Long term exposure to retinoic acid induces the expression of IRK1 channels in HERG channel-endowed neuroblastoma cells
Long term exposure to retinoic acid induces the expression of IRK1 channels in HERG channel-endowed neuroblastoma cells
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DOI:
10.1006/bbrc.1998.8319
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发表时间:
1998-03-27
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Olivotto, M
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作者:
Arcangeli, A;Rosati, B;Olivotto, M
The modulation of inward K+ conductances was studied during neuronal differentiation of human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Under standard culture conditions, these cells express the herg gene, and the HERG current is the main inward K+ current regulating their V-rest. After 10-20 days exposure to Retinoic Acid (RA), SH-SY5Y cells showed, in addition to HERG: currents, a novel current characterized by inward rectification, dependence on the extracellular K+ concentration, and blockade by Cs+ and Ba2+, the main features of the IRK1 current. The appearance of this current is accompanied by a strong hyperpolarisation of V-rest. RT-PCR experiments confirmed that a transcript of the IRK1 (Kir 2.1) gene actually appears in SH-SY5Y cells treated for 10-20 days with RA. On the whole, data here presented demonstrate that RA-induced neuronal differentiation of neuroblastoma cells is accompanied by the switch from a HERG-driven to a IRK1-driven control of V-rest, similarly to what happens in normal differentiating neurons; however, in tumor cells, this switch does not imply the abolition of HERG channel expression. (C) 1998 Academic Press.