The class III antiarrhythmic agent E-4031 selectively blocks the inactivating inward-rectifying potassium current in rat anterior pituitary tumor cells (GH3/B6 cells)
The class III antiarrhythmic agent E-4031 selectively blocks the inactivating inward-rectifying potassium current in rat anterior pituitary tumor cells (GH3/B6 cells)
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III类抗心律失常药E-4031选择性阻断大鼠垂体前叶肿瘤细胞(GH3/B6细胞)失活的内向整流钾电流
DOI:
10.1007/s004240050356
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发表时间:
1997
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
J. Schwarz
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作者:
F. Weinsberg;C. Bauer;J. Schwarz
Abstract Hyperpolarization-elicited potassium currents in GH3/B6 cells bathed in high-potassium external solution were recorded to assess effects of the class III antiarrhythmic agent E-4031 on the inactivating inward-rectifying potassium current (IK,IR). E-4031 potently blocked IK,IR with an IC50 value of 10 nM. The complete block of IK,IR achieved with concentrations ≥ 1 μM revealed the presence of a non-inactivating outward-rectifying current which contributed to the membrane currents recorded under control conditions. The time dependence of the IK,IR block depended on the concentration of E-4031. Two other methanesulfonanilides were investigated: WAY-123,398 (10 μM) also totally blocked IK,IR, while sotalol (100 μM) was almost ineffective. Also lanthanum (100 μM) had only a very small effect on IK,IR. E-4031 did not affect sodium, calcium and voltage-dependent outward-rectifying potassium currents, suggesting a selective block of IK,IR in GH3/B6 cells. In an external solution containing 16 mM potassium, the E-4031-sensitive current was present as a steady outward current within a broad potential range positive to the potassium equilibrium potential, EK. In many, but not all, cells E-4031 induced an increase in the frequency of action potentials suggesting an important role of IK,IR in controlling cell excitability. Our experiments show that E-4031 is a valuable tool in characterizing IK,IR and its physiological function.
DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1989.sp017550
发表时间:
1989
期刊:
The Journal of physiology
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作者:
Oxford,GS;Wagoner,PK
通讯作者:
Wagoner,PK
影响因子:
20.1
作者:
Kiehn,J;Wible,B;Ficker,E;Taglialatela,M;Brown,AM
通讯作者:
Brown,AM