CALCIUM-ACTIVATED K+ CHANNELS AS MODULATORS OF HUMAN MYOMETRIAL CONTRACTILE ACTIVITY
CALCIUM-ACTIVATED K+ CHANNELS AS MODULATORS OF HUMAN MYOMETRIAL CONTRACTILE ACTIVITY
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpcell.1993.265.4.c976
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发表时间:
1993-10-01
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TORO, L
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ANWER, K;OBERTI, C;TORO, L
The role of Ca2+-activated potassium (K(Ca)) channels in the regulation of membrane potential, intracellular free calcium ([Ca2+]i) and contraction was investigated in uterine smooth muscle and myometrial cells. In an immortalized human myometrial cell line, oxytocin increased [Ca2+]i and [H-3]inositol phosphate formation. Relaxin attenuated the oxytocin-induced increase in [Ca2+]i. In cell-attached patches, membrane depolarization activated a large-conductance K(Ca) channel (179 +/- 4 pS). Iberiotoxin (IbTX), a potent blocker of ''maxi'' K(Ca) channels (A. Galvez, G. Gimenez-Gallego, J. P. Reuben, L. Roy-Contanciin, P. Feigenbaum, G. J. Kaczorowski, and M. L. Garcia. J. Biol. Chem. 265: 11083-11090, 1990) produced long closed events (approximately 6 min) in these channels. In agreement with this blockage, IbTX depolarized the cells by 9.8 +/- 2.8 mV and caused a dose-dependent increase in [Ca2+], with a half-maximal effective concentration of 0.79 nM. IbTX also caused phasic contractions in human myometrial strips and increased both the frequency and force of spontaneous contractions in estrogen-primed rat myometrial strips. Moreover, myometrial contractility was also affected by 1 mM tetraethylammonium, a concentration that blocks uterine smooth muscle K(Ca) channels when applied to the extracellular side (G. J. Perez, L. Toro, S. D. Erulkar, and E. Stefani. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 168: 652-660, 1993). These results strongly suggest that the large conductance K(Ca) channels may actively participate in the control of human myometrial cell membrane potential and [Ca2+]i.