CHANGES OF MEMBRANE CURRENTS IN CARDIAC-CELLS INDUCED BY LONG WHOLE-CELL RECORDINGS AND TOLBUTAMIDE
CHANGES OF MEMBRANE CURRENTS IN CARDIAC-CELLS INDUCED BY LONG WHOLE-CELL RECORDINGS AND TOLBUTAMIDE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00584657
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发表时间:
1987-08-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
TRUBE, G
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作者:
BELLES, B;HESCHELER, J;TRUBE, G
Single isolated myocytes were obtained from the ventricles of adult guinea pig hearts. The whole-cell recording configuration of the patch-clamp technique was used to measure membrane currents. A decrease (run-down) of the Ca2+ inward current and increase of a time-independent K+ outward current were observed during long lasting (1-3 h) recordings. The time at which the outward current developed depended on the intracellular ATP concentration in the pipette, suggesting that this current is identical to the ATP-dependent K+ current described by Noma and Shibaski (1985). However, the maximum outward current reached in the experiments was independent of the ATP concentration indicating a limited diffusion of ATP in the cell interior. In single-channel experiments on isolated patches of cell membrane and in whole-cell recordings the ATP-dependent K+ current could be blocked by the hypoglycaemic sulphonylurea tolbutamide. The IC50 of 0.38 mM was about 50 times higher than that reported for pancreatic .beta.-cells (Trube et al. 1986). The Ca2+ inward current and the inwardly rectifying K+ current were not affected by tolbutamide (3 mM).