Abstract
The patch-clamp technique in whole-cell configuration was used to investigate the kinetics of decay of calcium currents in rat sensory neurones. Whole-cell recording permitted control of the internal medium, particularly of the internal free calcium concentration, which was maintained at either 10(-9) M or 10(-6) M using a high concentration of Ca buffer. The inactivation decay of the total Ca current elicited above -10 mV was found to be faster at pCa 6 than at pCa 9. The total current contained three exponential components which were tentatively identified as the three types of Ca currents (IcaT, IcaN and IcaS). Kinetic analyses indicated that the control of the inactivation process by internal Ca results from an effect on both high-threshold Ca currents, IcaN and IcaS. The inactivation kinetics reported in the literature presents a large variability depending on the cell type. We propose that this variability may result from differences in the capacity of those cells to control their internal Ca.
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