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Role of calcium stores and membrane voltage in the generation of slow wave action potentials in guinea-pig gastric pylorus

D. F. Van Helden, M. S. Imtiaz, K. Nurgaliyeva, P.-Y. von der Weid and P. J. Dosen

1. Intracellular recordings made in single bundle strips of a visceral smooth muscle revealed rhythmic spontaneous membrane depolarizations termed slow waves (SWs). These exhibited 'pacemaker' and 'regenerative' components composed of summations of more elementary events termed spontaneous transient depolarizations (STDs).

2. STDs and SWs persisted in the presence of tetrodotoxin, nifedipine and ryanodine, and upon brief exposure to Ca²⁺-free Cd²⁺-containing solutions; they were enhanced by ACh and blocked by BAPTA AM, cyclopiazonic acid and caffeine. SWs were also inhibited in heparin-loaded strips.

3. SWs were observed over a wide range of membrane potentials (e.g. -80 to -45 mV) with increased frequencies at more depolarized potentials.

4. Regular spontaneous SW activity in this preparation began after 1-3 h superfusion of the tissue with physiological saline following the dissection procedure. Membrane depolarization applied before the onset of this activity induced bursts of STD-like events (termed the 'initial' response) which, when larger than threshold levels initiated regenerative responses. The combined initial-regenerative waveform was termed the SW-like action potential.

5. Voltage-induced responses exhibited large variable latencies (typical range 0·3-4 s), refractory periods of ~11 s and a pharmacology that was indistinguishable from those of STDs and spontaneous SWs.

6. The data indicate that SWs arise through more elementary inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP₃) receptor-induced Ca²⁺ release events which rhythmically synchronize to trigger regenerative Ca²⁺ release and induce inward current across the plasmalemma. The finding that action potentials, which were indistinguishable from SWs, could be evoked by depolarization suggests that membrane potential modulates IP₃ production. Voltage feedback on intracellular IP₃-sensitive Ca²⁺ release is likely to have a major influence on the generation and propagation of SWs.

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