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ArticleCellular and molecular neurobiology2010

Comparison of Ca2+ currents of chromaffin cells from normotensive Wistar Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Pedro Segura-Chama, Adán Hernández, Nicolás Jiménez-Pérez, Tzitzitlini Alejandre-García, Claudia V Rivera-Cerecedo, Jesús Hernández-Guijo, Arturo Hernández-Cruz

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Article in Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pedro Segura-ChamaDivisión de Neurociencias, Departamento de Neurociencia Cognitiva, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de Investigación Científica s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 04510, Mexico City, DF, Mexico.
Adán Hernández
Nicolás Jiménez-Pérez
Tzitzitlini Alejandre-García
Claudia V Rivera-Cerecedo
Jesús Hernández-Guijo
Arturo Hernández-Cruz
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) are widely used as model to investigate the pathophysiological mechanisms of essential hypertension. Catecholamine plasma levels are elevated in SHR, suggesting alterations of the sympathoadrenal axis. The residual hypertension in sympathectomized SHR is reduced after demedullation, suggesting a dysfunction of the adrenal medulla. Intact adrenal glands exposed to acetylcholine or high K+ release more catecholamine in SHR than in normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats, and adrenal chromaffin cells (CCs) from SHR secrete more catecholamines than CCs from WKY rats. Since Ca2+ entry through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCC) triggers exocytosis, alterations in the functional properties of these channels might underlie the enhanced catecholamine release in SHR. This study compares the electrophysiological properties of VGCC from CCs in acute adrenal slices from WKY rats and SHR at an early stage of hypertension. No significant differences were found in the macroscopic Ca2+ currents (current density, I–V curve, voltage dependence of activation and inactivation, kinetics) between CCs of SHR and WKY rats, suggesting that Ca2+ entry through VGCC is not significantly different between these strains, at least at early stages of hypertension. Ca2+ buffering, sequestration and extrusion mechanisms, as well as Ca2+ release from intracellular stores, must now be evaluated to determine if alterations in their function can explain the enhanced catecholamine secretion reported in CCs from SHR.

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Ion Channel GatingAnimalsAutocrine CommunicationBlood PressureCalcium ChannelsChromaffin CellsMaleNickelNifedipineRatsRats, Inbred SHRRats, Inbred WKYCalcium ChannelsNickelNifedipine

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PMCPMC11498803
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