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Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110.

1. High-voltage-activated Ca2+ current (ICa) waveforms in adult rat ventricular myocytes comprise two components, referred to here as ICa(fc) and ICa(sc) to denote the fast and slow components, respectively, of ICa decay. At all test potentials, the two time constants of ICa decay, tau fc and tau sc, differ by approximately an order of magnitude. Neither tau fc nor tau sc varies appreciably with test potential, however, suggesting that current inactivation is not markedly voltage dependent. 2. Current activation at all test potentials follows a sigmoidal time course and is best described by a power function with n = 4. Deactivation of the currents, examined following variable length depolarizations to various test potentials, however, follows a single exponential time course. In addition, the kinetics of activation and deactivation of ICa(fc) and ICa(sc) are indistinguishable. 3. Although both begin to activate at approximately -30 mV, the voltage dependences of ICa(fc) and ICa(sc) are distinct: ICa(fc) peaks at -10 mV and ICa(sc) peaks at +10 mV. 4. The relative amplitudes of ICa(fc) and ICa(sc) vary with the holding potential from which the currents are evoked and with the frequency of current activation: hyperpolarized holding potentials and low stimulation frequencies reveal preferential activation of ICa(fc), whereas depolarized holding potentials and high stimulation frequencies potentiate ICa(sc). In addition, the observed voltage- and frequency-dependent changes in ICa(fc) and ICa(sc) amplitudes are reciprocal. 5. The apparent voltage dependences of steady-state inactivation of ICa(fc) and ICa(sc) are also distinct. ICa(fc) is reduced to approximately 50% of its maximal amplitude at -45 mV, whereas ICa(sc) is approximately 50% inactivated at -30 mV. 6. Recovery of ICa(peak) from steady-state inactivation follows a complex time course. Following inactivation at -10 mV, ICa(peak) recovers at -90 mV to its maximal value over a biexponential time course; ICa(peak) then decreases over the next several seconds to a steady-state level. 7. The time course of recovery from steady-state inactivation of ICa(fc) at -90 mV is best described by the sum of two exponentials; the two time constants of recovery differ by approximately a factor of 25. ICa(sc), in contrast, recovers rapidly and over a single exponential time course to its maximal value. When the recovery time at -90 mV is increased, however, ICa(sc) amplitude decreases slowly and over a single exponential time course to a steady-state level.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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