Anaesthetic sensitivity of fMLP-induced cell signalling in Xenopus oocytes

We suggest (a) the slow current arises via the PLC/PKC pathway because it is reduced by the PLC inhibitor U73122, (b) the PI3K- and PLD-mediated pathways are not involved because wortmannin had no effect and (c) activation of the two conductance channels must be different because U73122 reduced the slow but not the fast current. Since both currents are decreased by all three anaesthetics, their inhibition might be mediated through an action at the agonist/receptor, although, since the slow current is consistently more sensitive than the fast, there may be additionally an action on cell signalling.