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L Gandía1, A Albillos, A G García.
Abstract
The effects of the synthetic analogue of the toxin from the venom of the funnel-web spider Agenelopsis aperta (sFTX) on whole-cell Ba2+ currents through Ca2+ channels were studied in cultured bovine chromaffin cells. sFTX selectively and reversibly blocked a significant component (55 +/- 3%) of the whole-cell IBa. Effects of sFTX were additive to those of omega-conotoxin GVIA, a selective blocker of N-type Ca2+ channels, and those of furnidipine, a novel dihydropyridine L-type Ca2+ channel blocker. We conclude that the cultured bovine chromaffin cells, in addition to N- and L-type Ca2+ channels, possess a P-type component in their whole-cell currents through their Ca2+ channels.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8393669 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.1874
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575