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The FASEB Journal, Vol 2, 2497-2504, Copyright © 1988 by The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

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Regulation of one type of Ca2+ current in smooth muscle cells by diacylglycerol and acetylcholine

MB Vivaudou, LH Clapp, JV Walsh Jr and JJ Singer
Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655.

Electrophysiological recordings from freshly dissociated smooth muscle cells from the stomach of the toad Bufo marinus revealed two types of Ca2+ currents. One has a low threshold of activation and inactivates rapidly; the other has a high threshold of activation and inactivates more slowly. Acetylcholine (ACh) increased the high-threshold current but not the low-threshold current. The synthetic diacylglycerol analog sn-1,2-dioctanoylglycerol, an activator of protein kinase C (PKC), mimicked these effects of ACh on Ca2+ currents. However, another diacylglycerol analog, 1,2-dioctanoyl-3-thioglycerol, which has a closely related structure but does not activate PKC, failed to increase the Ca2+ current. The same was true of 1,2-dioctanoyl-3- chloropropanediol, an analog that even at high concentrations only minimally activates PKC. These results suggest that diacylglycerol may be the second messenger mediating the effects of ACh on one type of voltage-activated Ca2+ channel, possibly by activating PKC.


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