Title : Direct regulation of cardiac Ca2+ channels by G proteins: neither proven nor necessary? - Hartzell_1992_Trends.Pharmacol.Sci_13_380 |
Author(s) : Hartzell HC , Fischmeister R |
Ref : Trends in Pharmacological Sciences , 13 :380 , 1992 |
Abstract :
The cardiac L-type Ca2+ channel has served as a model for ion channel regulation for over a decade. The Ca2+ current is increased by beta-adrenoceptor stimulation and this effect is inhibited by muscarinic acetylcholine receptor stimulation. It is well established that beta-adrenoceptor stimulation increases this current largely by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation but recently data have been presented that suggest that this channel may also be regulated directly by G proteins. This review by Criss Hartzell and Rodolphe Fischmeister evaluates evidence for this second regulatory pathway and concludes that, although G proteins affect cardiac Ca2+ channels in bilayers and excised patches, there is little evidence that this pathway is physiologically significant. |
PubMedSearch : Hartzell_1992_Trends.Pharmacol.Sci_13_380 |
PubMedID: 1384212 |
Hartzell HC, Fischmeister R (1992)
Direct regulation of cardiac Ca2+ channels by G proteins: neither proven nor necessary?
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
13 :380
Hartzell HC, Fischmeister R (1992)
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
13 :380