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Lachenicht S, Fischer A, Schmidt C, Winkler M, Rood A, Lemoine H, Braun M. Synthesis of Modified 4H-1,2,4-Benzothiadiazine-1,1-dioxides and Determination of their Affinity and Selectivity for Different Types of KATPChannels. ChemMedChem 2009; 4:1850-8. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200900261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hennig B, Diener M. Actions of hydrogen sulphide on ion transport across rat distal colon. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 158:1263-75. [PMID: 19785650 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00385.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of this study was to identify the actions of H(2)S on ion transport across rat distal colon. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Changes in short-circuit current (Isc) induced by the H(2)S-donor, NaHS, were measured in Ussing chambers. Cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration was evaluated using fura-2. KEY RESULTS NaHS concentration-dependently induced a change in Isc, that was only partially inhibited by the neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin. Lower concentrations (< or =10(-3) mol.L(-1)) of NaHS induced a monophasic increase in Isc, whereas higher concentrations induced an additional, secondary fall of Isc, before a third phase when Isc rose again. Blockers of H(2)S-producing enzymes (expression demonstrated immunohistochemically) decreased basal Isc, suggesting that endogenous production of H(2)S contributes to spontaneous anion secretion. The positive Isc phases induced by NaHS were due to Cl(-) secretion as shown by anion substitution and transport inhibitor experiments, whereas the transient negative Isc induced by higher concentrations of the H(2)S-donor was inhibited by mucosal tetrapentylammonium suggesting a transient K(+) secretion. When applied from the serosal side, glibenclamide, an inhibitor of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels, and tetrapentylammonium, a blocker of Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channels, suppressed NaHS-induced Cl(-) secretion suggesting different types of K(+) channels are stimulated by the H(2)S-donor. NaHS-induced increase in cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration was confirmed in isolated, fura-2-loaded colonic crypts. This response was not dependent on extracellular Ca(2+), but was inhibited by blockers of intracellular Ca(2+) channels present on Ca(2+) storage organelles. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS H(2)S induces colonic ion secretion by stimulation of apical as well as basolateral epithelial K(+) channels.
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- B Hennig
- Institute for Veterinary Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Hennig B, Diener M. Actions of hydrogen sulphide on ion transport across rat distal colon. Br J Pharmacol 2009. [PMID: 19785650 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00385.x/pdf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of this study was to identify the actions of H(2)S on ion transport across rat distal colon. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Changes in short-circuit current (Isc) induced by the H(2)S-donor, NaHS, were measured in Ussing chambers. Cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration was evaluated using fura-2. KEY RESULTS NaHS concentration-dependently induced a change in Isc, that was only partially inhibited by the neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin. Lower concentrations (< or =10(-3) mol.L(-1)) of NaHS induced a monophasic increase in Isc, whereas higher concentrations induced an additional, secondary fall of Isc, before a third phase when Isc rose again. Blockers of H(2)S-producing enzymes (expression demonstrated immunohistochemically) decreased basal Isc, suggesting that endogenous production of H(2)S contributes to spontaneous anion secretion. The positive Isc phases induced by NaHS were due to Cl(-) secretion as shown by anion substitution and transport inhibitor experiments, whereas the transient negative Isc induced by higher concentrations of the H(2)S-donor was inhibited by mucosal tetrapentylammonium suggesting a transient K(+) secretion. When applied from the serosal side, glibenclamide, an inhibitor of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels, and tetrapentylammonium, a blocker of Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channels, suppressed NaHS-induced Cl(-) secretion suggesting different types of K(+) channels are stimulated by the H(2)S-donor. NaHS-induced increase in cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration was confirmed in isolated, fura-2-loaded colonic crypts. This response was not dependent on extracellular Ca(2+), but was inhibited by blockers of intracellular Ca(2+) channels present on Ca(2+) storage organelles. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS H(2)S induces colonic ion secretion by stimulation of apical as well as basolateral epithelial K(+) channels.
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- B Hennig
- Institute for Veterinary Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Lefer DJ, Nichols CG, Coetzee WA. Sulfonylurea receptor 1 subunits of ATP-sensitive potassium channels and myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2009; 19:61-7. [PMID: 19577714 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2009.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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K(ATP) channels are generally cardioprotective under conditions of metabolic impairment, consisting of pore-forming (Kir6.1 and/or Kir6.2) and sulphonylurea-binding, modulatory subunits [sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) 1, 2A, or 2B]. Cardiovascular K(ATP) channels are generally thought to consist of Kir6.2/SUR2A subunits (in the case of heart muscle) or Kir6.1/SUR2B subunits (smooth muscle), whereas SUR1-containing channels have well-documented roles in pancreatic insulin release. Recent data, however, demonstrated the presence of SUR1 subunits in mouse cardiac tissue (particularly in atria) and a surprising protection from myocardial ischemia/reperfusion in SUR1-null mice. Here, we review some of the extra-pancreatic roles assigned to SUR1 subunits and consider whether these might be involved in the sequelae of ischemia/reperfusion.
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- David J Lefer
- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Stoller D, Pytel P, Katz S, Earley JU, Collins K, Metcalfe J, Lang RM, McNally EM. Impaired exercise tolerance and skeletal muscle myopathy in sulfonylurea receptor-2 mutant mice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 297:R1144-53. [PMID: 19675276 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00081.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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By sensing intracellular energy levels, ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels help regulate vascular tone, glucose metabolism, and cardioprotection. SUR2 mutant mice lack full-length K(ATP) channels in striated and smooth muscle and display a complex phenotype of hypertension and coronary vasospasm. SUR2 mutant mice also display baseline cardioprotection and can withstand acute sympathetic stress better than normal mice. We now studied response to a form of chronic stress, namely that induced by 4 wk of daily exercise on SUR2 mutant mice. Control mice increased exercise capacity by 400% over the training period, while SUR2 mutant mice showed little increase in exercise capacity. Unexercised SUR2 mutant showed necrotic and regenerating fibers in multiple muscle skeletal muscles, including quadriceps, tibialis anterior, and diaphragm muscles. Unlike exercised control animals, SUR2 mutant mice did not lose weight, presumably due to less overall exertion. Unexercised SUR2 mutant mice showed a trend of mildly reduced cardiac function, measured by fractional shortening, (46 +/- 4% vs. 57 +/- 7% for SUR2 mutant and control, respectively), and this decrease was not exacerbated by chronic exercise exposure. Despite an improved response to acute sympathetic stress and baseline cardioprotection, exercise intolerance results from lack of SUR2 K(ATP) channels in mice.
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- Douglas Stoller
- Committee on Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Judge SIV, Smith PJ. Patents related to therapeutic activation of K(ATP) and K(2P) potassium channels for neuroprotection: ischemic/hypoxic/anoxic injury and general anesthetics. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2009; 19:433-60. [PMID: 19441925 DOI: 10.1517/13543770902765151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mechanisms of neuroprotection encompass energy deficits in brain arising from insufficient oxygen and glucose levels following respiratory failure; ischemia or stroke, which produce metabolic stresses that lead to unconsciousness and seizures; and the effects of general anesthetics. Foremost among those K(+) channels viewed as important for neuroprotection are ATP-sensitive (K(ATP)) channels, which belong to the family of inwardly rectifying K(+) channels (K(ir)) and contain a sulfonylurea subunit (SUR1 or SUR2) combined with either K(ir)6.1 (KCNJ8) or K(ir)6.2 (KCNJ11) channel pore-forming alpha-subunits, and various members of the tandem two-pore or background (K(2P)) K(+) channel family, including K(2P)1.1 (KCNK1 or TWIK1), K(2P)2.1 (KCNK2 or TREK/TREK1), K(2P)3.1 (KCNK3 or TASK), K(2P)4.1 (KCNK4 or TRAAK), and K(2P)10.1 (KCNK10 or TREK2). OBJECTIVES This review covers patents and patent applications related to inventions of therapeutics, compound screening methods and diagnostics, including K(ATP) channel openers and blockers, as well as K(ATP) and K(2P) nucleic/amino acid sequences and proteins, vectors, transformed cells and transgenic animals. Although the focus of this patent review is on brain and neuroprotection, patents covering inventions of K(ATP) channel openers for cardioprotection, diabetes mellitus and obesity, where relevant, are addressed. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS Overall, an important emerging therapeutic mechanism underlying neuroprotection is activation/opening of K(ATP) and K(2P) channels. To this end substantial progress has been made in identifying and patenting agents that target K(ATP) channels. However, current K(2P) channels patents encompass compound screening and diagnostics methodologies, reflecting an earlier 'discovery' stage (target identification/validation) than K(ATP) in the drug development pipeline; this reveals a wide-open field for the discovery and development of K(2P)-targeting compounds.
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- Susan I V Judge
- University of Maryland School of Medicine, MS Center of Excellence-East, VA Maryland Health Care System, Department of Neurology, BRB 12-040, 655 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Ma G, Gao J, Fu Q, Jiang L, Wang R, Zhang Y, Liu K. Diazoxide Reverses the Enhanced Expression of KATP Subunits in Cholinergic Neurons Caused by Exposure to Aβ1-42. Neurochem Res 2009; 34:2133-40. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-009-0007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Isidoro Tavares N, Philip-Couderc P, Baertschi AJ, Lerch R, Montessuit C. Angiotensin II and tumour necrosis factor alpha as mediators of ATP-dependent potassium channel remodelling in post-infarction heart failure. Cardiovasc Res 2009; 83:726-36. [PMID: 19460779 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS Angiotensin II (Ang II) and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) are involved in the progression from compensated hypertrophy to heart failure. Here, we test their role in the remodelling of ATP-dependent potassium channel (K(ATP)) in heart failure, conferring increased metabolic and diazoxide sensitivity. METHODS AND RESULTS We observed increased expression of both angiotensinogen and TNFalpha in the failing rat myocardium, with a regional gradient matching that of the K(ATP) subunit Kir6.1 expression. Both angiotensinogen and TNFalpha expression correlated positively with Kir6.1 and negatively with Kir6.2 expression across the post-infarction myocardium. To further identify a causal relationship, cardiomyocytes isolated from normal rat hearts were exposed in vitro to Ang II or TNFalpha. We observed increased Kir6.1 and SUR subunit and reduced Kir6.2 subunit mRNA expression in cardiomyocytes cultured with Ang II or TNFalpha, similar to what was observed in failing hearts. In patch-clamp experiments, cardiomyocytes cultured with Ang II or TNFalpha exhibited responsiveness to diazoxide, in terms of both K(ATP) current and action potential shortening. This was not observed in untreated cardiomyocytes and resembles the diazoxide sensitivity of failing cardiomyocytes that also overexpress Kir6.1. Ang II exerted its effect through induction of TNFalpha expression, because TNFalpha-neutralizing antibody abolished the effect of Ang II, and in failing hearts, regional expression of angiotensinogen matched TNFalpha expression. Finally, Ang II and TNFalpha regulated K(ATP) subunit expression, possibly through differential expression of Forkhead box transcription factors. CONCLUSION This study identifies Ang II and TNFalpha as mediators of the remodelling of K(ATP) channels in heart failure.
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Orie NN, Thomas AM, Perrino BA, Tinker A, Clapp LH. Ca2+/calcineurin regulation of cloned vascular K ATP channels: crosstalk with the protein kinase A pathway. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 157:554-64. [PMID: 19422382 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00221.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Vascular ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are activated by cyclic AMP elevating vasodilators through protein kinase A (PKA). Direct channel phosphorylation is a critical mechanism, though the phosphatase opposing these effects is unknown. Previously, we reported that calcineurin, a Ca(2+)-dependent phosphatase, inhibits K(ATP) channels, though neither the site nor the calcineurin isoform involved is established. Given that the type-2 regulatory (RII) subunit of PKA is a substrate for calcineurin we considered whether calcineurin regulates channel activity through interacting with PKA. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Whole-cell recordings were made in HEK-293 cells stably expressing the vascular K(ATP) channel (K(IR)6.1/SUR2B). The effect of intracellular Ca(2+) and modulators of the calcineurin and PKA pathway on glibenclamide-sensitive currents were examined. KEY RESULTS Constitutively active calcineurin A alpha but not A beta significantly attenuated K(ATP) currents activated by low intracellular Ca(2+), whereas calcineurin inhibitors had the opposite effect. PKA inhibitors reduced basal K(ATP) currents and responses to calcineurin inhibitors, consistent with the notion that some calcineurin action involves inhibition of PKA. However, raising intracellular Ca(2+) (equivalent to increasing calcineurin activity), almost completely inhibited K(ATP) channel activation induced by the catalytic subunit of PKA, whose enzymatic activity is independent of the RII subunit. In vitro phosphorylation experiments showed calcineurin could directly dephosphorylate a site in Kir6.1 that was previously phosphorylated by PKA. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Calcineurin A alpha regulates K(IR)6.1/SUR2B by inhibiting PKA-dependent phosphorylation of the channel as well as PKA itself. Such a mechanism is likely to directly oppose the action of vasodilators on the K(ATP) channel.
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- N N Orie
- BHF Laboratories, Department of Medicine, University College, London, UK
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Taneja TK, Mankouri J, Karnik R, Kannan S, Smith AJ, Munsey T, Christesen HB, Beech DJ, Sivaprasadarao A. Sar1-GTPase-dependent ER exit of KATP channels revealed by a mutation causing congenital hyperinsulinism. Hum Mol Genet 2009; 18:2400-13. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Winkler M, Lutz R, Russ U, Quast U, Bryan J. Analysis of two KCNJ11 neonatal diabetes mutations, V59G and V59A, and the analogous KCNJ8 I60G substitution: differences between the channel subtypes formed with SUR1. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:6752-62. [PMID: 19139106 PMCID: PMC2652280 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805435200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2008] [Revised: 12/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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beta-Cell-type K(ATP) channels are octamers assembled from Kir6.2/KCNJ11 and SUR1/ABCC8. Adenine nucleotides play a major role in their regulation. Nucleotide binding to Kir6.2 inhibits channel activity, whereas ATP binding/hydrolysis on sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) opposes inhibition. Segments of the Kir6.2 N terminus are important for open-to-closed transitions, form part of the Kir ATP, sulfonylurea, and phosphoinositide binding sites, and interact with L0, an SUR cytoplasmic loop. Inputs from these elements link to the pore via the interfacial helix, which forms an elbow with the outer pore helix. Mutations that destabilize the interfacial helix increase channel activity, reduce sensitivity to inhibitory ATP and channel inhibitors, glibenclamide and repaglinide, and cause neonatal diabetes. We compared Kir6.x/SUR1 channels carrying the V59G substitution, a cause of the developmental delay, epilepsy, and neonatal diabetes syndrome, with a V59A substitution and the equivalent I60G mutation in the related Kir6.1 subunit from vascular smooth muscle. The substituted channels have increased P(O) values, decreased sensitivity to inhibitors, and impaired stimulation by phosphoinositides but retain sensitivity to Ba(2+)-block. The V59G and V59A channels are either not, or poorly, stimulated by phosphoinositides, respectively. Inhibition by sequestrating phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate with neomycin and polylysine is reduced in V59A, and abolished in V59G channels. Stimulation by SUR1 is intact, and increasing the concentration of inhibitory ATP restores the sensitivity of Val-59-substituted channels to glibenclamide. The I60G channels, strongly dependent on SUR stimulation, remain sensitive to sulfonylureas. The results suggest the interfacial helix dynamically links inhibitory inputs from the Kir N terminus to the gate and that sulfonylureas stabilize an inhibitory configuration.
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MESH Headings
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Cell Line
- Developmental Disabilities/genetics
- Developmental Disabilities/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus/metabolism
- Epilepsy/genetics
- Epilepsy/metabolism
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn/genetics
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn/metabolism
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Ion Channel Gating/drug effects
- Ion Channel Gating/genetics
- KATP Channels
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Mutation, Missense
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Potassium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/genetics
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/metabolism
- Receptors, Drug/genetics
- Receptors, Drug/metabolism
- Sulfonylurea Receptors
- Syndrome
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- Marcus Winkler
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, Tübingen D-72074, Germany
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Betourne A, Bertholet AM, Labroue E, Halley H, Sun HS, Lorsignol A, Feng ZP, French RJ, Penicaud L, Lassalle JM, Frances B. Involvement of hippocampal CA3 KATP channels in contextual memory. Neuropharmacology 2009; 56:615-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Revised: 10/31/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chistiakov DA, Potapov VA, Khodirev DC, Shamkhalova MS, Shestakova MV, Nosikov VV. Genetic variations in the pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium channel, beta-cell dysfunction, and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes. Acta Diabetol 2009; 46:43-9. [PMID: 18758683 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-008-0056-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2008] [Accepted: 07/20/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The KCNJ11 and ABCC8 genes encode the components of the pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel, which regulates insulin secretion by beta-cells and hence could be involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2D). The KCNJ11 E23K and ABCC8 exon 31 variants have been studied in 127 Russian T2D patients and 117 controls using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) approach. The KCNJ11 E23 variant and the ABCC8 exon 31 allele A were associated with higher risk of T2D [Odds ratio (OR) of 1.53 (P=0.023) and 2.41 (P=1.95 x 10(-5))], respectively. Diabetic carriers of the ABCC8 G/G variant had reduced 2 h glucose compared to A/A+A/G (P=0.031). The G/G genotype of ABCC8 was also significantly associated with increased both fasting and 2 h serum insulin in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. A HOMA-beta value characterizing the beta-cell homeostasis was higher in the non-diabetic carriers homozygous for G/G (98.0+/-46.9) then for other genotypes (HOMA-beta = 85.6+/-45.5 for A/A+A/G, P=0.0015). The KCNJ11 E23K and ABCC8 exon 31 variants contribute to susceptibility to T2D diabetes, glucose intolerance and altered insulin secretion in a Russian population.
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- D A Chistiakov
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, A709 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Tammaro P, Ashcroft FM. A cytosolic factor that inhibits KATP channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes by impairing Mg-nucleotide activation by SUR1. J Physiol 2009; 587:1649-56. [PMID: 19237428 PMCID: PMC2683953 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.165126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channels couple cell metabolism to cell electrical activity. Wild-type (Kir6.2/SUR1) K(ATP) channels heterologously expressed in Xenopus oocytes give rise to very small inward currents in cell-attached patches. A large increase in the current is observed on patch excision into zero ATP solution. This is presumably due to loss of intracellular ATP leading to unblock of K(ATP) channels. In contrast, channels containing Kir6.2 mutations associated with reduced ATP-sensitivity display non-zero cell-attached currents. Unexpectedly, these cell-attached currents are significantly smaller (by approximately 40%) than those observed when excised patches are exposed to physiological ATP concentrations (1-10 mm). Cramming the patch back into the oocyte cytoplasm restores mutant K(ATP) current amplitude to that measured in the cell-attached mode. This implies that the magnitude of the cell-attached current is regulated not only by intracellular ATP but also by another cytoplasmic factor/s. This factor seems to require the nucleotide-binding domains of SUR1 to be effective. Thus a mutant Kir6.2 (Kir6.2DeltaC-I296L) expressed in the absence of SUR1 exhibited currents of similar magnitude in cell-attached patches as in inside-out patches exposed to 10 mm MgATP. Similar results were found when Kir6.2-I296L was coexpressed with an SUR1 mutant that is insensitive to MgADP or MgATP activation. This suggests the oocyte contains a cytoplasmic factor that reduces nucleotide binding/hydrolysis at the NBDs of SUR1. In conclusion, our results reveal a novel regulatory mechanism for the K(ATP) channel. This was not evident for wild-type channels because of their high sensitivity to block by ATP.
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- Paolo Tammaro
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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Huang CW, Cheng JT, Tsai JJ, Wu SN, Huang CC. Diabetic hyperglycemia aggravates seizures and status epilepticus-induced hippocampal damage. Neurotox Res 2009; 15:71-81. [PMID: 19384590 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-009-9008-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Revised: 01/19/2009] [Accepted: 01/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Epileptic seizures in diabetic hyperglycemia (DH) are not uncommon. This study aimed to determine the acute behavioral, pathological, and electrophysiological effects of status epilepticus (SE) on diabetic animals. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were first divided into groups with and without streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes, and then into treatment groups given a normal saline (NS) (STZ-only and NS-only) or a lithium-pilocarpine injection to induce status epilepticus (STZ + SE and NS + SE). Seizure susceptibility, severity, and mortality were evaluated. Serial Morris water maze test and hippocampal histopathology results were examined before and 24 h after SE. Tetanic stimulation-induced long-term potentiation (LTP) in a hippocampal slice was recorded in a multi-electrode dish system. We also used a simulation model to evaluate intracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and neuroexcitability. The STZ + SE group had a significantly higher percentage of severe seizures and SE-related death and worse learning and memory performances than the other three groups 24 h after SE. The STZ + SE group, and then the NS + SE group, showed the most severe neuronal loss and mossy fiber sprouting in the hippocampal CA3 area. In addition, LTP was markedly attenuated in the STZ + SE group, and then the NS + SE group. In the simulation, increased intracellular ATP concentration promoted action potential firing. This finding that rats with DH had more brain damage after SE than rats without diabetes suggests the importance of intensively treating hyperglycemia and seizures in diabetic patients with epilepsy.
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- Chin-Wei Huang
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan City, Taiwan
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Type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus together are predicted to affect over 300 million people worldwide by the year 2020. A relative or absolute paucity of functional β-cells is a central feature of both types of disease, and identifying the pathways that mediate the embryonic origin of new β-cells and mechanisms that underlie the proliferation of existing β-cells are major efforts in the fields of developmental and islet biology. A poor secretory response of existing β-cells to nutrients and hormones and the defects in hormone processing also contribute to the hyperglycemia observed in type 2 diabetes and has prompted studies aimed at enhancing β-cell function. The factors that contribute to a greater susceptibility in aging individuals to develop diabetes is currently unclear and may be linked to a poor turnover of β-cells and/or enhanced susceptibility of β-cells to apoptosis. This review is an update on the recent work in the areas of islet/β-cell regeneration and hormone processing that are relevant to the pathophysiology of the endocrine pancreas in type 1, type 2 and obesity-associated diabetes.
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- Anke Assmann
- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Impact of Sur1 gene inactivation on the morphology of mouse pancreatic endocrine tissue. Cell Tissue Res 2009; 335:505-15. [PMID: 19142666 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0733-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2008] [Revised: 11/12/2008] [Accepted: 11/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy (CHI), the loss of K-ATP channels (composed of Kir6.2 and SUR1 subunits) in beta cells induces permanent insulin secretion and severe hypoglycaemia. By contrast, Sur1 ( -/- ) mice do not present such defects. We have investigated the impact of Sur1 gene inactivation on mouse islet cell morphology, structure and basic physiology. Pancreata were collected from young, adult and old wild-type (WT) and Sur1 ( -/- ) mice. After immunostaining for hormone, the total endocrine tissue, cell proportion, cell size and intra-insular distribution, hormone content and Glut-2 expression were quantified by morphometry. Basic physiological parameters were also measured. In young Sur1 ( -/- ) mice, the total endocrine tissue and proportion of beta cells were higher (P<0.05) than in WT mice, whereas the proportion of delta cells was lower (P<0.01). In old Sur1 ( -/- ) mice, alpha cells were frequently located in the central regions of islets (unlike WT islets) and their proportion was increased (P<0.05). Glut-2 protein and mRNA levels were lower in old Sur1 ( -/- ) islets (P<0.02). Insulinaemia, fasting insulin and glucagon contents were equivalent in both groups of pancreata. Thus, the islets of Sur1 ( -/- ) mice present morphological modifications that have not been described in CHI and that might reflect an adaptive mechanism controlling insulin secretion in these mice.
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Russ U, Kühner P, Prager R, Stephan D, Bryan J, Quast U. Incomplete dissociation of glibenclamide from wild-type and mutant pancreatic K ATP channels limits their recovery from inhibition. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 156:354-61. [PMID: 19154434 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2008.00005.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The antidiabetic sulphonylurea, glibenclamide, acts by inhibiting the pancreatic ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel, a tetradimeric complex of K(IR)6.2 and sulphonylurea receptor 1 (K(IR)6.2/SUR1)(4). At room temperature, recovery of channel activity following washout of glibenclamide is very slow and cannot be measured. This study investigates the relation between the recovery of channel activity from glibenclamide inhibition and the dissociation rate of [(3)H]-glibenclamide from the channel at 37 degrees C. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH K(IR)6.2, K(IR)6.2DeltaN5 or K(IR)6.2DeltaN10 (the latter lacking amino-terminal residues 2-5 or 2-10 respectively) were coexpressed with SUR1 in HEK cells. Dissociation of [(3)H]-glibenclamide from the channel and recovery of channel activity from glibenclamide inhibition were determined at 37 degrees C. KEY RESULTS The dissociation kinetics of [(3)H]-glibenclamide from the wild-type channel followed an exponential decay with a dissociation half-time, t(1/2)(D) = 14 min; however, only limited and slow recovery of channel activity was observed. t(1/2)(D) for K(IR)6.2DeltaN5/SUR1 channels was 5.3 min and recovery of channel activity exhibited a sluggish sigmoidal time course with a half-time, t(1/2)(R) = 12 min. t(1/2)(D) for the DeltaN10 channel was 2.3 min; recovery kinetics were again sigmoidal with t(1/2)(R) approximately 4 min. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS The dissociation of glibenclamide from the truncated channels is the rate-limiting step of channel recovery. The sigmoidal recovery kinetics are in quantitative agreement with a model where glibenclamide must dissociate from all four (or at least three) sites before the channel reopens. It is argued that these conclusions hold also for the wild-type (pancreatic) K(ATP) channel.
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- U Russ
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, Tübingen, Germany
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Benamer N, Moha Ou Maati H, Demolombe S, Cantereau A, Delwail A, Bois P, Bescond J, Faivre JF. Molecular and functional characterization of a new potassium conductance in mouse ventricular fibroblasts. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2009; 46:508-17. [PMID: 19166858 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2008] [Revised: 12/04/2008] [Accepted: 12/21/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The present work is aimed at identifying and characterizing, at a molecular and functional level, new ionic conductances potentially involved in the excitation-secretion coupling and proliferation of cardiac ventricular fibroblasts. Among potassium channel transcripts which were screened by high-throughput real-time PCR, SUR2 and Kir6.1 mRNAs were found to be the most abundant in ventricular fibroblasts. The corresponding proteins were not detected by western blot following 5 days of cell culture, but had appeared at 7 days, increasing with extended cell culture duration as the fibroblasts differentiated into myofibroblasts. Using the inside-out configuration of the patch-clamp technique, single potassium channels could be recorded. These had properties similar to those reported for SUR2/Kir6.1 channels, i.e. activation by pinacidil, inhibition by glibenclamide and activation by intracellular UDP. As already reported for this molecular signature, they were insensitive to intracellular ATP. In the whole-cell configuration, these channels have been shown to be responsible for a glibenclamide-sensitive macroscopic potassium current which can be activated not only by pinacidil, but also by nanomolar concentrations of the sphingolipid sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P). The activation of this current resulted in an increase in cell proliferation and a decrease in IL-6 secretion, suggesting it has a functional role in situations where S1P increases. Overall, this work demonstrates for the first time that SUR2/Kir6.1 channels represent a significant potassium conductance in ventricular fibroblasts which may be activated in physio-pathological conditions and which may impact on fibroblast proliferation and function.
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- Najate Benamer
- Institut de Physiologie et Biologie Cellulaires, CNRS UMR 6187, Université de Poitiers, France
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Role of potassium channels in stretch-promoted atrial natriuretic factor secretion. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 3:9-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2008.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Revised: 06/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nagashima K, Inagaki N. 2. 1) Insulin-secretion Inducing Oral Hypoglycemic Agents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 98:737-41. [DOI: 10.2169/naika.98.737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hiriart M, Aguilar-Bryan L. Channel regulation of glucose sensing in the pancreatic beta-cell. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2008; 295:E1298-306. [PMID: 18940941 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.90493.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Mammalian beta-cells are acutely and chronically regulated by sensing surrounding glucose levels that determine the rate at which insulin is secreted, to maintain euglycemia. Experimental research in vitro and in vivo has shown that, when these cells are exposed to adverse conditions like long periods of hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia, their capability to sense glucose is decreased. Understanding the normal physiology and identifying the main players along this route becomes paramount. In this review, we have taken on the task of looking at the role that ion channels play in the regulation of this process, delineating the different families, and describing the signaling that parallels the glucose sensing process that results in insulin release.
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- Marcia Hiriart
- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
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Fan X, Ding Y, Cheng H, Gram DX, Sherwin RS, McCrimmon RJ. Amplified hormonal counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia in rats after systemic delivery of a SUR-1-selective K(+) channel opener? Diabetes 2008; 57:3327-34. [PMID: 18776135 PMCID: PMC2584140 DOI: 10.2337/db08-0793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2008] [Accepted: 08/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In glucose-sensing neurons, ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP) channels) are thought to translate metabolic signals into an alteration in neuronal firing rates. Because these neurons express the Kir6.2/SUR-1 isoform of the K(ATP) channel, we sought to examine the therapeutic potential of the SUR-1-selective potassium channel opener (KCO), NN414, to amplify counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In vivo dose-response studies with NN414 delivered intravenously to normal Sprague-Dawley rats before the induction of controlled hypoglycemia were performed. Based on these studies, the potential for NN414 to restore counterregulatory responses in chronically cannulated nondiabetic and diabetic BB rats was explored using the in vivo hyperinsulinemic-hypoglycemic clamp technique. RESULTS NN414 delivered systemically amplified epinephrine responses during acute hypoglycemia and showed a persisting effect to amplify the epinephrine response when given 24 h before the hypoglycemic study. Local delivery of a potassium-channel blocker to the ventromedial hypothalamus reversed the effects of systemic NN414. In addition, NN414 amplified the epinephrine response to hypoglycemia in both nondiabetic and diabetic BB rats with defective hormonal counterregulation. CONCLUSIONS These studies demonstrate in a variety of rodent models that systemic delivery of Kir6.2/SUR-1-selective KCOs enhance the glucose counterregulatory response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Future studies in human subjects are now required to determine their potential as a therapy for hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure in type 1 diabetes.
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- Xiaoning Fan
- Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Pharmacology Research 3, Novo Nordisk, Malov, Denmark
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Sharma S, Prabhakar YS, Singh P, Sharma BK. QSAR study about ATP-sensitive potassium channel activation of cromakalim analogues using CP-MLR approach. Eur J Med Chem 2008; 43:2354-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2008.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2007] [Revised: 12/19/2007] [Accepted: 01/10/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ploug KB, Sørensen MA, Strøbech L, Klaerke DA, Hay-Schmidt A, Sheykhzade M, Olesen J, Jansen-Olesen I. K ATP channels in pig and human intracranial arteries. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 601:43-9. [PMID: 18996111 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Revised: 10/02/2008] [Accepted: 10/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Clinical trials suggest that synthetic ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel openers may cause headache and migraine by dilating cerebral and meningeal arteries. We studied the mRNA expression profile of K(ATP) channel subunits in the pig and human middle meningeal artery (MMA) and in the pig middle cerebral artery (MCA). We determined the order of potency of four K(ATP) channel openers when applied to isolated pig MMA and MCA, and we examined the potential inhibitory effects of the Kir6.1 subunit specific K(ATP) channel blocker PNU-37883A on K(ATP) channel opener-induced relaxation of the isolated pig MMA and MCA. Using conventional RT-PCR, we detected the mRNA transcripts of the K(ATP) channel subunits Kir6.1 and SUR2B in all the examined pig and human intracranial arteries. Application of K(ATP) channel openers to isolated pig MMA and MCA in myographs caused a concentration-dependent vasodilatation with an order of potency that supports the presence of functional SUR2B K(ATP) channel subunits. 10(-7) M PNU-37883A significantly inhibited the in vitro dilatory responses of the potent K(ATP) channel opener P-1075 in both pig MMA and MCA. In conclusion, our combined mRNA expression and pharmacological studies indicate that Kir6.1/SUR2B is the major functional K(ATP) channel complex in the pig MMA and MCA, and mRNA expression studies suggest that the human MMA shares this K(ATP) channel subunit profile. Specific blocking of Kir6.1 or SUR2B K(ATP) channel subunits in large cerebral and meningeal arteries may be a future anti-migraine strategy.
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- Kenneth Beri Ploug
- Department of Neurology and Danish Headache Center, Glostrup Research Institute, Glostrup Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Batchu SN, Law E, Brocks DR, Falck JR, Seubert JM. Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid prevents postischemic electrocardiogram abnormalities in an isolated heart model. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008; 46:67-74. [PMID: 18973759 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.09.711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2008] [Revised: 09/22/2008] [Accepted: 09/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 epoxygenases metabolize arachidonic acid (AA) to epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) which are in turn converted to dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids (DHETs) by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). The main objective of this study was to investigate the protective effects of EETs following ischemic injury using an ex vivo electrocardiogram (EKG) model. Hearts from C57Bl/6, transgenic mice with cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of CYP2J2 (Tr) and wildtype (WT) littermates were excised and perfused with constant pressure in a Langendorff apparatus. Electrodes were placed superficially at the right atrium and left ventricle to assess EKG waveforms. In ischemic reperfusion experiments hearts were subjected to 20 min of global no-flow ischemia followed by 20 min of reperfusion (R20). The EKG from C57Bl/6 hearts perfused with 1 microM 14,15-EET showed less QT prolongation (QTc) and ST elevation (STE) (QTc=41+/-3, STE=2.3+/-0.3; R20: QTc=42+/-2 ms, STE=1.2+/-0.2mv) than control hearts (QTc=36+/-2, STE=2.3+/-0.2; R20: QTc=53+/-3 ms; STE=3.6+/-0.4mv). Similar results of reduced QT prolongation and ST elevation were observed in EKG recording from CYP2J2 Tr mice (QTc=35+/-1, STE=1.9+/-0.1; R20: QTc=38+/-4 ms, STE=1.3+/-0.2mv) compared to WT hearts. The putative epoxygenase inhibitor MS-PPOH (50 microM) and EET antagonist 14,15-EEZE (10 microM) both abolished the cardioprotective response, implicating EETs in this process. In addition, separate exposure to the K(ATP) channel blockers glibenclamide (1 microM) and HMR1098 (10 microM), or the PKA protein inhibitor H89 (50 nM) during reperfusion abolished the improved repolarization in both the models. Consistent with a role of PKA, CYP2J2 Tr mice had an enhanced activation of the PKAalpha regulatory II subunit in plasma membrane following IR injury. The present data demonstrate that EETs can enhance the recovery of ventricular repolarization following ischemia, potentially by facilitating activation of K(+) channels and PKA-dependent signaling.
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- S N Batchu
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3126 Dentistry/Pharmacy Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Velísek L, Velísková J, Chudomel O, Poon KL, Robeson K, Marshall B, Sharma A, Moshé SL. Metabolic environment in substantia nigra reticulata is critical for the expression and control of hypoglycemia-induced seizures. J Neurosci 2008; 28:9349-62. [PMID: 18799669 PMCID: PMC2615494 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3195-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Accepted: 07/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Seizures represent a common and serious complication of hypoglycemia. Here we studied mechanisms of control of hypoglycemic seizures induced by insulin injection in fasted and nonfasted rats. We demonstrate that fasting predisposes rats to more rapid and consistent development of hypoglycemic seizures. However, the fasting-induced decrease in baseline blood glucose concentration cannot account for the earlier onset of seizures in fasted versus nonfasted rats. Data obtained with c-Fos immunohistochemistry and [14C]2-deoxyglucose uptake implicate a prominent involvement of the substantia nigra reticulata (SNR) among other structures in the hypoglycemic seizure control. This is supported by data showing that fasting decreases the SNR expression of K(ATP) channels, which link metabolism with activity, and is further confirmed with microinfusions of K(ATP) channel agonist and antagonist. Data obtained with whole-cell and perforated patch recordings from SNR neurons in slices in vitro demonstrate that both presynaptic and postsynaptic K(ATP) channels participate in the failure of the SNR to control hypoglycemic seizures. The results suggest that fasting and insulin-induced hypoglycemia can lead to impairment in the function of the SNR, leading thus to hypoglycemic seizures.
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- Libor Velísek
- The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
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Zhang W, Carreño FR, Cunningham JT, Mifflin SW. Chronic sustained and intermittent hypoxia reduce function of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in nucleus of the solitary tract. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 295:R1555-62. [PMID: 18784334 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90390.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Activation of neuronal ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels is an important mechanism that protects neurons and conserves neural function during hypoxia. We investigated hypoxia (bath gassed with 95% N(2)-5% CO(2) vs. 95% O(2)-5% CO(2) in control)-induced changes in K(ATP) current in second-order neurons of peripheral chemoreceptors in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS). Hypoxia-induced K(ATP) currents were compared between normoxic (Norm) rats and rats exposed to 1 wk of either chronic sustained hypoxia (CSH) or chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). Whole cell recordings of NTS second-order neurons identified after 4-(4-(dihexadecylamino)styryl)-N-methylpyridinium iodide (DiA) labeling of the carotid bodies were obtained in a brain stem slice. In Norm cells (n = 9), hypoxia (3 min) induced an outward current of 12.7 +/- 1.1 pA with a reversal potential of -73 +/- 2 mV. This current was completely blocked by the K(ATP) channel blocker tolbutamide (100 muM). Bath application of the K(ATP) channel opener diazoxide (200 muM, 3 min) evoked an outward current of 21.8 +/- 5.8 pA (n = 6). Hypoxia elicited a significantly smaller outward current in both CSH (5.9 +/- 1.4 pA, n = 11; P < 0.01) and CIH (6.8 +/- 1.7 pA, n = 6; P < 0.05) neurons. Diazoxide elicited a significantly smaller outward current in CSH (3.9 +/- 1.0 pA, n = 5; P < 0.05) and CIH (2.9 +/- 0.9 pA, n = 3; P < 0.05) neurons. Western blot analysis showed reduced levels of K(ATP) potassium channel subunits Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 in the NTS from CSH and CIH rats. These results suggest that hypoxia activates K(ATP) channels in NTS neurons receiving monosynaptic chemoreceptor afferent inputs. Chronic exposure to either sustained or intermittent hypoxia reduces K(ATP) channel function in NTS neurons. This may represent a neuronal adaptation that preserves neuronal excitability in crucial relay neurons in peripheral chemoreflex pathways.
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- Weirong Zhang
- Dept. of Pharmacology, MSC 7764, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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Glucosensing in an immortalized adrenomedullary chromaffin cell line: role of ATP-sensitive K+ channels. Neurosci Lett 2008; 445:94-8. [PMID: 18786611 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.08.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2008] [Revised: 08/07/2008] [Accepted: 08/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Using an immortalized adrenal chromaffin cell line (MAH cells), we investigated the cellular mechanisms underlying sensitivity to glucose-free solution (aglycemia) using ratiometric Ca2+ imaging and whole-cell recording. Though few cells (< 15%) responded to aglycemia with an increase in intracellular-free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), in most cells (approximately 75%), aglycemia caused > 50% suppression of the Delta[Ca2+]i induced by the depolarizing stimulus, high (10 mM) K+. Moreover, in normal K+, the average aglycemia-induced rise in Cai2+ as well as the proportion of aglycemia-responsive cells increased in the presence of the K(ATP) channel blocker, glibenclamide. During membrane potential (Vm) measurements, aglycemia induced either hyperpolarization (6/20), depolarization (4/20) or no change in Vm. RT-PCR and Western blotting confirmed the presence of K(ATP) channel subunits Kir6.2 and SUR1 in MAH cells. These findings suggest a dual inhibitory and excitatory action of aglycemia in MAH cells, where activation of K(ATP) channels effectively inhibits or blunts the Delta[Ca2+]i due to the excitatory effect. Thus, this cell line appears as an attractive model for studying the molecular mechanisms of glucosensing.
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Chistiakov DA, Potapov VA, Khodirev DS, Shamkhalova MS, Shestakova MV, Nosikov VV. The KCNJ11 E23K and ABCC8 exon 31 variants contribute to susceptibility to type 2 diabetes, glucose intolerance and altered insulin secretion in a Russian population. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2008.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Sandesara CM, Roodneshin H, Sbaity S, Olshansky B. Antiarrhythmic effects of statins in heart failure. Heart Fail Clin 2008; 4:187-200. [PMID: 18433699 DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2008.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In vitro heart failure models indicate that statins may be antiarrhythmic, but the mechanisms by which statins are antiarrhythmic are not completely understood. Several retrospective and post hoc analysis studies also indicate that statins can be antiarrhythmic in heart failure populations, but this was not confirmed by a recent large prospective randomized controlled clinical trial. Ongoing and future clinical trials will likely resolve the discrepancies between studies and further the understanding of how pleiotropic properties of statins can be antiarrhythmic in patients who have heart failure.
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Lybaert P, Vanbellinghen AM, Quertinmont E, Petein M, Meuris S, Lebrun P. KATP Channel Subunits Are Expressed in the Epididymal Epithelium in Several Mammalian Species1. Biol Reprod 2008; 79:253-61. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.064659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Choi KH, Tantama M, Licht S. Testing for violations of microscopic reversibility in ATP-sensitive potassium channel gating. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:10314-21. [PMID: 18661924 DOI: 10.1021/jp712088v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In pancreatic beta cells, insulin secretion is tightly controlled by the cells' metabolic state via the ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel. ATP is a key mediator in this signaling process, where its role as an inhibitor of KATP channels has been extensively studied. Since the channel contains an ATPase as an accessory subunit, the possibility that ATP hydrolysis mediates KATP channel opening has also been proposed. However, a rigorous test of coupling between ATP hydrolysis and channel gating has not previously been performed. In the present work, we examine whether KATP channel gating obeys detailed balance in order to determine whether ATP hydrolysis is strongly coupled to the gating of the KATP channel. Single-channel records were obtained from inside-out patches of transiently transfected HEK-293 cells. Channel activity in membrane patches with exactly one channel shows no violations of microscopic reversibility. Although KATP channel gating shows long closed times on the time scale where ATP hydrolysis takes place, the time symmetry of channel gating indicates that it is not tightly coupled to ATP hydrolysis. This lack of coupling suggests that channel gating operates close to equilibrium; although detailed balance is not expected to hold for ATP hydrolysis, it still does so in channel gating. On the basis of these results, the function of the ATPase active site in channel gating may be to sense nucleotides by differential binding of ATP and ADP, rather than to drive a thermodynamically unfavorable conformational change.
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- Kee-Hyun Choi
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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De León DD, Li C, Delson MI, Matschinsky FM, Stanley CA, Stoffers DA. Exendin-(9-39) corrects fasting hypoglycemia in SUR-1-/- mice by lowering cAMP in pancreatic beta-cells and inhibiting insulin secretion. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:25786-93. [PMID: 18635551 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804372200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Congenital hyperinsulinism is a disorder of pancreatic beta-cell function characterized by failure to suppress insulin secretion in the setting of hypoglycemia, resulting in brain damage or death if untreated. Loss-of-function mutations in the K(ATP) channel (composed of two subunits: Kir6.2 and SUR-1) are responsible for the most common and severe form of congenital hyperinsulinism. Most patients are unresponsive to available medical therapy and require palliative pancreatectomy. Similar to the human condition, the SUR-1(-/-) mouse is hypoglycemic when fasted and hyperglycemic when glucose-loaded. We have previously reported that the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor antagonist exendin-(9-39) raises fasting blood glucose in normal mice. Here we examine the effect of exendin-(9-39) on fasting blood glucose in SUR-1(-/-) mice. Mice were randomized to receive exendin-(9-39) or vehicle. Fasting blood glucose levels in SUR-1(-/-) mice treated with exendin-(9-39) were significantly higher than in vehicle-treated mice and not different from wild-type littermates. Exendin-(9-39) did not further worsen glucose tolerance and had no effect on body weight and insulin sensitivity. Isolated islet perifusion studies demonstrated that exendin-(9-39) blocked amino acid-stimulated insulin secretion, which is abnormally increased in SUR-1(-/-) islets. Furthermore, cAMP content in SUR-1(-/-) islets was reduced by exendin-(9-39) both basally and when stimulated by amino acids, whereas cytosolic calcium levels were not affected. These findings suggest that cAMP plays a key role in K(ATP)-independent insulin secretion and that the GLP-1 receptor is constitutively active in SUR-1(-/-) beta-cells. Our findings indicate that exendin-(9-39) normalizes fasting hypoglycemia in SUR-1(-/-) mice via a direct effect on insulin secretion, thereby raising exendin-(9-39) as a potential therapeutic agent for K(ATP) hyperinsulinism.
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- Diva D De León
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Shi XR, Chang J, Ding JH, Fan Y, Sun XL, Hu G. Kir6.2 knockout alters neurotransmitter release in mouse striatum: An in vivo microdialysis study. Neurosci Lett 2008; 439:230-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2008] [Revised: 04/29/2008] [Accepted: 05/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE This study examined the expression and function of inward rectifier K(+) channels in cultured rat hepatic stellate cells (HSC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The expression of inward rectifier K(+) channels was measured using real-time RT-PCR, and electrophysiological properties were determined using the gramicidin-perforated patch-clamp technique. RESULTS The dominant inward rectifier K(+) channel subtypes were K(ir)2.1 and K(ir)6.1. These dominant K(+) channel subtypes decreased significantly during the primary culture throughout activation process. HSC can be classified into two subgroups: one with an inward-rectifying K(+) current (type 1) and the other without (type 2). The inward current was blocked by Ba(2+) (100 microM) and enhanced by high K(+) (140 mM), more prominently in type 1 HSC. There was a correlation between the amplitude of the Ba(2+)-sensitive current and the membrane potential. In addition, Ba(2+) (300 microM) depolarized the membrane potential. After the culture period, the amplitude of the inward current decreased and the membrane potential became depolarized. CONCLUSION HSC express inward rectifier K(+) channels, which physiologically regulate membrane potential and decrease during the activation process. These results will potentially help determine properties of the inward rectifier K(+) channels in HSC as well as their roles in the activation process.
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- Dong Hyeon Lee
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Institute of Lifelong Health, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Gangwon-do, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Institute of Lifelong Health, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Gangwon-do, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Institute of Lifelong Health, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Gangwon-do, Korea
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Sharma BK, Sharma SK, Singh P, Sharma S. Quantitative structure-activity relationship study of ATP-sensitive potassium channel openers: derivatives of 3-alkylamino-4H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxide. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2008; 23:1-6. [PMID: 18341245 DOI: 10.1080/14756360701442381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The inhibitory activity of glucose-induced insulin secretion on isolated rat pancreatic islets and the contractile activity of KCl-depolarized rat aorta rings of the derivatives of 3-alkylamino-4H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxide are quantitatively analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The study has helped to ascertain the role of different substituents in explaining these observed inhibitory activities. From a derived most significant correlation equation, it was concluded that a less hydrophobic 3-substituent and a less bulky 7-substituent in addition to a 3-aminoisopropyl and a 6-chloro substituent are advantageous to enhance the inhibitory action of a compound towards rat pancreatic islets. On the other hand, the more hydrophobic 6- and 7-substituents augment the contractile activity. The analysis, in this way, provided the grounds for rationalizing the substituent selection in designing the improved potency compounds in the series.
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- B K Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, S. K. Government College, Sikar, India
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Dupuis JP, Revilloud J, Moreau CJ, Vivaudou M. Three C-terminal residues from the sulphonylurea receptor contribute to the functional coupling between the K(ATP) channel subunits SUR2A and Kir6.2. J Physiol 2008; 586:3075-85. [PMID: 18450778 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.152744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cardiac ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are metabolic sensors formed by the association of the inward rectifier potassium channel Kir6.2 and the sulphonylurea receptor SUR2A. SUR2A adjusts channel gating as a function of intracellular ATP and ADP and is the target of pharmaceutical openers and blockers which, respectively, up- and down-regulate Kir6.2. In an effort to understand how effector binding to SUR2A translates into Kir6.2 gating modulation, we examined the role of a 65-residue SUR2A fragment linking transmembrane domain TMD2 and nucleotide-binding domain NBD2 that has been shown to interact with Kir6.2. This fragment of SUR2A was replaced by the equivalent residues of its close homologue, the multidrug resistance protein MRP1. The chimeric construct was expressed in Xenopus oocytes and characterized using the patch-clamp technique. We found that activation by MgADP and synthetic openers was greatly attenuated although apparent affinities were unchanged. Further chimeragenetic and mutagenetic studies showed that mutation of three residues, E1305, I1310 and L1313 (rat numbering), was sufficient to confer this defective phenotype. The same mutations had no effects on channel block by the sulphonylurea glibenclamide or by ATP, suggesting a role for these residues in activatory--but not inhibitory--transduction processes. These results indicate that, within the K(ATP) channel complex, the proximal C-terminal of SUR2A is a critical link between ligand binding to SUR2A and Kir6.2 up-regulation.
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- Julien P Dupuis
- Institut de Biologie Structurale, UMR5075 CEA-CNRS-University J. Fourier, 41, rue Jules Horowitz, 38027 Grenoble, France
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Tammaro P, Flanagan SE, Zadek B, Srinivasan S, Woodhead H, Hameed S, Klimes I, Hattersley AT, Ellard S, Ashcroft FM. A Kir6.2 mutation causing severe functional effects in vitro produces neonatal diabetes without the expected neurological complications. Diabetologia 2008; 51:802-10. [PMID: 18335204 PMCID: PMC2292422 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-0923-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Heterozygous activating mutations in the pancreatic ATP-sensitive K+ channel cause permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM). This results from a decrease in the ability of ATP to close the channel, which thereby suppresses insulin secretion. PNDM mutations that cause a severe reduction in ATP inhibition may produce additional symptoms such as developmental delay and epilepsy. We identified a heterozygous mutation (L164P) in the pore-forming (Kir6.2) subunit of the channel in three unrelated patients and examined its functional effects. METHODS The patients (currently aged 2, 8 and 20 years) developed diabetes shortly after birth. The two younger patients attempted transfer to sulfonylurea therapy but were unsuccessful (up to 1.1 mg kg(-1) day(-1)). They remain insulin dependent. None of the patients displayed neurological symptoms. Functional properties of wild-type and mutant channels were examined by electrophysiology in Xenopus oocytes. RESULTS Heterozygous (het) and homozygous L164P K(ATP) channels showed a marked reduction in channel inhibition by ATP. Consistent with its predicted location within the pore, L164P enhanced the channel open state, which explains the reduction in ATP sensitivity. HetL164P currents exhibited greatly increased whole-cell currents that were unaffected by sulfonylureas. This explains the inability of sulfonylureas to ameliorate the diabetes of affected patients. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our results provide the first demonstration that mutations such as L164P, which produce a severe reduction in ATP sensitivity, do not inevitably cause developmental delay or neurological problems. However, the neonatal diabetes of these patients is unresponsive to sulfonylurea therapy. Functional analysis of PNDM mutations can predict the sulfonylurea response.
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- P. Tammaro
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT UK
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT UK
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- Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales Australia
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- DIABGENE and Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT UK
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Fukuzaki K, Sato T, Miki T, Seino S, Nakaya H. Role of sarcolemmal ATP-sensitive K+ channels in the regulation of sinoatrial node automaticity: an evaluation using Kir6.2-deficient mice. J Physiol 2008; 586:2767-78. [PMID: 18420708 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.148932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The role of cardiac sarcolemmal ATP-sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channels in the regulation of sinoatrial node (SAN) automaticity is not well defined. Using mice with homozygous knockout (KO) of the Kir6.2 (a pore-forming subunit of cardiac K(ATP) channel) gene, we investigated the pathophysiological role of K(ATP) channels in SAN cells during hypoxia. Langendorff-perfused mouse hearts were exposed to hypoxic and glucose-free conditions (hypoxia). After 5 min of hypoxia, sinus cycle length (CL) was prolonged from 207 +/- 10 to 613 +/- 84 ms (P < 0.001) in wild-type (WT) hearts. In Kir6.2 KO hearts, CL was slightly prolonged from 198 +/- 17 to 265 +/- 32 ms. The CL of spontaneous action potentials of WT SAN cells, recorded in the current-clamp mode, was markedly prolonged from 410 +/- 56 to 605 +/- 108 ms (n = 6, P < 0.05) with a decrease of the slope of the diastolic depolarization (SDD) after the application of the K+ channel opener pinacidil (100 microm). Pinacidil induced a glibenclamide (1 microm)-sensitive outward current, which was recorded in the voltage-clamp mode, only in WT SAN cells. During metabolic inhibition by 2,4-dinitrophenol, CL was prolonged from 292 +/- 38 to 585 +/- 91 ms (P < 0.05) with a decrease of SDD in WT SAN cells but not in Kir6.2 KO SAN cells. Diastolic Ca2+ concentration, measured by fluo-3 fluorescence, was decreased in WT SAN cells but increased in Kir6.2 KO SAN cells after short-term metabolic inhibition. In conclusion, the present study using Kir6.2 KO mice indicates that, during hypoxia, activation of sarcolemmal K(ATP) channels in SAN cells inhibits SAN automaticity, which is important for the protection of SAN cells.
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- Koichi Fukuzaki
- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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Zhou M, He HJ, Tanaka O, Suzuki R, Sekiguchi M, Yasuoka Y, Kawahara K, Itoh H, Abe H. Localization of the sulphonylurea receptor subunits, SUR2A and SUR2B, in rat renal tubular epithelium. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2008; 214:247-56. [PMID: 18323694 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.214.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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ATP-sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channels in the kidney are considered to play roles in regulating membrane potential according to changes in the intracellular ATP concentration. They are composed of two types of subunits; the pore subunits (Kir6.1, Kir6.2), which are members of the inwardly rectifying K+ channel family, and the regulatory subunits, the sulphonylurea receptors, which belong to the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily. The sulphonylurea receptors (SURs) are receptors of sulphonylureas widely used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The SURs are divided into two isoforms, SUR1 and SUR2, the latter was further divided into SUR2A and SUR2B. In the present study, we have investigated the mRNA expression by RT-PCR assay, and protein expression profiles by immunoblotting, immunohistochemistry, and immunoelectron microscopy with anti SUR2A and anti SUR2B antibodies. RT-PCR detected the presence of mRNA transcripts of the SUR2A and SUR2B, while SUR1 mRNA was barely detected. In immunoblotting, SUR2A protein was detected distinctly in the microsomal fraction, weakly in the mitochondrial fraction and at negligible level in the cell membrane fraction. In contrast, the SUR2B protein was detected intensely in the microsomal fraction, with a low level in the mitochondrial fraction and scarcely in the cell membrane fraction. In immunohistochemistry SUR2A and SUR2B proteins were widely distributed in renal tubular epithelial cells, glomerular mesangial cells, and the endothelium and the smooth muscle of blood vessels. In immunoelectron microscopy, the immunoreactivity was localized in the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria throughout the epithelial cells for SUR2A, and dominantly in the apical cytoplasm of the cells for SUR2B. In conclusion, the regulatory subunits of the K(ATP) channel in the rat kidney are SUR2A and SUR2B; they also are candidate regulatory subunits for the mitochondrial K(ATP) channel.
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- Ming Zhou
- Department of Anatomy, Akita University School of Medicine.
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Solbach TF, Paulus B, Weyand M, Eschenhagen T, Zolk O, Fromm MF. ATP-binding cassette transporters in human heart failure. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2008; 377:231-43. [PMID: 18392808 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-008-0279-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2007] [Accepted: 02/23/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in energy-dependent transport of substrates across biological membranes. We hypothesized that their expression is altered during human heart failure, suggesting a pathophysiologic basis. Messenger ribonucleic acid quantification of all known ABC transporters revealed multiple alterations in ABC transporter expression in failing human hearts (New York Heart Association classification III-IV) compared to nonfailing controls. These include a loss of ABCC7 chloride channels and an increased expression of the K(ATP) channel regulatory subunits ABCC8. Moreover, ABCG2, an efflux pump for xenobiotics/drugs, was expressed at much higher levels in failing hearts compared to nonfailing control hearts. ABCG2 was found in cardiac capillary endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes. Experiments in cells stably transfected with human ABCG2 revealed that the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist rosiglitazone was transported by ABCG2 but also inhibited the export of the prototypical ABCG2 substrate pheophorbide A (IC(50) 25 microM). These results suggest that altered ABC transporter expression in failing hearts might contribute to impaired channel conductance or might affect the cardiac disposition of drugs.
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- Thomas F Solbach
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Fahrstr. 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Shi Y, Chen X, Wu Z, Shi W, Yang Y, Cui N, Jiang C, Harrison RW. cAMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation produces interdomain movement in SUR2B leading to activation of the vascular KATP channel. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:7523-30. [PMID: 18198173 PMCID: PMC2276326 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m709941200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Vascular ATP-sensitive K(+) channels are activated by multiple vasodilating hormones and neurotransmitters via PKA. A critical PKA phosphorylation site (Ser-1387) is found in the second nucleotide-binding domain (NBD(2)) of the SUR2B subunit. To understand how phosphorylation at Ser-1387 leads to changes in channel activity, we modeled the SUR2B using a newly crystallized ABC protein SAV1866. The model showed that Ser-1387 was located on the interface of NBD2 with TMD1 and physically interacted with Tyr-506 in TMD1. A positively charged residue (Arg-1462) in NBD2 was revealed in the close vicinity of Ser-1387. Mutation of either of these three residues abolished PKA-dependent channel activation. Molecular dynamics simulations suggested that Ser-1387, Tyr-506, and Arg-1462 formed a compact triad upon Ser-1387 phosphorylation, leading to reshaping of the NBD2 interface and movements of NBD2 and TMD1. Restriction of the interdomain movements by engineering a disulfide bond between TMD1 and NBD2 prevented the channel activation in a redox-dependent manner. Thus, a channel-gating mechanism is suggested through enhancing the NBD-TMD coupling efficiency following Ser-1387 phosphorylation, which is shared by multiple vasodilators.
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MESH Headings
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/chemistry
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/chemistry
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/genetics
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Disulfides/chemistry
- Disulfides/metabolism
- KATP Channels/chemistry
- KATP Channels/genetics
- KATP Channels/metabolism
- Models, Molecular
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/chemistry
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Oxidation-Reduction
- Phosphorylation
- Potassium Channels/chemistry
- Potassium Channels/genetics
- Potassium Channels/metabolism
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/chemistry
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/genetics
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/metabolism
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/physiology
- Rats
- Receptors, Drug/chemistry
- Receptors, Drug/genetics
- Receptors, Drug/metabolism
- Sulfonylurea Receptors
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- Yun Shi
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4010, USA
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Effects of Aβ1–42 on the Subunits of KATP Expression in Cultured Primary Rat Basal Forebrain Neurons. Neurochem Res 2008; 33:1419-24. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9603-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2007] [Accepted: 01/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Elrod JW, Harrell M, Flagg TP, Gundewar S, Magnuson MA, Nichols CG, Coetzee WA, Lefer DJ. Role of sulfonylurea receptor type 1 subunits of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Circulation 2008; 117:1405-13. [PMID: 18316485 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.745539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Opening of cardiac ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP) channels) is a well-characterized protective mechanism against ischemia and reperfusion injury. Evidence exists for an involvement of both sarcolemmal and mitochondrial K(ATP) channels in such protection. Classically, cardiac sarcolemmal K(ATP) channels are thought to be composed of Kir6.2 (inward-rectifier potassium channel 6.2) and SUR2A (sulfonylurea receptor type 2A) subunits; however, the evidence is strong that SUR1 (sulfonylurea receptor type 1) subunits are also expressed in the heart and that they may have a functional role. The aim of this study, therefore, was to examine the role of SUR1 in myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS We subjected mice lacking SUR1 subunits to in vivo myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Interestingly, the SUR1-null mice were markedly protected against the ischemic insult, displaying a reduced infarct size and preservation of left ventricular function, which suggests a role for this K(ATP) channel subunit in cardiovascular function during conditions of stress. CONCLUSIONS SUR1 subunits have a high sensitivity toward many sulfonylureas and certain K(ATP) channel-opening drugs. Their potential role during ischemic events should therefore be considered both in the interpretation of experimental data with pharmacological agents and in the clinical arena when the cardiovascular outcome of patients treated with antidiabetic sulfonylureas is being considered.
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- John W Elrod
- Department of Medicine and Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Sebastián Ochoa A, Fernández-García D, Rozas Moreno P, Reyes-García R, López-Ibarra Lozano PJ, Fernández García JM. Neonatal diabetes: genetic implications in treatment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 55:142-5. [PMID: 22967881 DOI: 10.1016/s1575-0922(08)70651-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2006] [Accepted: 10/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A 2-month-old newborn was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus presenting with ketoacidosis and negative islet antibodies. Genetic study revealed the R201C mutation of the KCNJ11 gene. In the last few years, the heterozygous activating mutation in KCNJ11 encoding the Kir6.2 subunit of the ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel has been shown to cause permanent neonatal diabetes. Diabetes results from impaired insulin secretion caused by failure of the beta cell-K(ATP) channel to close in response to increased intracellular ATP. Recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of oral sulfonylurea in the treatment of this disease. Sulfonylurea closes the K(ATP) channel by an ATP-independent route. Treatment with sulfonylurea in permanent neonatal diabetes has not yet been approved due to the lack of long-term studies in infants. However, the present case illustrates the importance of genetics to identify patients who may benefit from treatment.
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K(ATP) channels (ATP-sensitive potassium channels), comprising four subunits each of Kir6.2 (inwardly rectifying potassium channel 6.2) and the SUR1 (sulfonylurea receptor 1), play a central role in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by the pancreatic beta-cell. Changes in the number of channels at the cell surface are associated with genetic diseases of aberrant insulin secretion, including CHI (congenital hyperinsulinism) and NDM (neonatal diabetes mellitus). The present review summarizes advances in our understanding of the vesicular trafficking of normal K(ATP) channels and how genetic mutations in Kir6.2 interfere with such trafficking. A mutation, E282K, causing CHI, was found to disrupt a DXE [di-acidic ER (endoplasmic reticulum)-exit signal], thereby preventing its assembly into COPII (coatamer protein II)-coated vesicles and subsequent ER exit. The resultant decrease in the cell-surface density of the channel could explain the disease phenotype. Two mutations, Y330C and F333I, reported in patients with NDM, disrupted an endocytic traffic signal, thereby impairing CCV (clathrin-coated vesicle) formation and endocytosis. The consequent increase in the density of K(ATP) channels, together with an attenuated sensitivity to ATP reported previously, may account for the severe form of NDM.
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Philip-Couderc P, Tavares NI, Roatti A, Lerch R, Montessuit C, Baertschi AJ. Forkhead Transcription Factors Coordinate Expression of Myocardial KATP Channel Subunits and Energy Metabolism. Circ Res 2008; 102:e20-35. [DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.107.166744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Pierre Philip-Couderc
- From the Department of Neuroscience (P.P.-C., A.R., A.J.B.) and Division of Cardiology (N.I.T., R.L., C.M.), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Neuroscience (P.P.-C., A.R., A.J.B.) and Division of Cardiology (N.I.T., R.L., C.M.), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Neuroscience (P.P.-C., A.R., A.J.B.) and Division of Cardiology (N.I.T., R.L., C.M.), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Neuroscience (P.P.-C., A.R., A.J.B.) and Division of Cardiology (N.I.T., R.L., C.M.), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Neuroscience (P.P.-C., A.R., A.J.B.) and Division of Cardiology (N.I.T., R.L., C.M.), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Neuroscience (P.P.-C., A.R., A.J.B.) and Division of Cardiology (N.I.T., R.L., C.M.), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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Zhu Y, Zhang S, Xie W, Li Q, Zhou Y, Wang H. Iptakalim inhibited endothelin-1-induced proliferation of human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells through the activation of KATP channel. Vascul Pharmacol 2008; 48:92-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2007] [Revised: 12/15/2007] [Accepted: 01/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lin YF, Chai Y. Functional modulation of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel by extracellular signal-regulated kinase-mediated phosphorylation. Neuroscience 2008; 152:371-80. [PMID: 18280666 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2007] [Revised: 12/27/2007] [Accepted: 01/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels play an important role in controlling insulin secretion and vascular tone as well as protecting neurons under metabolic stress. We have previously demonstrated that stimulation of the K(ATP) channel by nitric oxide (NO) requires activation of Ras- and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family. However, the mechanistic link between ERK and the K(atp) channel remained unknown. To investigate how ERK modulates the function of K(ATP) channels, we performed single-channel recordings in combination with site-directed mutagenesis. The Kir6.2/SUR1 channel, a neuronal K(ATP) channel isoform, was expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells by transient transfection. Direct application of the activated ERK2 to the cytoplasmic surface of excised, inside-out patches markedly enhanced the single-channel activity of Kir6.2/SUR1 channels. The normalized open probability (NPo) and opening frequency were significantly increased, whereas the mean closed duration was reduced. The single-channel conductance level was not affected. The ERK2-induced stimulation of Kir6.2/SUR1 channels was prevented by heat-inactivation of the enzyme. Furthermore, alanine substitutions of T341 and S385 to disrupt the potential ERK phosphorylation sites present in the Kir6.2 subunit significantly abrogated the stimulatory effects of ERK2, while aspartate substitutions of T341 and S385 to mimic the (negative) charge effect of phosphorylation rendered a small yet significant reduction in the ATP sensitivity of the channel. Taken together, here we report for the first time that ERK2/MAPK activates neuronal-type K(ATP) channels, and this stimulation requires ERK phosphorylation of the Kir6.2 subunit at T341 and S385 residues. The ERK2-induced K(ATP) channel stimulation can be accounted for by changes in channel gating that destabilize the closed states and by reduction in the ATP sensitivity. As Kir6.2 is the pore-forming subunit of K(ATP) channels, ERK2-mediated phosphorylation may represent a common mechanism for K(ATP) channel regulation in different tissues.
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Affiliation(s)
- Y-F Lin
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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