)




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