rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
6
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2005-6-3
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pubmed:abstractText |
K(+) currents expressed in freshly dispersed rat ventricular fibroblasts have been studied using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings. Depolarizing voltage steps from a holding potential of -90 mV activated time- and voltage-dependent outward currents at membrane potentials positive to approximately -30 mV. The relatively slow activation kinetics exhibited strong dependence on the membrane potential. Selected changes in extracellular K(+) concentration ([K(+)](o)) revealed that the reversal potentials of the tail currents changed as expected for a K(+) equilibrium potential. The activation and inactivation kinetics of this K(+) current, as well as its recovery from inactivation, were well-fitted by single exponential functions. The steady-state inactivation was well described by a Boltzmann function with a half-maximal inactivation potential (V(0.5)) of -24 mV. Increasing [K(+)](o) (from 5 to 100 mM) shifted this V(0.5) in the hyperpolarizing direction by -11 mV. Inactivation was slowed by increasing [K(+)](o) to 100 mM, and the rate of recovery from inactivation was decreased after increasing [K(+)](o). Block of this K(+) current by extracellular tetraethylammonium also slowed inactivation. These [K(+)](o)-induced changes and tetraethylammonium effects suggest an important role for a C-type inactivation mechanism. This K(+) current was sensitive to dendrotoxin-I (100 nM) and rTityustoxin Kalpha (50 nM).
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical |
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jun
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pubmed:issn |
0006-3495
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
88
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
3924-35
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-18
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Biophysical Phenomena,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Biophysics,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Fibroblasts,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Heart Ventricles,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Kinetics,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Membrane Potentials,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Myocardium,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Patch-Clamp Techniques,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Potassium Channels,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:15764658-Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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pubmed:year |
2005
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pubmed:articleTitle |
K+ currents activated by depolarization in cardiac fibroblasts.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
In Vitro,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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