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Zhou M, Li TS, Abe H, Akashi H, Suzuki R, Bando Y. Expression levels of K ATP channel subunits and morphological changes in the mouse liver after exposure to radiation. World J Exp Med 2024; 14:90374. [PMID: 38948415 PMCID: PMC11212743 DOI: 10.5493/wjem.v14.i2.90374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/19/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND ATP sensitive K+ (KATP) channels are ubiquitously distributed in various of cells and tissues, including the liver. They play a role in the pathogenesis of myocardial and liver ischemia. AIM To evaluate the radiation-induced changes in the expression of KATP channel subunits in the mouse liver to understand the potential role of KATP channels in radiation injury. METHODS Adult C57BL/6 mice were randomly exposed to γ-rays at 0 Gy (control, n = 2), 0.2 Gy (n = 6), 1 Gy (n = 6), or 5 Gy (n = 6). The livers were removed 3 and 24 h after radiation exposure. Hematoxylin and eosin staining was used for morphological observation; immunohistochemical staining was applied to determine the expression of KATP channel subunits in the liver tissue. RESULTS Compared with the control group, the livers exposed to 0.2 Gy γ-ray showed an initial increase in the expression of Kir6.1 at 3 h, followed by recovery at 24 h after exposure. Exposure to a high dose of 5.0 Gy resulted in decreased expression of Kir6.1 and increased expression of SUR2B at 24 h. However, the expression of Kir6.2, SUR1, or SUR2A had no remarkable changes at 3 and 24 h after exposure to any of these doses. CONCLUSION The expression levels of Kir6.1 and SUR2B in mouse liver changed differently in response to different radiation doses, suggesting a potential role for them in radiation-induced liver injury.
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- Ming Zhou
- Department of Anatomy, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
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- Sendai Old Age Refresh Station, A Long-term Care Health Facility, Sendai 981-1105, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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Zhou M, Yoshikawa K, Akashi H, Miura M, Suzuki R, Li TS, Abe H, Bando Y. Localization of ATP-sensitive K + channel subunits in rat liver. World J Exp Med 2019; 9:14-31. [PMID: 31938690 PMCID: PMC6955576 DOI: 10.5493/wjem.v9.i2.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels were originally found in cardiac myocytes by Noma in 1983. KATP channels were formed by potassium ion-passing pore-forming subunits (Kir6.1, Kir6.2) and regulatory subunits SUR1, SU2A and SUR2B. A number of cells and tissues have been revealed to contain these channels including hepatocytes, but detailed localization of these subunits in different types of liver cells was still uncertain.
AIM To investigate the expression of KATP channel subunits in rat liver and their localization in different cells of the liver.
METHODS Rabbit anti-rat SUR1 peptide antibody was raised and purified by antigen immunoaffinity column chromatography. Four of Sprague-Dawley rats were used for liver protein extraction for immunoblot analysis, seven of them were used for immunohistochemistry both for the ABC method and immunofluorescence staining. Four of Wistar rats were used for the isolation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and Kupffer cells for both primary culture and immunocytochemistry.
RESULTS Immunoblot analysis showed that the five kinds of KATP channel subunits, i.e. Kir6.1, Kir6.2, SUR1, SUR2A, and SUR2B, were detected in liver. Immunohistochemical staining showed that Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 were weakly to moderately expressed in parenchymal cells and sinusoidal lining cells, while SUR1, SUR2A, and SUR2B were mainly localized to sinusoidal lining cells, such as HSCs, Kupffer cells, and sinusoidal endothelial cells. Immunoreactivity for SUR2A and SUR2B was expressed in the hepatocyte membrane. Double immunofluorescence staining further showed that the pore-forming subunits Kir6.1 and/or Kir6.2 colocalized with GFAP in rat liver sections and primary cultured HSCs. These KATP channel subunits also colocalized with CD68 in liver sections and primary cultured Kupffer cells. The SUR subunits colocalized with GFAP in liver sections and colocalized with CD68 both in liver sections and primary cultured Kupffer cells. In addition, five KATP channel subunits colocalized with SE-1 in sinusoidal endothelial cells.
CONCLUSION Observations from the present study indicated that KATP channel subunits expressed in rat liver and the diversity of KATP channel subunit composition might form different types of KATP channels. This is applicable to hepatocytes, HSCs, various types of Kupffer cells and sinusoidal endothelial cells.
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- Ming Zhou
- Department of Anatomy, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology and Morphology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology and Morphology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
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- TRUST, A Long-Term Care Health Facility, Sendai 980-0011, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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Wetzel MD, Wenke JC. Mechanisms by which hydrogen sulfide attenuates muscle function following ischemia-reperfusion injury: effects on Akt signaling, mitochondrial function, and apoptosis. J Transl Med 2019; 17:33. [PMID: 30665344 PMCID: PMC6340183 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-018-1753-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Ischemia–reperfusion injury is caused by a period of ischemia followed by massive blood flow into a tissue that had experienced restricted blood flow. The severity of the injury is dependent on the time the tissue was restricted from blood flow, becoming more severe after longer ischemia times. This can lead to many complications such as tissue necrosis, cellular apoptosis, inflammation, metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction, and even organ failure. One of the emerging therapies to combat ischemic reperfusion injury complications is hydrogen sulfide, which is a gasotransmitter that diffuses across cell membranes to exert effects on various signaling pathways regulating cell survival such as Akt, mitochondrial activity, and apoptosis. Although commonly thought of as a toxic gas, low concentrations of hydrogen sulfide have been shown to be beneficial in promoting tissue survival post-ischemia, and modulate a wide variety of cellular responses. This review will detail the mechanisms of hydrogen sulfide in affecting the Akt signaling pathway, mitochondrial function, and apoptosis, particularly in regards to ischemic reperfusion injury in muscle tissue. It will conclude with potential clinical applications of hydrogen sulfide, combinations with other therapies, and perspectives for future studies.
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- Michael D Wetzel
- US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Extremity Trauma and Regenerative Medicine, 3698 Chambers Pass BLDG 3611, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234, USA
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- US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Extremity Trauma and Regenerative Medicine, 3698 Chambers Pass BLDG 3611, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234, USA.
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Tinker A, Aziz Q, Li Y, Specterman M. ATP‐Sensitive Potassium Channels and Their Physiological and Pathophysiological Roles. Compr Physiol 2018; 8:1463-1511. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c170048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Lee KPK, Chen J, MacKinnon R. Molecular structure of human KATP in complex with ATP and ADP. eLife 2017; 6:32481. [PMID: 29286281 PMCID: PMC5790381 DOI: 10.7554/elife.32481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In many excitable cells, KATP channels respond to intracellular adenosine nucleotides: ATP inhibits while ADP activates. We present two structures of the human pancreatic KATP channel, containing the ABC transporter SUR1 and the inward-rectifier K+ channel Kir6.2, in the presence of Mg2+ and nucleotides. These structures, referred to as quatrefoil and propeller forms, were determined by single-particle cryo-EM at 3.9 Å and 5.6 Å, respectively. In both forms, ATP occupies the inhibitory site in Kir6.2. The nucleotide-binding domains of SUR1 are dimerized with Mg2+-ATP in the degenerate site and Mg2+-ADP in the consensus site. A lasso extension forms an interface between SUR1 and Kir6.2 adjacent to the ATP site in the propeller form and is disrupted in the quatrefoil form. These structures support the role of SUR1 as an ADP sensor and highlight the lasso extension as a key regulatory element in ADP’s ability to override ATP inhibition. A hormone called insulin finely controls the amount of sugar in the blood. When the blood sugar content is high, a group of cells in the pancreas release insulin; when it is low, they stop. In these cells, the level of sugar in the blood modifies the ratio of two molecules: ATP, the body’s energy currency, and ADP, a molecule closely related to ATP. Changes in the ATP/ADP ratio are therefore a proxy of the variations in blood sugar levels. In these pancreatic cells, a membrane protein called ATP sensitive potassium channel, KATP channel for short, acts as a switch that turns on and off the production of insulin. ATP and ADP control that switch, with the two molecules having opposite effects on the channel – ATP deactivates it, ADP activates it. The changes in ATP/ADP ratio – and by extension in blood sugar levels – are therefore coupled with the release of insulin. However, how KATP channels sense the changes in the ATP/ADP ratio in these cells is still unclear. In particular, ATP levels are usually high and constant: ATP is then continuously deactivating the channels, and it is unclear how ADP ever activates them. Here, Lee et al. use a microscopy technique that can image biological molecules at the atomic scale to look at the structure of human pancreatic KATP channels. The 3D reconstruction maps show that KATP channels have binding sites for ATP but also one for ADP. This ADP site acts as a sensor that can detect even small changes in ADP levels in the cell. The maps also reveal a dynamic lasso-like structure connecting the ATP and ADP binding areas. This domain may play a vital role in allowing ADP to override ATP’s control of the channel. The presence of the ADP sensor and the lasso structure could explain how KATP channels monitor changes in the ATP/ADP ratio and can therefore control the release of insulin based on blood sugar levels. Defects in the KATP channels of the pancreas are present in genetic diseases where infants produce too much or too little insulin. Understanding the structure of these channels and how they work may help scientists to design new drugs to treat these conditions.
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- Kenneth Pak Kin Lee
- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biology and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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Approximately 80 genes in the human genome code for pore-forming subunits of potassium (K(+)) channels. Rare variants (mutations) in K(+) channel-encoding genes may cause heritable arrhythmia syndromes. Not all rare variants in K(+) channel-encoding genes are necessarily disease-causing mutations. Common variants in K(+) channel-encoding genes are increasingly recognized as modifiers of phenotype in heritable arrhythmia syndromes and in the general population. Although difficult, distinguishing pathogenic variants from benign variants is of utmost importance to avoid false designations of genetic variants as disease-causing mutations.
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- Ahmad S Amin
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Heart Centre, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Heart Centre, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands; King Abdulaziz University, Princess Al-Jawhara Al-Brahim Centre of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders, PO Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Roy Chowdhury U, Dosa PI, Fautsch MP. ATP sensitive potassium channel openers: A new class of ocular hypotensive agents. Exp Eye Res 2016; 158:85-93. [PMID: 27130546 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2016.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Revised: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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ATP sensitive potassium (KATP) channels connect the metabolic and energetic state of cells due to their sensitivity to ATP and ADP concentrations. KATP channels have been identified in multiple tissues and organs of the body including heart, pancreas, vascular smooth muscles and skeletal muscles. These channels are obligatory hetero-octamers and contain four sulfonylurea (SUR) and four potassium inward rectifier (Kir) subunits. Based on the particular type of SUR and Kir present, there are several tissue specific subtypes of KATP channels, each with their own unique set of functions. Recently, KATP channels have been reported in human and mouse ocular tissues. In ex vivo and in vivo model systems, KATP channel openers showed significant ocular hypotensive properties with no appearance of toxic side effects. Additionally, when used in conjunction with known intraocular pressure lowering drugs, an additive effect on IOP reduction was observed. These KATP channel openers have also been reported to protect the retinal ganglion cells during ischemic stress and glutamate induced toxicity suggesting a neuroprotective property for this drug class. Medications that are currently used for treating ocular hypertensive diseases like glaucoma do not directly protect the affected retinal cells, are sometimes ineffective and may show significant side effects. In light of this, KATP channel openers with both ocular hypotensive and neuroprotective properties, have the potential to develop into a new class of glaucoma therapeutics.
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- Uttio Roy Chowdhury
- Dept. of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States.
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- Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, United States.
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- Dept. of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States.
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Roy Chowdhury U, Bahler CK, Holman BH, Dosa PI, Fautsch MP. Ocular Hypotensive Effects of the ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Opener Cromakalim in Human and Murine Experimental Model Systems. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141783. [PMID: 26535899 PMCID: PMC4633217 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is the most prevalent and only treatable risk factor for glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Unfortunately, all current therapeutics used to treat elevated IOP and glaucoma have significant and sometimes irreversible side effects necessitating the development of novel compounds. We evaluated the IOP lowering ability of the broad spectrum KATP channel opener cromakalim. Cultured human anterior segments when treated with 2 μM cromakalim showed a decrease in pressure (19.33 ± 2.78 mmHg at 0 hours to 13.22 ± 2.64 mmHg at 24 hours; p<0.001) when compared to vehicle treated controls (15.89 ± 5.33 mmHg at 0 h to 15.56 ± 4.88 mmHg at 24 hours; p = 0.89). In wild-type C57BL/6 mice, cromakalim reduced IOP by 18.75 ± 2.22% compared to vehicle treated contralateral eyes (17.01 ± 0.32 mmHg at 0 hours to 13.82 ± 0.37 mmHg at 24 hours; n = 10, p = 0.002). Cromakalim demonstrated an additive effect when used in conjunction with latanoprost free acid, a common ocular hypotensive drug prescribed to patients with elevated IOP. To examine KATP channel subunit specificity, Kir6.2(-/-) mice were treated with cromakalim, but unlike wild-type animals, no change in IOP was noted. Histologic analysis of treated and control eyes in cultured human anterior segments and in mice showed similar cell numbers and extracellular matrix integrity within the trabecular meshwork, with no disruptions in the inner and outer walls of Schlemm's canal. Together, these studies suggest that cromakalim is a potent ocular hypotensive agent that lowers IOP via activation of Kir6.2 containing KATP channels, its effect is additive when used in combination with the commonly used glaucoma drug latanoprost, and is not toxic to cells and tissues of the aqueous humor outflow pathway, making it a candidate for future therapeutic development.
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- Uttio Roy Chowdhury
- Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America
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- Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America
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Levin MD, Zhang H, Uchida K, Grange DK, Singh GK, Nichols CG. Electrophysiologic consequences of KATP gain of function in the heart: Conduction abnormalities in Cantu syndrome. Heart Rhythm 2015; 12:2316-24. [PMID: 26142302 PMCID: PMC4624040 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.06.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gain-of-function (GOF) mutations in the KATP channel subunits Kir6.1 and SUR2 cause Cantu syndrome (CS), a disease characterized by multiple cardiovascular abnormalities. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to better determine the electrophysiologic consequences of such GOF mutations in the heart. METHODS We generated transgenic mice (Kir6.1-GOF) expressing ATP-insensitive Kir6.1[G343D] subunits under α-myosin heavy chain (α-MHC) promoter control, to target gene expression specifically in cardiomyocytes, and performed patch-clamp experiments on isolated ventricular myocytes and invasive electrophysiology on anesthetized mice. RESULTS In Kir6.1-GOF ventricular myocytes, KATP channels showed decreased ATP sensitivity but no significant change in current density. Ambulatory ECG recordings on Kir6.1-GOF mice revealed AV nodal conduction abnormalities and junctional rhythm. Invasive electrophysiologic analyses revealed slowing of conduction and conduction failure through the AV node but no increase in susceptibility to atrial or ventricular ectopic activity. Surface ECGs recorded from CS patients also demonstrated first-degree AV block and fascicular block. CONCLUSION The primary electrophysiologic consequence of cardiac KATP GOF is on the conduction system, particularly the AV node, resulting in conduction abnormalities in CS patients who carry KATP GOF mutations.
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- Mark D Levin
- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Fatima N, Cohen DC, Sukumar G, Sissung TM, Schooley JF, Haigney MC, Claycomb WC, Cox RT, Dalgard CL, Bates SE, Flagg TP. Histone deacetylase inhibitors modulate KATP subunit transcription in HL-1 cardiomyocytes through effects on cholesterol homeostasis. Front Pharmacol 2015; 6:168. [PMID: 26321954 PMCID: PMC4534802 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) are under investigation for the treatment of a number of human health problems. HDIs have proven therapeutic value in refractory cases of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Electrocardiographic ST segment morphological changes associated with HDIs were observed during development. Because ST segment morphology is typically linked to changes in ATP sensitive potassium (KATP) channel activity, we tested the hypothesis that HDIs affect cardiac KATP channel subunit expression. Two different HDIs, romidepsin and trichostatin A, caused ~20-fold increase in SUR2 (Abcc9) subunit mRNA expression in HL-1 cardiomyocytes. The effect was specific for the SUR2 subunit as neither compound causes a marked change in SUR1 (Abcc8) expression. Moreover, the effect was cell specific as neither HDI markedly altered KATP subunit expression in MIN6 pancreatic β-cells. We observe significant enrichment of the H3K9Ac histone mark specifically at the SUR2 promoter consistent with the conclusion that chromatin remodeling at this locus plays a role in increasing SUR2 gene expression. Unexpectedly, however, we also discovered that HDI-dependent depletion of cellular cholesterol is required for the observed effects on SUR2 expression. Taken together, the data in the present study demonstrate that KATP subunit expression can be epigenetically regulated in cardiomyocytes, defines a role for cholesterol homeostasis in mediating epigenetic regulation and suggests a potential molecular basis for the cardiac effects of the HDIs.
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- Naheed Fatima
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutic Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutic Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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Tinker A, Aziz Q, Thomas A. The role of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in cellular function and protection in the cardiovascular system. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:12-23. [PMID: 24102106 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP)) are widely distributed and present in a number of tissues including muscle, pancreatic beta cells and the brain. Their activity is regulated by adenine nucleotides, characteristically being activated by falling ATP and rising ADP levels. Thus, they link cellular metabolism with membrane excitability. Recent studies using genetically modified mice and genomic studies in patients have implicated K(ATP) channels in a number of physiological and pathological processes. In this review, we focus on their role in cellular function and protection particularly in the cardiovascular system.
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- Andrew Tinker
- William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
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Souza-Menezes J, da Silva Feltran G, Morales MM. CFTR and TNR-CFTR expression and function in the kidney. Biophys Rev 2014; 6:227-236. [PMID: 28510183 PMCID: PMC5425698 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-014-0140-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is abundantly expressed in the kidney. CFTR mRNA is detected in all nephron segments of rats and humans and its expression is higher in the renal cortex and outer medulla than in the inner medulla. CFTR protein is detected at the apical surface of both proximal and distal tubules of rat kidney but not in the outer medullary collecting ducts. The localization of CFTR in the proximal tubules is compatible with that of endosomes, suggesting that CFTR might regulate pH in endocytic vesicles by equilibrating H+ accumulation due to H+-ATPase activity. Many studies have also demonstrated that CFTR also regulates channel pore opening and the transport of sodium, chloride and potassium. The kidneys also express a CFTR splicing variant, called TNR-CFTR, in a tissue-specific manner, primarily in the renal medulla. This splicing variant conserves the functional characteristics of wild-type CFTR. The functional significance of TNR-CFTR remains to be elucidated, but our group proposes that TNR-CFTR may have a basic function in intracellular organelles, rather than in the plasma membrane. Also, this splicing variant is able to partially substitute CFTR functions in the renal medulla of Cftr-/- mice and CF patients. In this review we discuss the major functions that have been proposed for CFTR and TNR-CFTR in the kidney.
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- Jackson Souza-Menezes
- Laboratório Integrado de Ciências Morfofuncionais, Núcleo em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Sócio-Ambiental, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São José do Barreto, 764, Barreto, Macaé, 27965-045 RJ Brazil
- Laboratório de Fisiologia Celular e Molecular, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-902 Brazil
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- Laboratório Integrado de Ciências Morfofuncionais, Núcleo em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Sócio-Ambiental, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São José do Barreto, 764, Barreto, Macaé, 27965-045 RJ Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia Celular e Molecular, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-902 Brazil
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K+ channels regulate ENaC expression via changes in promoter activity and control fluid clearance in alveolar epithelial cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1818:1682-90. [PMID: 22406554 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2011] [Revised: 02/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Active Na+ absorption by alveolar ENaC is the main driving force of liquid clearance at birth and lung edema resorption in adulthood. We have demonstrated previously that long-term modulation of KvLQT1 and KATP K+ channel activities exerts sustained control in Na+ transport through the regulation of ENaC expression in primary alveolar type II (ATII) cells. The goal of the present study was: 1) to investigate the role of the alpha-ENaC promoter, transfected in the A549 alveolar cell line, in the regulation of ENaC expression by K+ channels, and 2) to determine the physiological impact of K+ channels and ENaC modulation on fluid clearance in ATII cells. KvLQT1 and KATP channels were first identified in A549 cells by PCR and Western blotting. We showed, for the first time, that KvLQT1 activation by R-L3 (applied for 24 h) increased alpha-ENaC expression, similarly to KATP activation by pinacidil. Conversely, pharmacological KvLQT1 and KATP inhibition or silencing with siRNAs down-regulated alpha-ENaC expression. Furthermore, K+ channel blockers significantly decreased alpha-ENaC promoter activity. Our results indicated that this decrease in promoter activity could be mediated, at least in part, by the repressor activity of ERK1/2. Conversely, KvLQT1 and KATP activation dose-dependently enhanced alpha-ENaC promoter activity. Finally, we noted a physiological impact of changes in K+ channel functions on ERK activity, alpha-, beta-, gamma-ENaC subunit expression and fluid absorption through polarized ATII cells. In summary, our results disclose that K+ channels regulate alpha-ENaC expression by controlling its promoter activity and thus affect the alveolar function of fluid clearance.
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Zhong YS, Wang J, Liu WM, Zhu YH. Potassium ion channels in retinal ganglion cells (review). Mol Med Rep 2013; 8:311-9. [PMID: 23732984 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) consolidate visual processing and constitute the last step prior to the transmission of signals to higher brain centers. RGC death is a major cause of visual impairment in optic neuropathies, including glaucoma, age‑related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, uveoretinitis and vitreoretinopathy. Discharge patterns of RGCs are primarily determined by the presence of ion channels. As the most diverse group of ion channels, potassium (K+) channels play key roles in modulating the electrical properties of RGCs. Biochemical, molecular and pharmacological studies have identified a number of K+ channels in RGCs, including inwardly rectifying K+ (Kir), ATP‑sensitive K+ (KATP), tandem‑pore domain K+ (TASK), voltage‑gated K+ (Kv), ether‑à‑go‑go (Eag) and Ca2+‑activated K+ (KCa) channels. Kir channels are important in the maintenance of the resting membrane potential and controlling RGC excitability. KATP channels are involved in RGC survival and neuroprotection. TASK channels are hypothesized to contribute to the regulation of resting membrane potentials and firing patterns of RGCs. Kv channels are important regulators of cellular excitability, functioning to modulate the amplitude, duration and frequency of action potentials and subthreshold depolarizations, and are also important in RGC development and protection. Eag channels may contribute to dendritic repolarization during excitatory postsynaptic potentials and to the attenuation of the back propagation of action potentials. KCa channels have been observed to contribute to repetitive firing in RGCs. Considering these important roles of K+ channels in RGCs, the study of K+ channels may be beneficial in elucidating the pathophysiology of RGCs and exploring novel RGC protection strategies.
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- Yi-Sheng Zhong
- Department of Ophthalmology, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated Medical School, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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The KCNJ8-S422L variant previously associated with J-wave syndromes is found at an increased frequency in Ashkenazi Jews. Eur J Hum Genet 2013; 22:94-8. [PMID: 23632791 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Revised: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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J-wave syndromes have been associated with increased risk of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death. Previous studies have identified the KCNJ8-S422L variant in heterozygous form in individuals with J-wave syndromes. Its absence in over 1500 controls, coupled with in vitro analysis, have led to the conclusion that S422L is pathogenic. We previously performed whole-genome sequencing in a family quartet of Ashkenazi Jewish decent with no history of J-wave syndrome. Re-examination of these data reveals that both parents are heterozygous for the S422L variant, while the 12-year old son carries two copies--thus representing the first reported case of a S422L homozygote. In order to examine whether the S422L mutation might segregate at appreciable frequencies in specific populations, we genotyped the variant in a panel consisting of 722 individuals from 22 European, Middle Eastern non-Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish, and non-Ashkenazi Jewish populations. We found that the S422L allele was at a significantly higher frequency in Ashkenazi Jews (~4%) compared with other populations in our survey, which have frequencies <0.25%. We also performed ECGs in both male members of the family quartet. The homozygous boy demonstrated no clinically significant ECG abnormalities, while the heterozygous father presented with a subtle J-wave point elevation. Our results suggest that either (a) previous studies implicating S422L as pathogenic for J-wave syndromes failed to appropriately account for European population structure and the variant is likely benign, or (b) Ashkenazi Jews may be at significantly increased risk of J-wave syndromes and ultimately sudden cardiac death.
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Fatima N, Schooley JF, Claycomb WC, Flagg TP. Promoter DNA methylation regulates murine SUR1 (Abcc8) and SUR2 (Abcc9) expression in HL-1 cardiomyocytes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41533. [PMID: 22844491 PMCID: PMC3402388 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Two mammalian genes encode the SURx (SUR1, Abcc8 and SUR2, Abcc9) subunits that combine with Kir6.2 (Kcnj11) subunits to form the ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel in cardiac myocytes. Different isoform combinations endow the channel with distinct physiological and pharmacological properties, and we have recently reported that the molecular composition of sarcolemmal KATP channels is chamber specific in the mouse heart. KATP channel composition is determined by what subunits are expressed in a cell or tissue. In the present study, we explore the role of CpG methylation in regulating SUR1 and SUR2 expression. In HL-1 cardiomyocytes, as in atrial myocytes, SUR1 expression is markedly greater than SUR2. Consistent with CpG methylation-dependent silencing of SUR2 expression, bisulfite sequencing of genomic DNA isolated from HL-1 cells demonstrates that 57.6% of the CpGs in the promoter region of the SUR2 gene are methylated, compared with 0.14% of the the CpG residues in the SUR1 sequence. Moreover, treatment with 10 µM 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (Aza-dC) significantly increased both the unmethylated fraction of the SUR2 CpG island and mRNA expression. However, we cannot rule out additional mechanisms of Aza-dC action, as Aza-dC also causes a decrease in SUR1 expression and lower doses of Aza-dC do not alter the unmethylated DNA fraction but do elicit a small increase in SUR2 expression. The conclusion that DNA methylation alone is not the only regulator of SUR subunit expression is also consistent with observations in native myocytes, where the CpG islands of both SUR genes are essentially unmethylated in both atrial and ventricular myocytes. Collectively, these data demonstrate the potential for CpG methylation to regulate SURx subunit expression and raises the possibility that regulated or aberrant CpG methylation might play a role in controlling channel structure and function under different physiological conditions or different species.
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- Naheed Fatima
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Pfohl JL, Worley JF, Condreay JP, An G, Apolito CJ, Kost TA, Truax JF. Titration of K ATP Channel Expression in Mammalian Cells Utilizing Recombinant Baculovirus Transduction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.3109/10606820212396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Shimizu W, Horie M. Phenotypic Manifestations of Mutations in Genes Encoding Subunits of Cardiac Potassium Channels. Circ Res 2011; 109:97-109. [DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.110.224600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Since 1995, when a potassium channel gene,
hERG
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, encoding the rapid component of cardiac delayed rectifier potassium channels was identified as being responsible for type 2 congenital long-QT syndrome, a number of potassium channel genes have been shown to cause different types of inherited cardiac arrhythmia syndromes. These include congenital long-QT syndrome, short-QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, early repolarization syndrome, and familial atrial fibrillation. Genotype-phenotype correlations have been investigated in some inherited arrhythmia syndromes, and as a result, gene-specific risk stratification and gene-specific therapy and management have become available, particularly for patients with congenital long-QT syndrome. In this review article, the molecular structure and function of potassium channels, the clinical phenotype due to potassium channel gene mutations, including genotype-phenotype correlations, and the diverse mechanisms underlying the potassium channel gene–related diseases will be discussed.
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- Wataru Shimizu
- From the Division of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (W.S.), Suita, Japan, and the Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science (M.H.), Otsu, Japan
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- From the Division of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (W.S.), Suita, Japan, and the Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science (M.H.), Otsu, Japan
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Flagg TP, Enkvetchakul D, Koster JC, Nichols CG. Muscle KATP channels: recent insights to energy sensing and myoprotection. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:799-829. [PMID: 20664073 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00027.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are present in the surface and internal membranes of cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle cells and provide a unique feedback between muscle cell metabolism and electrical activity. In so doing, they can play an important role in the control of contractility, particularly when cellular energetics are compromised, protecting the tissue against calcium overload and fiber damage, but the cost of this protection may be enhanced arrhythmic activity. Generated as complexes of Kir6.1 or Kir6.2 pore-forming subunits with regulatory sulfonylurea receptor subunits, SUR1 or SUR2, the differential assembly of K(ATP) channels in different tissues gives rise to tissue-specific physiological and pharmacological regulation, and hence to the tissue-specific pharmacological control of contractility. The last 10 years have provided insights into the regulation and role of muscle K(ATP) channels, in large part driven by studies of mice in which the protein determinants of channel activity have been deleted or modified. As yet, few human diseases have been correlated with altered muscle K(ATP) activity, but genetically modified animals give important insights to likely pathological roles of aberrant channel activity in different muscle types.
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- Thomas P Flagg
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Human K(ATP) channelopathies: diseases of metabolic homeostasis. Pflugers Arch 2009; 460:295-306. [PMID: 20033705 PMCID: PMC2883927 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-009-0771-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Accepted: 11/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Assembly of an inward rectifier K+ channel pore (Kir6.1/Kir6.2) and an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding regulatory subunit (SUR1/SUR2A/SUR2B) forms ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channel heteromultimers, widely distributed in metabolically active tissues throughout the body. KATP channels are metabolism-gated biosensors functioning as molecular rheostats that adjust membrane potential-dependent functions to match cellular energetic demands. Vital in the adaptive response to (patho)physiological stress, KATP channels serve a homeostatic role ranging from glucose regulation to cardioprotection. Accordingly, genetic variation in KATP channel subunits has been linked to the etiology of life-threatening human diseases. In particular, pathogenic mutations in KATP channels have been identified in insulin secretion disorders, namely, congenital hyperinsulinism and neonatal diabetes. Moreover, KATP channel defects underlie the triad of developmental delay, epilepsy, and neonatal diabetes (DEND syndrome). KATP channelopathies implicated in patients with mechanical and/or electrical heart disease include dilated cardiomyopathy (with ventricular arrhythmia; CMD1O) and adrenergic atrial fibrillation. A common Kir6.2 E23K polymorphism has been associated with late-onset diabetes and as a risk factor for maladaptive cardiac remodeling in the community-at-large and abnormal cardiopulmonary exercise stress performance in patients with heart failure. The overall mutation frequency within KATP channel genes and the spectrum of genotype-phenotype relationships remain to be established, while predicting consequences of a deficit in channel function is becoming increasingly feasible through systems biology approaches. Thus, advances in molecular medicine in the emerging field of human KATP channelopathies offer new opportunities for targeted individualized screening, early diagnosis, and tailored therapy.
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Neuronal preconditioning by inhalational anesthetics: evidence for the role of plasmalemmal adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channels. Anesthesiology 2009; 110:986-95. [PMID: 19352153 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e31819dadc7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ischemic preconditioning is an important intrinsic mechanism for neuroprotection. Preconditioning can also be achieved by exposure of neurons to K+ channel-opening drugs that act on adenosine triphosphate-sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channels. However, these agents do not readily cross the blood-brain barrier. Inhalational anesthetics which easily partition into brain have been shown to precondition various tissues. Here, the authors explore the neuronal preconditioning effect of modern inhalational anesthetics and investigate their effects on K(ATP) channels. METHODS Neuronal-glial cocultures were exposed to inhalational anesthetics in a preconditioning paradigm, followed by oxygen-glucose deprivation. Increased cell survival due to preconditioning was quantified with the 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide reduction test. Recombinant plasmalemmal K(ATP) channels of the main neuronal type (Kir6.2/SUR1) were expressed in HEK293 cells, and the effects of anesthetics were evaluated in whole cell patch clamp recordings. RESULTS Both sevoflurane and the noble gas xenon preconditioned neurons at clinically used concentrations. The effect of sevoflurane was independent of K(ATP) channel activation, whereas the effect of xenon required the opening of plasmalemmal K(ATP) channels. Recombinant K(ATP) channels were activated by xenon but inhibited by halogenated volatiles. Modulation of mitochondrial K-ATP channels did not affect the activity of K(ATP) channels, thus ruling out an indirect effect of volatiles via mitochondrial channels. CONCLUSIONS The preconditioning properties of halogenated volatiles cannot be explained by their effect on K(ATP) channels, whereas xenon preconditioning clearly involves the activation of these channels. Therefore, xenon might mimic the intrinsic mechanism of ischemic preconditioning most closely. This, together with its good safety profile, might suggest xenon as a viable neuroprotective agent in the clinical setting.
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Drögemüller C, Mömke S, Spötter A, Kuiper H, Williams JL, Distl O. Physical mapping of the KCNJ8 gene to bovine chromosome 5q3.2-q3.4. Anim Genet 2005; 35:476-7. [PMID: 15566478 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- C Drögemüller
- Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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Pielen A, Kirsch M, Hofmann HD, Feuerstein TJ, Lagrèze WA. Retinal ganglion cell survival is enhanced by gabapentin-lactam in vitro: evidence for involvement of mitochondrial KATP channels. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2004; 242:240-4. [PMID: 14770318 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-0872-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2003] [Revised: 01/07/2004] [Accepted: 01/08/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recently, gabapentin-lactam (GBP-L) was shown to be neuroprotective in vivo. It has been suggested that GBP-L may act by opening mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels. We tested this hypothesis by quantifying the effect of GBP-L on the survival of purified retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). METHODS RGCs were purified from early postnatal rat retinae by immunopanning with antibodies against Thy1.1 and cultured in serum-free medium for 2 days. Cell survival was quantified by counting vital cells under phase-contrast optics. Results were normalized to controls. RGCs were treated with various concentrations (3.2-320 microM) of GBP-L with and without 1 microM glibenclamide, blocking both plasmalemmal and mitochondrial K(ATP) channels, or 100 microM 5-hydroxydecanoate (5-HD), antagonizing selectively mitochondrial K(ATP) channels. For comparison, additional cultures were treated with 32 microM gabapentin, the parent drug of GBP-L. A combination of the neurotrophic factors BDNF and CNTF (50 ng/ml each) served as a positive control. RESULTS. GBP-L increased RGC survival to a maximum of 145+/-5% (mean +/- SEM) in a concentration-dependent manner. The pEC(50) was 5.0, CI95 [4.7, 5.3]. Preincubation with glibenclamide changed the dose-response of GBP-L, indicating that it acted as a competitive antagonist with a pA2 value of 6.8, CI95 [5.9, 7.5]. 5-HD completely blocked the survival-promoting effect of GBP-L. Gabapentin had no effect, whereas the combination of CNTF and BDNF enhanced survival to 177+/-9%. CONCLUSIONS GBP-L, but not gabapentin, can promote the survival of cultured central nervous system neurons, possibly by opening mitochondrial K(ATP) channels. These results suggest further testing of GBP-L as a potentially neuroprotective drug.
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- Amelie Pielen
- Department of Neuroophthalmology, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Killianstrasse 5, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Leroy C, Dagenais A, Berthiaume Y, Brochiero E. Molecular identity and function in transepithelial transport of K(ATP) channels in alveolar epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2004; 286:L1027-37. [PMID: 14729507 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00249.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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K(+) channels play a crucial role in epithelia by repolarizing cells and maintaining electrochemical gradient for Na(+) absorption and Cl(-) secretion. In the airway epithelium, the most frequently studied K(+) channels are KvLQT1 and K(Ca). A functional role for K(ATP) channels has been also suggested in the lung, where K(ATP) channel openers activate alveolar clearance and attenuate ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, the molecular identity of this channel is unknown in airway and alveolar epithelial cells (AEC). We adopted an RT-PCR strategy to identify, in AEC, cDNA transcripts for Kir channels (Kir6.1 or 6.2) and sulfonylurea receptors (SUR1, 2A, or 2B) forming K(ATP) channels. Only Kir6.1 and SUR2B were detected in freshly isolated and cultured alveolar cells. To determine the physiological role of K(+) channels in the transepithelial transport of alveolar monolayers, we studied the effect, on total short-circuit currents (I(sc)), of basolateral application of glibenclamide, an inhibitor of K(ATP) channels, as well as clofilium, charybdotoxin, clotrimazole, and iberiotoxin, inhibitors of KvLQT1 and K(Ca) channels, respectively. Interestingly, activity of the three types of K(+) channels was detected, since all tested inhibitors decreased I(sc). Furthermore, these K(+) channel inhibitors reduced amiloride-sensitive Na(+) currents (mediated by ENaC) and completely abolished stimulation of Cl(-) currents by forskolin. Conversely, pinacidil, an activator of K(ATP) channels, increased Na(+) and Cl(-) transepithelial transport by 33-35%. These results suggest the presence, in AEC, of a K(ATP) channel, formed from Kir6.1 and SUR2B subunits, which plays a physiological role, with KvLQT1 and K(Ca) channels, in Na(+) and Cl(-) transepithelial transport.
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- Claudie Leroy
- Centre de recherche, CHUM-Hôtel-Dieu, 3850 St-Urbain, Montréal, Québec H2W 1T7, Canada.
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Seino S, Miki T. Physiological and pathophysiological roles of ATP-sensitive K+ channels. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 81:133-76. [PMID: 12565699 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(02)00053-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 379] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are present in many tissues, including pancreatic islet cells, heart, skeletal muscle, vascular smooth muscle, and brain, in which they couple the cell metabolic state to its membrane potential, playing a crucial role in various cellular functions. The K(ATP) channel is a hetero-octamer comprising two subunits: the pore-forming subunit Kir6.x (Kir6.1 or Kir6.2) and the regulatory subunit sulfonylurea receptor SUR (SUR1 or SUR2). Kir6.x belongs to the inward rectifier K(+) channel family; SUR belongs to the ATP-binding cassette protein superfamily. Heterologous expression of differing combinations of Kir6.1 or Kir6.2 and SUR1 or SUR2 variant (SUR2A or SUR2B) reconstitute different types of K(ATP) channels with distinct electrophysiological properties and nucleotide and pharmacological sensitivities corresponding to the various K(ATP) channels in native tissues. The physiological and pathophysiological roles of K(ATP) channels have been studied primarily using K(ATP) channel blockers and K(+) channel openers, but there is no direct evidence on the role of the K(ATP) channels in many important cellular responses. In addition to the analyses of naturally occurring mutations of the genes in humans, determination of the phenotypes of mice generated by genetic manipulation has been successful in clarifying the function of various gene products. Recently, various genetically engineered mice, including mice lacking K(ATP) channels (knockout mice) and mice expressing various mutant K(ATP) channels (transgenic mice), have been generated. In this review, we focus on the physiological and pathophysiological roles of K(ATP) channels learned from genetic manipulation of mice and naturally occurring mutations in humans.
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- Susumu Seino
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8760, Japan.
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ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP)) of vascular smooth muscle cells represent potential therapeutic targets for control of abnormal vascular contractility. The biophysical properties, regulation and pharmacology of these channels have received intense scrutiny during the past twenty years, however, the molecular basis of vascular K(ATP) channels remains ill-defined. This review summarizes the recent advancements made in our understanding of the molecular composition of vascular K(ATP) channels with a focus on the evidence that hetero-octameric complexes of Kir6.1 and SUR2B subunits constitute the vascular K(ATP) subtype responsible for control of arterial diameter by vasoactive agonists.
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- William C Cole
- The Smooth Muscle Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Szamosfalvi B, Cortes P, Alviani R, Asano K, Riser BL, Zasuwa G, Yee J. Putative subunits of the rat mesangial KATP: a type 2B sulfonylurea receptor and an inwardly rectifying K+ channel. Kidney Int 2002; 61:1739-49. [PMID: 11967023 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00302.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sulfonylurea agents exert their physiological effects in many cell types via binding to specific sulfonylurea receptors (SUR). SUR couple to inwardly-rectifying K+ channel (Kir6.x) to form tetradimeric ATP-sensitive K+ channels (KATP). The SUR subunits confer ATP-sensitivity on KATP and also provide the binding sites for sulfonylureas and other pharmacological agents. Our previous work demonstrated that the exposure of mesangial cells (MC) to sulfonylureas generated profound effects on MC glucose uptake and matrix metabolism and induced heightened cell contractility in association with Ca2+ transients. Because these responses likely resulted from the binding of sulfonylurea to a mesangial SUR2, we subsequently documented [3H]-glibenclamide binding to MC and the gene expression of several mesangial SUR2 transcripts. From these data, we inferred that MC expressed the components of a mesangial KATP and sought to establish their presence in primary MC. METHODS To obtain mesangial SUR2 cDNA sequences, rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) was utilized. DNA sequences were established by the fluorescent dye termination method. Gene expression of mesangial SUR2 and Kir6.1/2 was examined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Northern analysis. SUR2 proteins were identified by immunoblotting of mesangial proteins from membrane-enriched fractions with polyclonal antiserum directed against SUR2. RESULTS RACE cloning yielded two mesangial SUR2 cDNAs of 4.8 and 6.7 kbp whose open reading frames translated proteins of 964 and 1535 aa, respectively. Using probes specific to each cDNA, the presence of a unique, 5.5 kbp serum-regulated mesangial SUR2 splice variant was established. The sequence of this mesangial SUR2 (mcSUR2B) shares identity with the recently cloned rat SUR2B (rSUR2B), but, in comparison to rSUR2B, is truncated by 12 exons at the N-terminus where it contains a unique insert of 16 aa. Immunoblotting studies with anti-SUR2 antiserum demonstrated SUR2 proteins of 108 and 170 kD in membrane-enriched fractions of MC protein extracts. Complementary studies showed abundant gene expression of Kir6.1, thereby establishing gene expression of both components of KATP. CONCLUSIONS Based upon analogy to vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), there are at least two putative mesangial KATP that most likely represent hetero-octamers, comprised of either rSUR2B or mcSUR2 in complex with Kir6.1. Our results define the mesangial SUR2B as the possible first link in a chain of cellular events that culminates in MC contraction and altered extracellular matrix metabolism following exposure to sulfonylureas. In addition, our results serve as the basis for the future elucidation of the electrophysiologic characteristics of the mesangial KATP and the study of endogenous regulators of mesangial cell contractility.
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- Balázs Szamosfalvi
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Brochiero E, Wallendorf B, Gagnon D, Laprade R, Lapointe JY. Cloning of rabbit Kir6.1, SUR2A, and SUR2B: possible candidates for a renal K(ATP) channel. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2002; 282:F289-300. [PMID: 11788443 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00063.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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In rabbit proximal tubules, a basolateral ATP- and taurine-sensitive K(+) channel (K(ATP)) was shown to be involved in the regulation of the basolateral K(+) conductance as a function of the rate of apical Na(+) entry. To establish the molecular identity of this channel, we used degenerated primers to look for cDNA transcripts for an inwardly rectifying K(+) channel (Kir6.1 and Kir6.2) and sulfonylurea receptors (SUR1, SUR2A, and SUR2B) in a cDNA library obtained from rabbit proximal tubules. PCR products were found only for Kir6.1, SUR2A, and SUR2B. Expression of Kir6.1 in Xenopus oocytes generated an additional K(+) current that was found to be sensitive to external barium and intracellular taurine and to changes in intracellular ATP concentrations. To study the specificity of the taurine sensitivity, intracellular taurine was tested on several members of the Kir family expressed in Xenopus oocytes. K(+) currents induced by Kir1.1A, Kir2.1, Kir3.2, Kir4.1, or Kir5.1 were insensitive to taurine, but all tested combinations of Kir6.x with or without the SUR subunit were significantly inhibited by taurine. This study suggests that the taurine-sensitive K(ATP) channel of rabbit proximal tubules is formed by a combination of Kir6.1 plus SUR2A and/or SUR2B.
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- Emmanuelle Brochiero
- Groupe de Recherche en Transport Membranaire, Département de Physiologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
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The KATP Channel and the Sulfonylurea Receptor. MOLECULAR BASIS OF PANCREAS DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1669-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mederos y Schnitzler M, Derst C, Daut J, Preisig-Müller R. ATP-sensitive potassium channels in capillaries isolated from guinea-pig heart. J Physiol 2000; 525 Pt 2:307-17. [PMID: 10835035 PMCID: PMC2269954 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-1-00307.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/1999] [Accepted: 03/13/2000] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The full-length cDNAs of two different alpha-subunits (Kir6.1 and Kir6.2) and partial cDNAs of three different beta-subunits (SUR1, SUR2A and SUR2B) of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels of the guinea-pig (gp) were obtained by screening a cDNA library from the ventricle of guinea-pig heart. Cell-specific reverse-transcriptase PCR with gene-specific intron-spanning primers showed that gpKir6.1, gpKir6.2 and gpSUR2B were expressed in a purified fraction of capillary endothelial cells. In cardiomyocytes, gpKir6.1, gpKir6.2, gpSUR1 and gpSUR2A were detected. Patch-clamp measurements were carried out in isolated capillary fragments consisting of 3-15 endothelial cells. The membrane capacitance measured in the whole-cell mode was 19.9 +/- 1.0 pF and was independent of the length of the capillary fragment, which suggests that the endothelial cells were not electrically coupled under our experimental conditions. The perforated-patch technique was used to measure the steady-state current-voltage relation of capillary endothelial cells. Application of K+ channel openers (rilmakalim or diazoxide) or metabolic inhibition (250 microM 2,4-dinitrophenol plus 10 mM deoxyglucose) induced a current that reversed near the calculated K+ equilibrium potential. Rilmakalim (1 microM), diazoxide (300 microM) and metabolic inhibition increased the slope conductance measured at -55 mV by a factor of 9.0 (+/-1.8), 2.5 (+/-0.2) and 3.9 (+/-1.7), respectively. The effects were reversed by glibenclamide (1 microM). Our results suggest that capillary endothelial cells from guinea-pig heart express KATP channels composed of SUR2B and Kir6.1 and/or Kir6.2 subunits. The hyperpolarization elicited by the opening of KATP channels may lead to an increase in free cytosolic Ca2+, and thus modulate the synthesis of NO and the permeability of the capillary wall.
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- M Mederos y Schnitzler
- Institut fur Normale und Pathologische Physiologie, Universitat Marburg, Deutschhausstrasse 2, D-35037 Marburg, Germany
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Zhou M, Tanaka O, Sekiguchi M, Sakabe K, Anzai M, Izumida I, Inoue T, Kawahara K, Abe H. Localization of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel subunit (Kir6. 1/uK(ATP)-1) in rat brain. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 74:15-25. [PMID: 10640672 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00232-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The Kir6.1/uK(ATP)-1, subunit of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP)), was localized in adult rat brain by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. The mRNA of this subunit was ubiquitously expressed in various neurons and nuclei of the adult rat brain. Interestingly, Kir6.1/uK(ATP)-1 mRNA was also expressed in glial cells. Kir6.1/uK(ATP)-1 protein staining gave a dispersed array of fine dots throughout all neurons and glial cells examined. Under electron microscope, the immunoreactive products were specifically restricted to the mitochondria. The present study indicates that this K(ATP) subunit is localized in the mitochondria and may play a fundamental role in vital brain function.
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- M Zhou
- Department of Morphology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Japan.
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Surah-Narwal S, Xu SZ, McHugh D, McDonald RL, Hough E, Cheong A, Partridge C, Sivaprasadarao A, Beech DJ. Block of human aorta Kir6.1 by the vascular KATP channel inhibitor U37883A. Br J Pharmacol 1999; 128:667-72. [PMID: 10516647 PMCID: PMC1571700 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. A human aorta cDNA library was screened at low stringency with a rat pancreatic Kir6.1 cDNA probe and a homologue of Kir6.1 (hKir6.1) was isolated and sequenced. 2. Metabolic poisoning of Xenopus laevis oocytes with sodium azide and application of the K+ channel opener drug diazoxide induced K+ channel currents in oocytes co-injected with cRNA for hKir6.1 and hamster sulphonylurea receptor (SUR1), but not in oocytes injected with water or cRNA for hKir6.1 or SUR1 alone. 3. K+ channel currents due to hKir6.1+SUR1 or mouse Kir6.2+SUR1 were strongly inhibited by 1 microM glibenclamide. K+-current carried by hKir6.1+SUR1 was inhibited by the putative vascular-selective KATP channel inhibitor U37883A (IC50 32 microM) whereas current carried by Kir6.2+SUR1 or Shaker K+ channels was unaffected. 4. The data support the hypothesis that hKir6.1 is a component of the vascular KATP channel, although the lower sensitivity of hKir6.1+SUR1 to U37883A compared with native vascular tissues suggests the need for another factor or subunit. Furthermore, the data suggest that pharmacology of KATP channels can be determined by the pore-forming subunit as well as the sulphonylurea receptor and point to a molecular basis for the pharmacological distinction between vascular and pancreatic/cardiac KATP channels.
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- S Surah-Narwal
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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By the introduction of technological advancement in methods of structural analysis, electronics, and recombinant DNA techniques, research in physiology has become molecular. Additionally, focus of interest has been moving away from classical physiology to become increasingly centered on mechanisms of disease. A wonderful example for this development, as evident by this review, is the field of ion channel research which would not be nearly as advanced had it not been for human diseases to clarify. It is for this reason that structure-function relationships and ion channel electrophysiology cannot be separated from the genetic and clinical description of ion channelopathies. Unique among reviews of this topic is that all known human hereditary diseases of voltage-gated ion channels are described covering various fields of medicine such as neurology (nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, benign neonatal convulsions, episodic ataxia, hemiplegic migraine, deafness, stationary night blindness), nephrology (X-linked recessive nephrolithiasis, Bartter), myology (hypokalemic and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, myotonia congenita, paramyotonia, malignant hyperthermia), cardiology (LQT syndrome), and interesting parallels in mechanisms of disease emphasized. Likewise, all types of voltage-gated ion channels for cations (sodium, calcium, and potassium channels) and anions (chloride channels) are described together with all knowledge about pharmacology, structure, expression, isoforms, and encoding genes.
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- F Lehmann-Horn
- Department of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
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Szewczyk A, Wójcik G, Lobanov NA, Nalecz MJ. Modification of the mitochondrial sulfonylurea receptor by thiol reagents. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 262:255-8. [PMID: 10448101 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects exerted by thiol-modifying reagents on themitochondrial sulfonylurea receptor. The thiol-oxidizing agents (timerosal and 5, 5'-dithio-bis(2-nitrobenzoic acid)) were found to produce a large inhibition (70% to 80%) of specific binding of [(3)H]glibenclamide to the beef heart mitochondrial membrane. Similar effects were observed with membrane permeable (N-ethylmaleimide) and non-permeable (mersalyl) thiol modifying agents. Glibenclamide binding was also decreased by oxidizing agents (hydrogen peroxide) but not by reducing agents (reduced gluthatione, dithiothreitol and the 2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-dithiolbutane). The results suggest that intact thiol groups, facing the mitochondrial matrix, are essential for glibenclamide binding to the mitochondrial sulfonylurea receptor.
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- A Szewczyk
- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur St., Warsaw, 02-093, Poland.
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KATP channels are a newly defined class of potassium channels based on the physical association of an ABC protein, the sulfonylurea receptor, and a K+ inward rectifier subunit. The beta-cell KATP channel is composed of SUR1, the high-affinity sulfonylurea receptor with multiple TMDs and two NBFs, and KIR6.2, a weak inward rectifier, in a 1:1 stoichiometry. The pore of the channel is formed by KIR6.2 in a tetrameric arrangement; the overall stoichiometry of active channels is (SUR1/KIR6.2)4. The two subunits form a tightly integrated whole. KIR6.2 can be expressed in the plasma membrane either by deletion of an ER retention signal at its C-terminal end or by high-level expression to overwhelm the retention mechanism. The single-channel conductance of the homomeric KIR6.2 channels is equivalent to SUR/KIR6.2 channels, but they differ in all other respects, including bursting behavior, pharmacological properties, sensitivity to ATP and ADP, and trafficking to the plasma membrane. Coexpression with SUR restores the normal channel properties. The key role KATP channel play in the regulation of insulin secretion in response to changes in glucose metabolism is underscored by the finding that a recessive form of persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI) is caused by mutations in KATP channel subunits that result in the loss of channel activity. KATP channels set the resting membrane potential of beta-cells, and their loss results in a constitutive depolarization that allows voltage-gated Ca2+ channels to open spontaneously, increasing the cytosolic Ca2+ levels enough to trigger continuous release of insulin. The loss of KATP channels, in effect, uncouples the electrical activity of beta-cells from their metabolic activity. PHHI mutations have been informative on the function of SUR1 and regulation of KATP channels by adenine nucleotides. The results indicate that SUR1 is important in sensing nucleotide changes, as implied by its sequence similarity to other ABC proteins, in addition to being the drug sensor. An unexpected finding is that the inhibitory action of ATP appears to be through a site located on KIR6.2, whose affinity for ATP is modified by SUR1. A PHHI mutation, G1479R, in the second NBF of SUR1 forms active KATP channels that respond normally to ATP, but fail to activate with MgADP. The result implies that ATP tonically inhibits KATP channels, but that the ADP level in a fasting beta-cell antagonizes this inhibition. Decreases in the ADP level as glucose is metabolized result in KATP channel closure. Although KATP channels are the target for sulfonylureas used in the treatment of NIDDM, the available data suggest that the identified KATP channel mutations do not play a major role in diabetes. Understanding how KATP channels fit into the overall scheme of glucose homeostasis, on the other hand, promises insight into diabetes and other disorders of glucose metabolism, while understanding the structure and regulation of these channels offers potential for development of novel compounds to regulate cellular electrical activity.
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- L Aguilar-Bryan
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Seino S. ATP-sensitive potassium channels: a model of heteromultimeric potassium channel/receptor assemblies. Annu Rev Physiol 1999; 61:337-62. [PMID: 10099692 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.61.1.337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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ATP-sensitive K+ channels (KATP channels) play important roles in many cellular functions by coupling cell metabolism to electrical activity. By cloning members of the novel inwardly rectifying K+ channel subfamily Kir6.0 (Kir6.1 and Kir6.2) and the receptors for sulfonylureas (SUR1 and SUR2), researchers have clarified the molecular structure of KATP channels. KATP channels comprise two subunits: a Kir6.0 subfamily subunit, which is a member of the inwardly rectifying K+ channel family; and a SUR subunit, which is a member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) protein superfamily. KATP channels are the first example of a heteromultimeric complex assembled with a K+ channel and a receptor that are structurally unrelated to each other. Since 1995, molecular biological and molecular genetic studies of KATP channels have provided insights into the structure-function relationships, molecular regulation, and pathophysiological roles of KATP channels.
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- S Seino
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
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Inagaki N, Seino S. ATP-sensitive potassium channels: structures, functions, and pathophysiology. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 48:397-412. [PMID: 10021494 DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.48.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP channels) play important roles in various tissues by coupling cell metabolic status to electrical activity. Recently, molecular biological and electrophysiological techniques have revealed the molecular basis of the KATP channels to be a complex of the Kir6.0 subunit, a member of the inwardly rectifying K+ channel subfamily Kir6.0, and the sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) subunit, a member of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily; the functional diversity of the various KATP channels is being determined by a combination of the Kir6.0 subunit (Kir6.1 or Kir6.2) and the SUR subunit (SUR1 or SUR2) comprising it. Recent studies of the KATP channels have suggested mechanisms of KATP channel regulation and pathophysiology and also a new model in which ABC proteins regulate the functional expression of ion channels.
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- N Inagaki
- Department of Physiology, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, 010-8543, Japan
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Szewczyk A, Pikuła S. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate: an intracellular metabolic messenger. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1365:333-53. [PMID: 9711292 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(98)00094-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- A Szewczyk
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland.
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ATP-sensitive potassium channels, termed KATP channels, link the electrical activity of cell membranes to cellular metabolism. These channels are heteromultimers of sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) and KIR6.X subunits associated with a 1:1 stoichiometry as a tetramer (SUR/KIR6.X forms the pores, whereas SUR regulates their activity. Changes in [ATP]i and [ADP]i gate the channel. The diversity of KATP channels results from the assembly of SUR and KIR6.X subtypes KIR6.1-based channels differ from KIR6.2 channels mainly by their smaller unitary conductance. SUR1- and SUR2-based channels are distinguished by their differential sensitivity to sulfonylureas, whereas SUR2A-based channels are distinguished from SUR2B channels by their differential sensitivity to diazoxide. Mutations that result in the loss of KATP channels in pancreatic beta-cells have been identified in SUR1 and KIR6.2. These mutations lead to familial hyperinsulinism. Understanding the mutations in SUR and KIR6.X is allowing insight into how these channels respond to nucleotides, sulfonylureas, and potassium channel openers, KCOs.
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- A P Babenko
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Erginel-Unaltuna N, Yang WP, Blanar MA. Genomic organization and expression of KCNJ8/Kir6.1, a gene encoding a subunit of an ATP-sensitive potassium channel. Gene 1998; 211:71-8. [PMID: 9573340 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00086-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels are implicated in the coupling of metabolic energy to membrane potential, thereby regulating many essential cell functions. Here, we demonstrate that a subunit of human KATP channel, KCNJ8/Kir6.1, is expressed preferentially in the human heart. Somatic cell-hybrid mapping and fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) localize human KCNJ8 to the short arm of human chromosome 12, at 12p12. Partial characterization of the human Kir6. 1 gene demonstrates that there is one large intron in the coding region and at least two additional introns in the 5' untranslated region resulting in transcripts that have differential expression in human tissues examined. Our studies provide information on the complexity of the Kir6.1 transcript in the 5' UTR that may be useful for future investigations on the tissue-specific regulation and function of this KATP channel gene.
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- N Erginel-Unaltuna
- Department of Cardiovascular Drug Discovery, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Route 206, Provinceline Road, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000, USA
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Aguilar-Bryan L, Clement JP, Gonzalez G, Kunjilwar K, Babenko A, Bryan J. Toward understanding the assembly and structure of KATP channels. Physiol Rev 1998; 78:227-45. [PMID: 9457174 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1998.78.1.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 442] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Adenosine 5'-triphosphate-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels couple metabolic events to membrane electrical activity in a variety of cell types. The cloning and reconstitution of the subunits of these channels demonstrate they are heteromultimers of inwardly rectifying potassium channel subunits (KIR6.x) and sulfonylurea receptors (SUR), members of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily. Recent studies indicate that SUR and KIR6.x associate with 1:1 stoichiometry to assemble a large tetrameric channel, (SUR/KIR6.x)4. The KIR6.x subunits form the channel pore, whereas SUR is required for activation and regulation. Two KIR6.x genes and two SUR genes have been identified, and combinations of subunits give rise to KATP channel subtypes found in pancreatic beta-cells, neurons, and cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle. Mutations in both the SUR1 and KIR6.2 genes have been shown to cause familial hyperinsulinism, indicating the importance of the pancreatic beta-cell channel in the regulation of insulin secretion. The availability of cloned KATP channel genes opens the way for characterization of this family of ion channels and identification of additional genetic defects.
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- L Aguilar-Bryan
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Akao M, Otani H, Horie M, Takano M, Kuniyasu A, Nakayama H, Kouchi I, Murakami T, Sasayama S. Myocardial ischemia induces differential regulation of KATP channel gene expression in rat hearts. J Clin Invest 1997; 100:3053-9. [PMID: 9399952 PMCID: PMC508518 DOI: 10.1172/jci119860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The cardiac ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel is thought to be a complex composed of an inward rectifier potassium channel (Kir6.1 and/or Kir6.2) subunit and the sulfonylurea receptor (SUR2). This channel is activated during myocardial ischemia and protects the heart from ischemic injury. We examined the transcriptional expression of these genes in rats with myocardial ischemia. 60 min of myocardial regional ischemia followed by 24-72 h, but not 3-6 h, of reperfusion specifically upregulated Kir6.1 mRNA not only in the ischemic (approximately 2.7-3.1-fold) but also in the nonischemic (approximately 2.0-2.6-fold) region of the left ventricle. 24 h of continuous ischemia without reperfusion also induced an increase in Kir6.1 mRNA in both regions, whereas 15-30 min of ischemia followed by 24 h of reperfusion did not induce such expression. In contrast, mRNAs for Kir6.2 and SUR2 remained unchanged under these ischemic procedures. Western blotting demonstrated similar increases in the Kir6.1 protein level both in the ischemic (2.4-fold) and the nonischemic (2.2-fold) region of rat hearts subjected to 60 min of ischemia followed by 24 h of reperfusion. Thus, prolonged myocardial ischemia rather than reperfusion induces delayed and differential regulation of cardiac KATP channel gene expression.
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- M Akao
- Cardiovascular Division of Internal Medicine, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto 606, Japan
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Bryan J, Aguilar-Bryan L. The ABCs of ATP-sensitive potassium channels: more pieces of the puzzle. Curr Opin Cell Biol 1997; 9:553-9. [PMID: 9261054 DOI: 10.1016/s0955-0674(97)80033-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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ATP-sensitive potassium channels, KATP channels are critical for the normal regulation of insulin secretion. The cloning of cDNAs encoding the subunits of these channels shows that they are a novel combination of an ATP-binding protein and a small inward rectifier. Loss of pancreatic beta-cell KATP channels has been shown to cause familial hyperinsulinism.
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- J Bryan
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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