Muscarinic‐Activated K+ Current in Bovine Aortic Endothelial Cells
Muscarinic‐Activated K+ Current in Bovine Aortic Endothelial Cells
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.62.6.1059
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发表时间:
1988-06
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
S. Olesen;P. Davies;D. Clapham
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作者:
S. Olesen;P. Davies;D. Clapham
Isolated, cultured arterial endothelial cells express an acetylcholine (ACh)-activated K+ current in addition to an inward rectifier current whose conductance is unaffected by ACh. The cholinergic K+current is specifically blocked by atropine (1 μM) and shows single saturation kinetics with ACh (half-maximal stimulation 51 nM ACh). Unlike the cardiac muscarinic receptor-gated K+ channel, its stimulation appears independent of a pertussis toxin—sensitive GTP-binding protein. Activation of the endothelial muscarinic K+ current resulting in hyperpolarization may represent an initial component of the vasodilatory effect of ACh.