Research Article

The Involvement of Ser1898 of the Human L-Type Calcium Channel in Evoked Secretion

Table 1

The effect of forskolin on the rate and total catecholamine secretion. The rate of secretion was determined in cells infected with GFP, Hu/wt, the wt human α 11.2 subunit, and Hu/S1898A, and the mutant α 11.2/S1898A subunit.

Group# Cells# SpikesAVG
# Spikes
FrequencySecretion
10–40 sec
(Spike/sec)
Fold10–40 sec
(pC)
Fold

Noninfected1850227 ± 4.80.53 ± 0.02
15.4 ± 1.8

GFP49104821.4 ± 3.00.52 ± 0.01
16 ± 2.5
GFP + FSKa2169333 ± 3.20.79 ± 0.03 1.526 ± 4.4*1.6

Hu/wt4394322 ± 2.50.57 ± 0.02
17 ± 1.9
Hu/wt + FSK34105230 ± 4.90.86 ± 0.03
1.528 ± 4.5*1.6

Hu/S1898A4254713 ± 1.40.35 ± 0.01
10 ± 0.9
Hu/S1898A +FSK4095323.8 ± 3.50.46 ± 0.01
1.316 ± 2.1* 1.6

Cells were stimulated for 10 sec by 60 mM KCl. Amperometric currents were measured during time range of 10–40 sec, which includes the 10 sec K60 stimulation and a 20 sec poststimulus period.
a1 μM forskolin (FSK);* .