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Department of Pharmacology, King's College London, Strand.
1. Guinea-pig hepatocytes respond to noradrenaline (NA, 5-10 microM) with a large membrane conductance increase to K+ and Cl-. The response has a long initial delay (range 2-30 s). Following the delay, the K+ conductance (studied in Cl(-)-free solutions) rises quickly to a peak in 1-2 s and is maintained in the continued presence of NA, though often with superimposed oscillations of conductance. The roles of intracellular Ca2+ and D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) in this complex response have been investigated by rapid photolytic release of intracellular Ca2+ (from Nitr5-Ca2+ buffers) or InsP3 from 'caged' InsP3. 2. A rapid increase of intracellular [Ca2+] produced an immediate membrane conductance increase which rose approximately exponentially to a new steady level, consistent with a direct activation of Ca2(+)-dependent ion channels. 3. Following a pulse of InsP3, conductance rose after a brief delay (range 70-1500 ms) which was shortest at high [InsP3] or if the initial cytosolic [Ca2+] had been raised above normal levels. The maximum conductance produced by InsP3 was similar in each cell to the peak recorded with NA and could be evoked by InsP3 concentrations of 0.5-1 microM. 4. The rates of rise of conductance increased with InsP3 concentration in the range 0.25-12.5 microM (range 10-90%, rise times 90-1000 ms), indicating that InsP3-evoked Ca2(+)-efflux from stores increases with InsP3 concentration in this range. 5. Photochemically released InsP3 and Ca2+ activate at physiological concentrations the same membrane conductances as NA. The results indicate that the long initial delay in NA action occurs prior to or during generation of InsP3. The mechanism of the delay and the subsequent apparently all-or-none conductance increase during NA action are discussed in terms of the high co-operativity in InsP3 and Ca2+ actions and an additional positive feedback step. 6. Evidence was found of a negative interaction between [Ca2+] and InsP3-evoked Ca2+ release. The time course of the recovery of InsP3-evoked Ca2+ release following a rise of cytosolic [Ca2+] suggests that this interaction may be important in regulating oscillatory responses of [Ca2+] during hormonal stimulation of guinea-pig hepatocytes.
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