Table 1.

Biophysical properties of newly generated stable cell lines expressing hCav1.3L, hCav1.3S, or hCav1.2 together with human β3 and α2δ1 (2 mm Ca2+)

2 mm Ca2+V0.5 (mV)k (mV)Act thresh (mV)V0.5,inact (mV)kinact (mV)Plateau (%)r100 (%)r250 (%)r5000 (%)n
Voltage dependence of activation
hCav1.3L−27.7 ± 0.37.2 ± 0.1−54.2 ± 0.3134
hCav1.3S−34.9 ± 0.3***6.0 ± 0.1***−56.3 ± 0.3***167
hCav1.2−11.0 ± 0.2***,+++6.9 ± 0.1***,+++−36.3 ± 0.2***,+++121
Voltage dependence of inactivation
hCav1.3L−49.5 ± 1.24.8 ± 0.29.5 ± 1.215
hCav1.3S−52.7 ± 0.8*4.1 ± 0.2*3.7 ± 0.5***18
hCav1.2−37.3 ± 0.6***,+++5.4 ± 0.2+++5.6 ± 1.0*13
5 s inactivation
hCav1.3L35.6 ± 1.820.5 ± 1.56.1 ± 0.917
hCav1.3S17.0 ± 0.9***9.3 ± 0.7***2.7 ± 0.3***47
hCav1.228.0 ± 1.7**,+++14.3 ± 1.3*,++3.1 ± 0.5*27
  • All values are presented as the mean ± SEM for the indicated number of experiments (n). V0.5, Half-maximal activation voltage; k, slope factor; act thresh, activation threshold; V0.5,inact, half-maximal inactivation voltage; kinact, inactivation slope factor. Parameters of voltage dependence of activation or inactivation were obtained as described in Methods and Materials. The r values represent the fraction of ICa remaining after 100, 250, or 5000 ms during a 5 s pulse to Vmax. Statistical significance was determined using one-way ANOVA (V0.5, k, act thresh, V0.5,inact, plateau, r100: p < 0.0001) with Bonferroni's post hoc test or Kruskal–Wallis (kinact; r250: p < 0.0001; r5000: p = 0.0009) with Dunn's multiple-comparison test. Statistical significances of post hoc tests are indicated for comparison vs hCav1.3L (*,**,***) and vs hCav1.3S (+,++,+++): ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05.