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Abstract
The pharmacological sensitivities of the low threshold (LT) and high threshold (HT) calcium currents were studied using single electrode voltage clamp techniques in melanotrophs of the intact rat intermediate pituitary. The T-type LT current was selectively abolished by 200 μM nickel whereas the HT current was preferentially abolished by 25 μM cadmium. The HT current consisted of both sustained and inactivating components. The sustained portion of the HT current was increased by BAY K-8644 indicating the presence of an L-type current. The inactivating component of the HT current was not affected by ω-conotoxin, which blocks the N-type calcium current in many other cell types, but was rapidly and reversibly reduced by funnel-web toxin, a blocker of the P-type calcium channel. These data suggest the presence of a P-type channel in a neuroendocrine cell.
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