Figure 2.
CaV1.3b current inhibition and kinetic changes by AA are CaVβ subunit dependent. (A) Representative current traces from CaV1.3b channels coexpressed with β1b, β2a, β3, or β4 before (CTL; black line) or 1 min after AA (10 µM; red line) application highlight the smaller amount of inhibition with β2a. (B) Current traces from A were normalized to the end of the test pulse to highlight kinetic changes produced by AA for β1b-, β3-, and β4-, but not β2a-containing channels. (C) Inhibited currents were averaged and subtracted from averaged CTL currents to obtain a difference current for CaV1.3b with each CaVβ subunit to determine the shape of the current lost after AA application (n = 7–13).