The study identifies an endogenous low molecular mass substance from bovine brain that directly binds to and inhibits L-type calcium channels.
Bovine brain was subjected to acid extraction and several purification steps. A fraction from brain that eluted from C18 reverse-phase columns at 30-35% acetonitrile inhibited [3H]nitrendipine binding to cardiac membranes. Further purification of this fraction on a sizing column in the presence of 40% acetonitrile yielded a low molecular mass fraction (less than 1 kDa) that produced a time- and voltage-dependent inhibition of L-type (but not T-type) Ca2+-channel current in GH3 cells. The results suggest that this fraction contains an endogenous substance that binds directly to slowly-inactivating Ca2+ channels and thereby inhibits current flow.
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Janis et al. (1988) studied this question.
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