Abstract
Calcium entry into Xenopus oocyte occurs mainly through voltage-dependent calcium channels. These channels were characterized as belonging to a particular type of calcium channel insensitive to dihydropyridines, ω-conotoxin, and Agelenopsis aperta venom, but blocked by divalent cations (Co, Cd, Ni). Intracellular injection of cAMP, or bath application of phorbol ester, induced a marked increase in calcium current amplitude and a slowing of the inactivation time-course. Despite their different pharmacology, endogenous calcium channels, like cardiac or neuronal calcium channels, could be thus regulated by protein kinases A and C.
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