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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of Ba2+ on current resulting from the heterologous expression of the human ether-à-go-go related gene (HERG) (IHERG) was studied with two-electrode voltage clamp techniques in Xenopus oocytes. Ba2+ produced time- and voltage-dependent block of IHERG. Significant inhibition was seen at concentrations as low as 1 microM. Inhibition was greatest at step potentials between -40 and 0 mV; at more positive potentials, inhibition decreased in association with time-dependent unblocking of channels. An inactivation-attenuated mutant of HERG (S631A) was prepared and expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Ba2+ block of S631A differed from that of HERG in that extensive unblocking was no longer seen at positive potentials and the voltage dependence of step current block was greatly attenuated. A mathematical model was applied to analyse quantitatively the inhibitory effects of Ba2+ on IHERG. The model suggested similar voltage-dependent affinity of Ba2+ for the open and closed states, along with absence of binding to the inactivated state, and accounted well for Ba2+ effects on both wild-type and S631A channels. We conclude that Ba2+ potently inhibits IHERG in a characteristic state-dependent fashion, with strong unblocking at positive potentials related to the presence of an intact C-type inactivation mechanism.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-3751
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
526 Pt 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
265-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Barium, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Cation Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Long QT Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Models, Theoretical, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:10896755-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
2000
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