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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
This report describes for the first time a novel anionic background current (I(AB)) identified in guinea-pig isolated ventricular myocytes. It also shows that I(AB) has both novel and differential pharmacology from other (cardiac) chloride currents. Using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique and external anion substitution, I(AB) was found to be outwardly rectifying and highly permeable to NO(-)(3), with a relative permeability sequence of NO(-)(3) > I(-) > Cl(-). I(AB) was not blocked by 50 microM DIDS, by hypertonic external solution, or by the nonselective protein kinase inhibitor H7-DHC. Exposure to the pyrethroid agent tefluthrin (10 microM) increased the current density of I(AB) significantly at positive voltages (P < 0.05), but had no significant effect on other cardiac chloride currents. We conclude that I(AB) possesses a distinct pharmacology and does not fall into the three major classes of cardiac chloride conductance commonly reported.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(C)2002 Elsevier Science (USA).
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
292
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
208-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Tefluthrin modulates a novel anionic background conductance (I(AB)) in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't