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In the present study, we tested whether the alpha(1A) subunit, which encodes a neuronal isoform of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels (VDCCs) (P-/Q-type), was present and functional in vascular smooth muscle and renal resistance vessels. By reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Southern blotting analysis, mRNA encoding the alpha(1A) subunit was detected in microdissected rat preglomerular vessels and vasa recta, in cultures of rat preglomerular vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and in cultured rat mesangial cells. With immunoblots, alpha(1A) subunit protein was demonstrated in rat aorta, brain, aortic smooth muscle cells (A7r5), VSMCs, and mesangial cells. Immunolabeling with an anti-alpha(1A) antibody was positive in acid-macerated, microdissected preglomerular vessels and in A7r5 cells. Patch-clamp experiments on aortic A7r5 cells showed 22+/-4% (n=6) inhibition of inward Ca(2+) current by omega-Agatoxin IVA (10(-8) mol/L), which in this concentration is a specific inhibitor of P-type VDCCs. Measurements of intracellular Ca(2+) in afferent arterioles with fluorescence-imaging microscopy showed 32+/-9% (n=10) inhibition of the K(+)-induced rise in Ca(2+) in the presence of 10(-8) mol/L omega-Agatoxin IVA. In microperfused rabbit afferent arterioles, omega-Agatoxin IVA inhibited depolarization-mediated contraction with an EC(50) of 10(-17) mol/L and complete blockade at 10(-14) mol/L. We conclude that the alpha(1A) subunit is expressed in VSMCs from renal preglomerular resistance vessels and aorta, as well as mesangial cells, and that P-type VDCCs contribute to Ca(2+) influx in aortic and renal VSMCs and are involved in depolarization-mediated contraction in renal afferent arterioles.

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Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Express the α <sub>1A</sub> Subunit of a P-/Q-Type Voltage-Dependent Ca <sup>2+</sup> Channel, and It Is Functionally Important in Renal Afferent Arterioles

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Express the α 1A Subunit of a P-/Q-Type Voltage-Dependent Ca 2+ Channel, and It Is Functionally Important in Renal Afferent Arterioles

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Express the α _1A Subunit of a P-/Q-Type Voltage-Dependent Ca ²⁺ Channel, and It Is Functionally Important in Renal Afferent Arterioles