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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-3
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
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3924-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
K+ currents activated by depolarization in cardiac fibroblasts.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't