Effects of hypothalamic peptides on electrical activity and membrane currents of ‘patch perforated’ clamped GH3 anterior pituitary cells
- 11 February 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 279 (1), 33-37
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(91)80243-v
Abstract
‘Perforated‐patch’ recordings of rat anterior pituitary GH, cells allow long and stable monitoring of electrical activity and membrane currents. Under current clamp conditions, the biphasic effect of thryotropin releasing hormone (TRH) consisting of a transient hyperpolarization followed by a longer phase of increased action potential frequency is fully preserved. Somatostatin suppresses action potential activity and antagonizes the second phase of enhanced spiking caused by TRH. Voltage clamp records of isolated currents indicate that TRH affects calcim‐dependent potassium currents, but does not alter either voltage‐dependent potassium or calcium currents at times and concentrations at which the electrical activity is increased.Keywords
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