《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2005, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (11): 927-928.

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Reduction of membrane potential in GH3 cells with ghrelin

HAN Xue-feng, ZHU Yun-long, CHEN Chen   

  1. Department of Physiology, the Fourth Military Medical University,710032 Xi'An, Shanxi, China
  • Received:2005-05-26 Published:2005-11-25 Online:2005-11-25

Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate the in vitro effect of ghrelin on membrane membrane potentail of GH3 cells.MethodsNystatin-perforated whole-cell recording configuration was used.ResultsThe membrane potentail of GH3 was decreased from-(72±4.78) mV to(54.8±4.58) mV(P<0.01) after application of ghrelin(10-7~10-8 M)ConclusionGhrelin can transiently and significantly decreased the amplitude of membrane potentail,which may contribute to the ghrelin-stimulated GH secretion from GH3 cells.

Key words: ghrelin, patch-clamp, membrane potentail, growth hormone