POTASSIUM CHANNEL OPENERS ACT THROUGH AN ACTIVATION OF ATP-SENSITIVE K+ CHANNELS IN GUINEA-PIG CARDIAC MYOCYTES
POTASSIUM CHANNEL OPENERS ACT THROUGH AN ACTIVATION OF ATP-SENSITIVE K+ CHANNELS IN GUINEA-PIG CARDIAC MYOCYTES
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00582134
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发表时间:
1989-09-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
CAVERO, I
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作者:
ESCANDE, D;THURINGER, D;CAVERO, I
In a previous article (Escande et al. 1988a), we have shown that cromakalim (BRL 34915), a potassium channel opener (PCO), is a potent activator of ATP-sensitive K+ channels in cardiac cells. In the present article, the influence of K+ channels of two other potassium channel openers chemically unrelated to cromakalim, RP 49356 and pinacidil, has been investigated in patch-clamped isolated cardiac myocytes. In the whole-cell configuration, K+ currents were recorded in the presence of 50 .mu.M TTX and 3 .mu.M nitrendipine or 3 mM cobalt. Like cromakalim, RP 49356 or pinacidil activated a time-independent outward current at 33-35.degree. C but not at 19-21.degree. C, which showed little voltage-dependency in the potential range -60 to +60 mV. Its amplitude was a function of the agonist concentration, e.g. it was 2.1 .+-. 0.4 nA at +60 mV with 30 .mu.M RP 49356 and 4.3 .+-. 0.8 nA with 300 .mu.M. In control conditions, glibenclamide, a blocker of K+-ATP channels in pancreatic and heart cells, affected neither the inward rectifier, iK1, nor the delayed K+ current, iK. At 3 .mu.M, glibenclamide fully prevented the effects of 300 .mu.M RP 49356 or pinacidil. At lower concentrations, glibenclamide partially counteracted the activation by PCOs of a K+ current. In the cell-attached configuration, externally applied RP 49356 or pinacidil caused opening of large channels which reversed around 0 mV in a high K+ external medium. In inside-out patches, both RP 49356 or pinacidil activated K+-ATP channels by increasing the time period for which the channels remained in the open state. It is concluded that, like cromakalim, RP 49356 and pinacidil are potent activators of K+-ATP channels in cardiac myocytes.