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2581141

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6013
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
1,4-Dihydropyridines are a new class of compounds believed to bind specifically and with high affinity to voltage-dependent calcium channels. They may be the first example of a ligand of use in the extraction and purification of the Ca channel. Although Ca channels and dihydropyridine receptors are found in many tissues, the richest and most convenient source is skeletal muscle. Functionally, 1,4-dihydropyridines such as nifedipine and nitrendipine block Ca channels; this effect is believed to form the basis for their clinical importance as Ca antagonists in relaxing vascular smooth muscle. But where currents through Ca channels can be measured directly, the block has required 100-1,000 times higher concentrations of dihydropyridine than necessary for the saturation of dihydropyridine binding sites. This discrepancy has remained unresolved because the study of pharmacological effects on Ca channels has required intact cells, while it has been difficult to investigate binding in other than cell-free preparations. Here we describe a method for measuring dihydropyridine binding to intact skeletal muscle and we compare our results with voltage-clamp measurements of Ca-channel block. We conclude that less than a few per cent of the binding sites in skeletal muscle represent functional Ca channels, contrary to general belief.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
314
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
747-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Dihydropyridine receptors in muscle are voltage-dependent but most are not functional calcium channels.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.