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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
We have cloned the human homologue of the inward rectifier K+ channel from both heart and brain tissue (HHBIRK1). The human clones were identical to each other in their coding regions and were highly homologous to the mouse macrophage (IRK1) channel. The inward rectifier currents from human and mouse clones were characterized using a novel strategy for stable ion channel expression in a human cell line. The permeability of the expressed inwardly rectifying channels was greater for K+ than for Rb+, whereas no current was observed when K+ was replaced by Na+. A prominent time- and voltage-dependent block was observed in the presence of Ba2+, whereas a small decay in the steady-state current was observed with millimolar concentrations of Na+. Single-channel conductances of 49.1 +/- 3.3 pS (n = 6) and 40.2 +/- 2.5 pS (n = 3) (P = 0.005) were obtained for the HHBIRK1 and IRK1 clones, respectively. These results indicate that sequence dissimilarities between human and mouse inward rectifier K+ channels may have significant functional consequences.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
268
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H506-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Barium, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Sodium, pubmed-meshheading:7840300-Transfection
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Inward rectifier K+ channel from human heart and brain: cloning and stable expression in a human cell line.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't