乙酰胆碱对蛇运动神经末梢离子通道活动的反馈调节

由研究乙酰胆碱受体激动剂和阻断剂的作用提出,在脊椎动物运动神经末梢存在着对乙酰胆碱（ＡＣｈ）释放的反馈调节。神经末梢的离了通道在递质释放中有重要作用。本文是利用周膜下记录技术。研究ＡＣｈ对蛇运动神经末梢离子通道调节作用的报告。（１）２ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＡＣｈ明显抑制依钙Ｋ流（ＩＫ,Ｃａ）此效应与３ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＴＥＡ的相似。由于ｎＡＣｈＲ激动剂尼古丁（２ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ） 不影响Ｉｋ,ｆ和ＩＫ,Ｃdisplay stat     

M型受体在大鼠肾上腺嗜铬细胞内钙库释放和激素分泌中的作用

在单个大鼠肾上腺嗜铬细胞上,用显微荧光测量和碳纤电极记录方法,测量可激活毒蕈碱（ｍｕｓｃａｒｉｎｅ,Ｍ）受体的激动剂乙酰甲胆碱（ｍｅｔｈａｃｈｏｌｉｎｅ,ＭＣｈ）对胞内游离钙浓度「Ｃａ＾２＋」ｉ和儿茶酚胺激素分泌的影响。在细胞外液含２ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ Ｃａ＾２＋时,用含钙或不含钙的ＭＣｈ（１ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ）刺激细胞,均引起「Ｃａ＾２＋」ｉ的升高或钙振荡,并诱发激素的分泌。     

心脏K^＋通道

Ｋ＾＋通道是生物膜上一种调节Ｋ＾＋流的跨膜蛋白质,广泛存在于各种可兴奋的细胞。在维持心脏正常功能方面发挥重要作用。本主要讨论内向整流Ｋ＾＋通道,延迟整流Ｋ＾＋通道,瞬进外向电流Ｋ＾＋通道,毒蕈碱／腺激活Ｋ＾＋通道,ＡＴＰ敏感性Ｋ＾＋通道的基本特性,及其在心脏电生理作用中的重功能,和相关的分子生物学信息。     

腺苷对缺氧时海马神经元内游离Ca^2＋的影响

实验用Ｆｌｕｏ－３负载细胞,在激光扫描共聚焦显微镜下直接监测缺氧后分散培养的大鼠海马ＣＡ１区神经元内游离Ｃａ＾２＋浓度（［Ｃａ＾２＋］ｉ）的变化,观察腺苷对这种变化的影响并初步探讨其作用机制。结果发现,急性缺氧使海马神经元［Ｃａ＾２＋］ｉ显著升高;腺苷（１００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）明显抑制缺氧引起的［Ｃａ＾２＋］ｉ增高,腺苷Ａ１受体拮抗剂ＣＰＴ以及Ｋ＾＋通道阻断剂４－ＡＰ和ＡＴＰ敏感性Ｋ＾＋通道阻断剂ｇｌ     

不同环境条件下沙生植物的CO2气体交换研究

对腾格里沙坡头地区两种沙生植物：油蒿（ＡｒｔｅｍｉｓｉｓａｏｒｄｏｓｉｃａＫｒａｓｃｈ．）和柠条（ＣａｒａｇａｎａｋｏｒｓｈｉｎｓｋｉｉＫｏｍ）。在旱季和雨季时ＣＯ２气体交换特点及其动态变化进行了研究,结果表明：在干旱条件下,油蒿（Ａ）和柠条（Ｃ）的光合作用均受到严重影响,其光合率率日变化日出后（７：００－９：ａ．ｍ．）有一较小高峰外,基本处于很低水平。降水后,Ａ和Ｃ的光合作用均明显提高,但Ｐｎ     

大鼠纹状体神经元中乙酰胆碱激活的离子通道

用膜片钳技术对培养的纹状体神经元膜上的乙酰胆碱激活的离子通道进行了研究。结果表明,单通道电流为内向电流,随着超极化程度增大而增加,随着去极化程度增大而减少;翻转电位为１５．０±６．１ｍＶ,电导为８２．７１±１６．１７ｐＳ;通道的开放时间分布直方图和关闭时间分布直方图均需双指数拟合,开放时间分布直方图的时间常数分别为１．９３ｍｓ和５．７３ｍｓ,关闭时间分布直方图的时间常数则为０．５２８ｍｓ和２．３２ｍｓ;通道的平均开放时间和开放概率均与超极化程度无明显相关关系。由于电极液中含ＡＣｈ和Ｋ￣＋通道阻断剂Ｃｓ￣＋而不含Ｎａ￣＋或Ｃａ￣（２＋）,且浴槽液中含Ｎａ￣＋通道阻断剂河豚毒素,因此可排除内向Ｎａ￣＋流、Ｃａ￣（２＋）流和Ｋ￣＋流,提示内向电流为ＡＣｈ激活的通道电流。     

热休克蛋白、蛋白水解酶和磷酸酶在大鼠肝再生中的含量和活性变化

本文以２／３肝切除（ｐａｒｔｉａｌ ｈｅｐａｔｅｃｔｏｍｙ,ＰＨ）大鼠为模型,探讨了ＰＨ后酸性和碱性磷酸酶（ａｃｉｄ ａｎｄ ａｌｋａｌｉｎｅ ｐｈｏｓｐｈａｔａｓｅｓ,ＡＣＰ和ＡＫＰ）,构成性热休克蛋白７０／诱导性热休克蛋白６８（ＨＳＣ７／ＨＳＰ６８）,酸性和中性蛋白水解酶在肝再生期间（０－１４４ｈ）的动态变化。结果显示,在肝切除后的肝再生期间;（１）ＡＣＰ和ＡＫＰ均出现两个活性高峰（４和４８ｈ     

加压素(4 -8)对大鼠脑内Ca2+/CaM依赖的蛋白激酶Ⅱ自身磷酸化的影响

大鼠皮下注射加压素（ＡＶＰ）（４－８）１ｈ后,大脑皮层中Ｃａ＾２＋／ＣａＭ依赖的蛋白激酶Ⅱ自身磷酸化程度与对照组比较增高１９２％,Ｐ〈０．００１;海马中增高４０％,Ｐ〈０．０５。ＣａＭＫⅡ的自身磷酸化程度依赖于Ｃａ＾２＋及ＣａＭ浓度。在用抗 ＣａＭＫⅡα单克隆抗体对给药１ｈ组样品和对照组样品进行免疫印迹检测时,发现皮下注射ＡＶＰ（４－８）１ｈ后,大脑皮层中ＣａＭＫⅡα亚基的蛋白量没有明显差异。ＡＶ     

腺病毒载体介导的肝癌细胞专一性自杀基因表达

构建由肝癌细胞专一的ａｆｐ基因表达调节元件控制自杀基因ＨＳＶ－ｔｋ的穿梭质粒,将它与缺陷型腺病毒载体重组,得到ＡｄｒＡＦＰＴＫ病毒。经ＰＣＲ及Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交等证实它们含ａｆｐ元件和ｔｋ基因。空斑形成试验表明病毒效价达１×１０１５ｐｆｕ／Ｌ。同时构建由ＣＭＶ启动子控制ｔｋ基因的类似载体作为对照。将这两个重组腺病毒分别感染ＡＦＰ阳性（ＨｅｐＧ２）或阴性（ＨｅＬａ,ＢＲＬ－３Ａ）细胞株（ｍ．ｏ．ｉ．＝１００）,以丙氧鸟苷（ｇａｎｃｉｃｌｏｖｉｒ,ＧＣＶ）处理后,用ＭＴＴ法测定杀伤细胞的效应。结果,ＡｄＣＭＶＴＫ感染这三种细胞后,ＧＣＶ半杀伤浓度分别为１．３、２、＜１μｍｏｌ／Ｌ;但是,ＡｄｒＡＦＰＴＫ感染的ＨｅＬａ和ＢＲＬ－３Ａ细胞的ＧＣＶ半杀伤浓度都＞１０００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ,而对ＨｅｐＧ２细胞只有＜１μｍｏｌ／Ｌ,表现出极高的细胞专一性。重组腺病毒ＡｄｒＡＦＰＴＫ可望用于肝癌的专一性基因治疗     

5-HT和NA增强大鼠骶髓后连合核神经元甘氨酸门控Cl~-通道电流由蛋白激酶介导

用制霉菌素穿孔膜片钳方法研究５－ＨＴ和ＮＡ对急性分离的大鼠骶髓后连合核神经元甘氨酸门控氯离子通道电流（ＩＧｌｙ）的调控作用及其胞内机制。发现：（１）５－ＨＴ激活与非胰岛激活蛋白（ＩＡＰ）敏感型Ｇ蛋白偶联的５－ＨＴ２受体亚型,激活磷脂酶Ｃ（ＰＬＣ）,增加甘油二酯（ＤＡＧ）的生成。ＤＡＧ增强不依赖Ｃａ２＋的新型ＰＫＣ（ｎＰＫＣ）的活性,从而增强ＩＧｌｙ;（２）ＮＡ激活与ＩＡＰ敏感型Ｇ蛋白偶联的α２受体,抑制腺苷酸环化酶（ＡＣ）,减少ｃＡＭＰ的生成,使ＰＫＡ活性降低,从而增强ＩＧｌｙ。     

Coupling of the muscarinic m2 receptor to G protein-activated K(+) channels via Galpha(z) and a receptor-Galpha(z) fusion protein. Fusion between the receptor and Galpha(z) eliminates catalytic (collision) coupling

G protein-activated K(+) channel (GIRK), which is activated by the G(betagamma) subunit of heterotrimeric G proteins, and muscarinic m2 receptor (m2R) were coexpressed in Xenopus oocytes. Acetylcholine evoked a K(+) current, I(ACh), via the endogenous pertussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive G(i/o) proteins. Activation of I(ACh) was accelerated by increasing the expression of m2R, suggesting a collision coupling mechanism in which one receptor catalytically activates several G proteins. Coexpression of the alpha subunit of the PTX-insensitive G protein G(z), Galpha(z), induced a slowly activating PTX-insensitive I(ACh), whose activation kinetics were also compatible with the collision coupling mechanism. When GIRK was coexpressed with an m2R x Galpha(z) fusion protein (tandem), in which the C terminus of m2R was tethered to the N terminus of Galpha(z), part of I(ACh) was still eliminated by PTX. Thus, the m2R of the tandem activates the tethered Galpha(z) but also the nontethered G(i/o) proteins. After PTX treatment, the speed of activation of the m2R x Galpha(z)-mediated response did not depend on the expression level of m2R x Galpha(z) and was faster than when m2R and Galpha(z) were coexpressed as separate proteins. These results demonstrate that fusing the receptor and the Galpha strengthens their coupling, support the collision-coupling mechanism between m2R and the G proteins, and suggest a noncatalytic (stoichiometric) coupling between the G protein and GIRK in this model system.     

Evidence of involvement of GIRK1/GIRK4 in long-term desensitization of cardiac muscarinic K+ channels

The cardiac M2 muscarinic receptor/G protein/K+ channel system was studied in neonatal rat atrial cells cultured with and without 10 microM carbachol (CCh) for 24 h. Channel activity in CCh-pretreated cells was substantially reduced as a result of long-term desensitization regardless of whether the channel was activated by ACh in cell-attached patches or GTP in inside-out patches. Channel activity in CCh-pretreated cells was also low when the receptor was bypassed and the G protein and channel were directly activated by [gamma-S]GTP or both the receptor and G protein were bypassed and the channel was directly activated by trypsin. Finally, in CCh-pretreated cells, the whole cell K+ current was low when the channel was activated via the independent adenosine receptor. This suggests that the channel is involved in long-term desensitization. However, in CCh-pretreated cells, although the receptor was internalized, there was no internalization of the channel. We suggest that the function of the muscarinic K+ channel declines in long-term desensitization of the cardiac M2 muscarinic receptor/G protein/K+ channel system.     

Acetylcholine and the myocardium: electrophysiological aspects

The cardiac inhibitory effects (negative inotropic and chronotropic) of muscarinic cholinergic stimulation by acetylcholine (ACh) are well established. They are due to electrophysiological modifications involving (1) the activation of the resting K+ channel showing inward going rectification properties; (2) the reduction of the inward calcium current (I Ca). Recent works on isolated myocardial cells allowed to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved between muscarinic cholinergic receptors activation and effector (the ionic channel). The results indicate that muscarinic receptor communicates with the K+ channel, via GTP-binding protein (Ni, o or G) and that does not involve adenylate-cyclase. In contrast to the direct muscarinic activation of K+ channel, ACh decreases I Ca by inhibiting, via Ni, the cAMP production. The inhibition of I Ca is larger in the beta-stimulated cells.     

Control of the cardiac muscarinic K+ channel by beta-arrestin 2

Control of the cardiac muscarinic K(+) current (i(K,ACh)) by beta-arrestin 2 has been studied. In Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with m2 muscarinic receptor, muscarinic K(+) channel, receptor kinase (GRK2), and beta-arrestin 2, desensitization of i(K,ACh) during a 3-min application of 10 micrometer ACh was significantly increased as compared with that in cells transfected with receptor, channel, and GRK2 only (fade in current increased from 45 to 78%). The effect of beta-arrestin 2 was lost if cells were not co-transfected with GRK2. Resensitization (recovery from desensitization) of i(K,ACh) in cells transfected with beta-arrestin 2 was significantly slowed (time constant increased from 34 to 232 s). Activation and deactivation of i(K,ACh) on application and wash-off of ACh in cells transfected with beta-arrestin 2 were significantly slowed from 0.9 to 3.1 s (time to half peak i(K,ACh)) and from 6.2 to 13.8 s (time to half-deactivation), respectively. In cells transfected with a constitutively active beta-arrestin 2 mutant, desensitization occurred in the absence of agonist (peak current significantly decreased from 0.4 +/- 0.05 to 0.1 +/- 0.01 nA). We conclude that beta-arrestin 2 has the potential to play a major role in desensitization and other aspects of the functioning of the muscarinic K(+) channel.     

The M3 receptor-mediated K(+) current (IKM3), a G(q) protein-coupled K(+) channel

Stimulation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) can activate an inward rectifier K(+) current (I(KACh)), which is mediated by the M(2) subtype of mAChR in cardiac myocytes. Recently, a novel delayed rectifier-like K(+) current mediated by activation of the cardiac M(3) receptors (designated I(KM3)) was identified, which is distinct from I(KACh) and other known K(+) currents. While I(KACh) is known to be a G(i) protein-gated K(+) channel, the signal transduction mechanisms for I(KM3) activation remained unexplored. We studied I(KM3) with whole-cell patch clamp and macropatch clamp techniques. Whole cell I(KM3) activated by choline persisted with minimal rundown over 2 h in presence of internal GTP. When GTP was replaced by guanyl-5'-yl thiophosphate, I(KM3) demonstrated rapid and extensive rundown. While I(KACh) (induced by ACh) was markedly reduced in cells pretreated with pertussis toxin, I(KM3) was unaltered. Intracellular application of antibodies targeting alpha-subunit of G(i/o) protein suppressed I(KACh) without affecting I(KM3). Antibodies targeting the N and the C terminus, respectively, of G(q) protein alpha-subunit substantially depressed I(KM3) but failed to alter I(KACh). The antibody against beta-subunits of G proteins inhibited both I(KACh) and I(KM3). I(KM3) activated by choline in the cell-attached mode of macropatches persisted in the cell-free configuration. Application of purified G(q) protein alpha-subunit or betagamma-subunit of G proteins or guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) to the internal solution activated I(KM3)-like currents in inside-out patches. Our findings revealed a novel aspect of receptor-channel signal transduction mechanisms, and I(KM3) represents the first G(q) protein-coupled K(+) channel. We propose that the G protein-coupled K(+) channel family could be divided into two subfamilies: G(i) protein-coupled K(+) channel subfamily and G(q) protein-coupled K(+) channel subfamily.     

Role of internalization of M2 muscarinic receptor via clathrin-coated vesicles in desensitization of the muscarinic K+ current in heart

In the heart, ACh activates the ACh-activated K(+) current (I(K,ACh)) via the M(2) muscarinic receptor. The relationship between desensitization of I(K,ACh) and internalization of the M(2) receptor has been studied in rat atrial cells. On application of the stable muscarinic agonist carbachol for 2 h, I(K,ACh) declined by approximately 62% with time constants of 1.5 and 26.9 min, whereas approximately 83% of the M(2) receptor was internalized from the cell membrane with time constants of 2.9 and 51.6 min. Transfection of the cells with beta-adrenergic receptor kinase 1 (G protein-receptor kinase 2) and beta-arrestin 2 significantly increased I(K,ACh) desensitization and M(2) receptor internalization during a 3-min application of agonist. Internalized M(2) receptor in cells exposed to carbachol for 2 h was colocalized with clathrin and not caveolin. It is concluded that a G protein-receptor kinase 2- and beta-arrestin 2-dependent internalization of the M(2) receptor into clathrin-coated vesicles could play a major role in I(K,ACh) desensitization.     

Novel inhibition of gbetagamma-activated potassium currents induced by M(2) muscarinic receptors via a pertussis toxin-insensitive pathway

G(i) protein-coupled receptors such as the M(2) muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) and A(1) adenosine receptor have been shown to activate G protein-activated inwardly rectifying K(+) channels (GIRKs) via pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins in atrial myocytes and in many neuronal cells. Here we show that muscarinic M(2) receptors not only activate but also reversibly inhibit these K(+) currents when stimulated with agonist for up to 2 min. The M(2) mAChR-mediated inhibition of the channel was also observed when the channels were first activated by inclusion of guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) in the pipette. Under these conditions the M(2) mAChR-induced inhibition was quasi-irreversible, suggesting a role for G proteins in the inhibitory process. In contrast, when GIRK currents were maximally activated by co-expressing exogenous Gbetagamma, the extent of acetylcholine (ACh)-induced inhibition was significantly reduced, suggesting competition between the receptor-mediated inhibition and the large pool of available Gbetagamma subunits. The signaling pathway that led to the ACh-induced inhibition of GIRK channels was unaffected by pertussis toxin pretreatment. Furthermore, the internalization and agonist-induced phosphorylation of M(2) mAChR was not required because a phosphorylation- and internalization-deficient mutant of the M(2) mAChR was as potent as the wild-type counterpart. Pharmacological agents modulating various protein kinases or phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase did not affect the inhibition of GIRK currents. Furthermore, the signaling pathway that mediates GIRK current inhibition was found to be membrane-delimited because bath application of ACh did not inhibit GIRK channel activity in cell-attached patches. Other G protein-coupled receptors including M(4) mAChR and alpha(1A) adrenergic receptors also caused the inhibition, whereas other G protein-coupled receptors including A(1) and A(3) adenosine receptors and alpha(2A) and alpha(2C) adrenergic receptors could not induce the inhibition. The presented results suggest the existence of a novel signaling pathway that can be activated selectively by M(2) and M(4) mAChR but not by adenosine receptors and that involves non-pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins leading to an inhibition of Gbetagamma-activated GIRK currents in a membrane-delimited fashion.     

The sensitivity of G protein-activated K+ channels toward halothane is essentially determined by the C terminus

G protein-activated K(+) channels (GIRKs or Kir3.x) are targets for the volatile anesthetic, halothane. When coexpressed with the m(2) acetylcholine (ACh) receptor in Xenopus oocytes, agonist-activated GIRK1(F137S)- and GIRK2-mediated currents are inhibited by halothane, whereas in the absence of ACh, high concentrations of halothane induce GIRK1(F137S)-mediated currents. To elucidate the molecular mechanism of halothane action on GIRK currents of different subunit compositions, we constructed deletion mutants of GIRK1(F137S) (GIRK1(Delta363*)) and GIRK2 (GIRK2(Delta356)) lacking the C-terminal ends, as well as chimeric GIRK channels. Mutated GIRK channels showed normal currents when activated by ACh but exhibited different pharmacological properties toward halothane. GIRK2(Delta356) showed no sensitivity against the inhibitory action of halothane but was activated by halothane in the absence of an agonist. GIRK1(Delta363*) was activated by halothane more efficiently. Currents mediated by chimeric channels were inhibited by anesthetic concentrations that were at least 30-fold lower than those necessary to decrease GIRK2 wild type currents. Glutathione S-transferase pulldown experiments did not show displacement of bound Gbetagamma by halothane, indicating that halothane does not interfere with Gbetagamma binding. Single channel experiments revealed an influence of halothane on the gating of the channels: The agonist-induced currents of GIRK1 and GIRK2, carried mainly by brief openings, were inhibited, whereas higher concentrations of the anesthetic promoted long openings of GIRK1 channels. Because the C terminus is crucial for these effects, an interaction of halothane with the channel seems to be involved in the mechanism of current modulation.     

The G protein alpha subunit has a key role in determining the specificity of coupling to, but not the activation of, G protein-gated inwardly rectifying K(+) channels

In neuronal and atrial tissue, G protein-gated inwardly rectifying K(+) channels (Kir3.x family) are responsible for mediating inhibitory postsynaptic potentials and slowing the heart rate. They are activated by Gbetagamma dimers released in response to the stimulation of receptors coupled to inhibitory G proteins of the G(i/o) family but not receptors coupled to the stimulatory G protein G(s). We have used biochemical, electrophysiological, and molecular biology techniques to examine this specificity of channel activation. In this study we have succeeded in reconstituting such specificity in an heterologous expression system stably expressing a cloned counterpart of the neuronal channel (Kir3.1 and Kir3.2A heteromultimers). The use of pertussis toxin-resistant G protein alpha subunits and chimeras between G(i1) and G(s) indicate a central role for the G protein alpha subunits in determining receptor specificity of coupling to, but not activation of, G protein-gated inwardly rectifying K(+) channels.