A HERG-like K+ channel in rat F-11 DRG cell line: Pharmacological identification and biophysical characterization
A HERG-like K+ channel in rat F-11 DRG cell line: Pharmacological identification and biophysical characterization
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021661
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发表时间:
1996-10-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Wanke, E
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作者:
Faravelli, L;Arcangeli, A;Wanke, E
1. The relationships between the K+ inward rectifier current present in neuroblastoma cells (I-IR) and the current encoded by the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG), I-HERG, and the rapidly activating repolarizing cardiac current I-K(r), were investigated in a rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) x mouse neuroblastoma hybrid cell line (F-11) using pharmacological and biophysical treatments.2. I-IR shared the pharmacological features described for I-K(r), including the sensitivity to the antiarrhythmic drugs E4031 and WAY-123,398, whilst responding to Cs+, Ba2+ and La3+ in a similar way to I-HERG3. The voltage-dependent gating properties of I-IR were similar to those of I-K(r) and I-HERG, although I-IR outward currents were negligible in comparison.4. In high K+ extracellular solutions devoid of divalent cations, I-IR deactivation kinetics were removed resulting in long-lasting currents apparent:ly activated in hyperpolarization, with a marked (2.7-fold) increase in conductance, as recorded from the instantaneous linear current-voltage relationship at -120 mV. Re-addition of Ca2+ restored the original closure of the channel whereas re-addition of Mg2+ reduced the peak current.5. The I-IR described here, the heart I-K(r) and the I-HERG could be successfully predicted by a unique kinetic model where the voltage dependencies of the activation/inactivation gates were properly voltage shifted. On the whole, I-IR seems to be the first example of a HERG-type current constitutively expressed and operating in mammalian cells of the neuronal lineage.