ACh-evoked membrane hyperpolarization in smooth muscle cells of rat vas deferens in vitro: involvement of K(+) channels and NO.
- Author:
Pin FAN
1
;
Li LI
;
Zheng-Jiang LIU
;
Jun-Qiang SI
;
Zhi-Qin ZHANG
;
Lei ZHAO
;
Ke-Tao MA
Author Information
1. Laboratory of Xinjiang Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Institute of Electrophysiology, Medical College Shihezi University, Shihezi 832002, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acetylcholine;
pharmacology;
Animals;
Glipizide;
pharmacology;
In Vitro Techniques;
Male;
Membrane Potentials;
drug effects;
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle;
physiology;
Nitric Oxide;
physiology;
Potassium Channels;
physiology;
Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying;
Rats;
Rats, Wistar;
Vas Deferens;
drug effects;
physiology
- From:
Acta Physiologica Sinica
2007;59(3):331-338
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
To explore the underlying mechanism of acetylcholine (ACh)-evoked membrane hyperpolarizing response in isolated rat vas deferens smooth muscle cells (SMCs), intracellular microelectrode recording technique and intracellular microelectrophoresis fluorescent staining technique were used to study ACh-evoked membrane hyperpolarizing response in SMCs freshly isolated from Wistar rat vas deferens. By using microelectrodes containing fluorescent dye 0.1% propidium iodide (PI), 37 and 17 cells were identified as SMCs in outer longitudinal and inner circular muscular layers, respectively. The resting membrane potentials of SMCs were (-53.56+/-3.88) mV and (-51.62+/-4.27) mV, respectively. The membrane input resistances were (2245.60+/-372.50) MOmega and (2101.50+/-513.50) MOmega, respectively. ACh evoked membrane hyperpolarizing response in a concentration-dependent manner with an EC(50) of 36 micromol/L. This action of ACh was abolished by both a non-sepcific muscarinic (M) receptor antagonist atropine (1 mumol/L) and a selective M(3 ) receptor antagonist diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine-methiodide (DAMP, 100 nmol/L). ACh-evoked membrane hyperpolarization was also abolished by a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 300 micromol/L) and suppressed by an ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel blocker glipizide (5 micromol/L) and an inward rectifier potassium (K(ir)) channel inhibitor bariumion (50 micromol/L). A combination of glipizide and bariumion abolished ACh-evoked membrane hyperpolarizing response. The results suggest that ACh-evoked membrane hyperpolarization in rat vas deferens SMCs is mediated by M(3) receptor followed with activation of K(ATP) channels, K(ir) channels, and NO release.
