Ca2+-activated outward-rectifier K+ channels and histamine release by rat gastric enterochromaffin-like cells

Hideki Sakai*, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Bunpei Kakinoki, Hisayuki Seike, Shigeyo Kumagai, Chika Matsumoto, Noriaki Takeguchi

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Abstract

Gastric enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells were isolated from rat gastric fundic mucosa by Percoll density-gradient centrifugation and counter-flow elutriation. About 67% of cells in the purified cell suspension were ECL cells, which were reacted with anti-histidine decarboxylase antibody. A23187, a calcium ionophore, at 0.1-10 μM induced histamine release from the ECL cell-rich suspension, indicating that the Ca2+ pathway is involved in the mechanism of histamine release from ECL cells. A23187 at 5 μM significantly increased outward-rectifier cationic current in 62% of cells in the ECL cell-rich fraction. A23187-sensitive cells showed acridine orange uptake. In single-channel recordings, a Ca2+-dependent outward-rectifier K+ channel of large conductance (146 ± 22 picosiemens) was found in the cell that showed acridine orange uptake. The channel opened in a voltage-dependent manner at 0.1 μM of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration. These results may suggest that opening of the Ca2+-activated K+ channel is one of the steps involved in the mechanism of histamine release in ECL cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)153-158
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Journal of Pharmacology: Molecular Pharmacology
Volume291
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995/10/15

Keywords

  • Ca ionophore
  • Enterochromaffin-like cell
  • Histamine
  • K channel
  • Patch-clamp
  • Stomach, rat

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmacology

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