VASOPRESSIN INCREASES DENSITY OF APICAL LOW-CONDUCTANCE K+ CHANNELS IN RAT CCD
VASOPRESSIN INCREASES DENSITY OF APICAL LOW-CONDUCTANCE K+ CHANNELS IN RAT CCD
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DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.1993.264.3.f502
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发表时间:
1993-03-01
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WANG, WH
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CASSOLA, AC;GIEBISCH, G;WANG, WH
The effect of arginine vasopressin (AVP) on the low-conductance K+ channel in the apical membrane of rat cortical collecting duct (CCD) principal cells from animals on a control and high-K+ diet was studied using patch-clamp techniques. AVP stimulated apical low-conductance K+ channel activity in both control and high-K+ animals: application of 110-220 pM AVP induced a significant increase in the density of low-conductance K+ channels. In the presence of phosphodiesterase inhibitor (3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine), administration of 22 pM AVP also increased channel activity. The action of AVP on low-conductance K+ channel activity was mimicked by simultaneous application of forskolin and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. Exogenously applied N6,2'-O-dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (dibutyryl-cAMP, 0.4-0.8 mM) also increased apical low-conductance K+ channel activity. Since channel open probability (P(o)) was almost saturated in the absence of AVP, the increase of channel activity induced by AVP, forskolin, and dibutyryl-cAMP resulted predominantly from stimulating previously silent K+ channels. We conclude that AVP induces an increase of low-conductance K+ channel activity of principal cells in rat CCD by the stimulation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The AVP-induced increase of low-conductance K+ channel activity can thus significantly contribute to the hormone-induced K+ secretion in the rat CCD.