Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
1. The apamin-sensitive small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel (SK(Ca)) was characterized in porcine coronary arteries. 2. In intact arteries, 100 nM substance P and 600 microM 1-ethyl-2-benzimidazolinone (1-EBIO) produced endothelial cell hyperpolarizations (27.8 +/- 0.8 mV and 24.1 +/- 1.0 mV, respectively). Charybdotoxin (100 nM) abolished the 1-EBIO response but substance P continued to induce a hyperpolarization (25.8 +/- 0.3 mV). 3. In freshly-isolated endothelial cells, outside-out patch recordings revealed a unitary K(+) conductance of 6.8 +/- 0.04 pS. The open-probability was increased by Ca(2+) and reduced by apamin (100 nM). Substance P activated an outward current under whole-cell perforated-patch conditions and a component of this current (38%) was inhibited by apamin. A second conductance of 2.7 +/- 0.03 pS inhibited by d-tubocurarine was observed infrequently. 4. Messenger RNA encoding the SK2 and SK3, but not the SK1, subunits of SK(Ca) was detected by RT - PCR in samples of endothelium. Western blotting indicated that SK3 protein was abundant in samples of endothelium compared to whole arteries. SK2 protein was present in whole artery nuclear fractions. 5. Immunofluorescent labelling confirmed that SK3 was highly expressed at the plasmalemma of endothelial cells and was not expressed in smooth muscle. SK2 was restricted to the peri-nuclear regions of both endothelial and smooth muscle cells. 6. In conclusion, the porcine coronary artery endothelium expresses an apamin-sensitive SK(Ca) containing the SK3 subunit. These channels are likely to confer all or part of the apamin-sensitive component of the endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) response.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-10066895, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-10373705, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-10457055, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-10556944, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-10683185, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-10696100, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-10725263, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-11134030, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-11181893, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-11263241, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-11310433, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-11378158, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-11487526, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-1917911, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-1928386, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-2385008, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-3231093, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-388439, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-4374474, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-5432063, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-7508206, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-7512796, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-7732600, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-8730582, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-8730760, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-8781233, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-8922746, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-9105711, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-9252453, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-942051, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-9504399, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-9687354, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-9834033, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/11877319-9878075
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0007-1188
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
135
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1133-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Apamin, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Biological Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Coronary Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Microelectrodes, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Substance P, pubmed-meshheading:11877319-Swine
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of an apamin-sensitive small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel in porcine coronary artery endothelium: relevance to EDHF.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. matt.b@man.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't