Determination of the rate of K+ movement through potassium channels in isolated rat heart and liver mitochondria
Determination of the rate of K+ movement through potassium channels in isolated rat heart and liver mitochondria
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.04.018
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发表时间:
2008-06-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Halestrap, Andrew P.
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作者:
Bednarczyk, Piotr;Barker, George D.;Halestrap, Andrew P.
Both ATP-regulated (mitoK(ATP)) and large conductance calcium-activated (mitoBK(Ca)) potassium channels have been proposed to regulate mitochondrial K+ influx and matrix volume and to mediate cardiac ischaemic preconditioning (IP). However, the specificity of the pharmacological agents used in these studies and the mechanisms underlying their effects on IP remain controversial. Here we used increasing concentrations of K+-ionophore (valinomycin) to stimulate respiration by rat liver and heart mitochondria in the presence of the K+/H+ exchanger nigericin. This allowed rates of valinomycin-induced K+ influx to be determined whilst parallel measurements of light scattering (A(520)) and matrix volume ((H2O)-H-3 and [C-14]-sucrose) enabled rates of K+ influx to be correlated with increases in matrix volume. Light scattering readily detected an increase in K+ influx of