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Ma C, Ding R, Hao K, Du W, Xu L, Gao Q, Yu C. Storage Stability of Blood Samples for miRNAs in Glycosylated Extracellular Vesicles. Molecules 2023; 29:103. [PMID: 38202686 PMCID: PMC10780163 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29010103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Extracellular vesicle (EV) miRNAs are promising biomarkers for clinical diagnosis. However, their stability is a crucial concern affecting reliability and accuracy. Factors such as sample collection, processing, storage conditions, and experimental procedures impact EV miRNA stability. Studying EV miRNA stability aims to find optimal handling and storage methods, ensuring integrity and functionality throughout research. In this study, we used RT-qPCR and GlyExo-Capture technology, which can specifically capture glycosylated EVs by lectin, to assess the stability of glycosylated EV miRNAs. We found that slow acceleration centrifugation and two-step centrifugation methods were suitable for subsequent experiments. To ensure uniformity, we recommend using the two-step centrifugation method. We also studied blood storage before serum separation and recommend separation within 2 h at 4 °C or 25 °C. For separated serum samples, higher temperatures accelerated miRNA degradation, and the storage duration should be adjusted based on laboratory conditions. Short-term storage at -20 °C is acceptable for up to 3 months while avoiding repeated freeze-thaw cycles. We developed protective agents to extend the storage time at 25 °C, meeting clinical requirements. Additionally, Lakebio's cfRNA storage tubes effectively preserved the stability of miRNAs in plasma glycosylated EVs. Understanding EV miRNA stability provides insights into optimizing sample handling, storage strategies, and enhancing reliability in clinical applications.
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- Cuidie Ma
- College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China;
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- Beijing Hotgen Biotech Co., Ltd., Beijing 102600, China; (K.H.); (W.D.); (L.X.)
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- Beijing Hotgen Biotech Co., Ltd., Beijing 102600, China; (K.H.); (W.D.); (L.X.)
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- Beijing Hotgen Biotech Co., Ltd., Beijing 102600, China; (K.H.); (W.D.); (L.X.)
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- Beijing Hotgen Biotech Co., Ltd., Beijing 102600, China; (K.H.); (W.D.); (L.X.)
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;
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Ponce A, Larre I, Jimenez L, Roldán ML, Shoshani L, Cereijido M. Ouabain's Influence on TRPV4 Channels of Epithelial Cells: An Exploration of TRPV4 Activity, Expression, and Signaling Pathways. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16687. [PMID: 38069012 PMCID: PMC10705919 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Ouabain, a substance originally obtained from plants, is now classified as a hormone because it is produced endogenously in certain animals, including humans. However, its precise effects on the body remain largely unknown. Previous studies have shown that ouabain can influence the phenotype of epithelial cells by affecting the expression of cell-cell molecular components and voltage-gated potassium channels. In this study, we conducted whole-cell clamp assays to determine whether ouabain affects the activity and/or expression of TRPV4 channels. Our findings indicate that ouabain has a statistically significant effect on the density of TRPV4 currents (dITRPV4), with an EC50 of 1.89 nM. Regarding treatment duration, dITRPV4 reaches its peak at around 1 h, followed by a subsequent decline and then a resurgence after 6 h, suggesting a short-term modulatory effect related to on TRPV4 channel activity and a long-term effect related to the promotion of synthesis of new TRPV4 channel units. The enhancement of dITRPV4 induced by ouabain was significantly lower in cells seeded at low density than in cells in a confluent monolayer, indicating that the action of ouabain depends on intercellular contacts. Furthermore, the fact that U73122 and neomycin suppress the effect caused by ouabain in the short term suggests that the short-term induced enhancement of dITRPV4 is due to the depletion of PIP2 stores. In contrast, the fact that the long-term effect is inhibited by PP2, wortmannin, PD, FR18, and IKK16 suggests that cSrc, PI3K, Erk1/2, and NF-kB are among the components included in the signaling pathways.
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- Arturo Ponce
- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City 07360, Mexico; (L.J.); (M.L.R.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City 04510, Mexico;
- Department of Clinical and Translational Science, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City 07360, Mexico; (L.J.); (M.L.R.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City 07360, Mexico; (L.J.); (M.L.R.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City 07360, Mexico; (L.J.); (M.L.R.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City 07360, Mexico; (L.J.); (M.L.R.); (L.S.); (M.C.)
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Cereijido M, Jimenez L, Hinojosa L, Castillo A, Martínez-Rendon J, Ponce A. Ouabain-Induced Changes in the Expression of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels in Epithelial Cells Depend on Cell-Cell Contacts. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:13257. [PMID: 36362049 PMCID: PMC9655981 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2023] Open
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Ouabain is a cardiac glycoside, initially isolated from plants, and currently thought to be a hormone since some mammals synthesize it endogenously. It has been shown that in epithelial cells, it induces changes in properties and components related to apical-basolateral polarity and cell-cell contacts. In this work, we used a whole-cell patch clamp to test whether ouabain affects the properties of the voltage-gated potassium currents (Ik) of epithelial cells (MDCK). We found that: (1) in cells arranged as mature monolayers, ouabain induced changes in the properties of Ik; (2) it also accelerated the recovery of Ik in cells previously trypsinized and re-seeded at confluence; (3) in cell-cell contact-lacking cells, ouabain did not produce a significant change; (4) Na+/K+ ATPase might be the receptor that mediates the effect of ouabain on Ik; (5) the ouabain-induced changes in Ik required the synthesis of new nucleotides and proteins, as well as Golgi processing and exocytosis, as evidenced by treatment with drugs inhibiting those processes; and (5) the signaling cascade included the participation of cSrC, PI3K, Erk1/2, NF-κB and β-catenin. These results reveal a new role for ouabain as a modulator of the expression of voltage-gated potassium channels, which require cells to be in contact with themselves.
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- Marcelino Cereijido
- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
- Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Unidad Academica de Medicina Humana y C.S, Campus UAZ Siglo XXI-L1, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas 98160, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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Wang T, Yang YQ, Karasawa T, Wang Q, Phillips A, Guan BC, Ma KT, Jiang M, Xie DH, Steyger PS, Jiang ZG. Bumetanide hyperpolarizes madin-darby canine kidney cells and enhances cellular gentamicin uptake by elevating cytosolic Ca(2+) thus facilitating intermediate conductance Ca(2+)--activated potassium channels. Cell Biochem Biophys 2013; 65:381-98. [PMID: 23109177 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-012-9442-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Loop diuretics such as bumetanide and furosemide enhance aminoglycoside ototoxicity when co-administered to patients and animal models. The underlying mechanism(s) is poorly understood. We investigated the effect of these diuretics on cellular uptake of aminoglycosides, using Texas Red-tagged gentamicin (GTTR), and intracellular/whole-cell recordings of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. We found that bumetanide and furosemide dose-dependently enhanced cytoplasmic GTTR fluorescence by ~60 %. This enhancement was suppressed by La(3+), a non-selective cation channel (NSCC) blocker, and by K(+) channel blockers Ba(2+) and clotrimazole, but not by tetraethylammonium (TEA), 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) or glipizide, nor by Cl(-) channel blockers diphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid (DPC), niflumic acid (NFA), and CFTRinh-172. Bumetanide and furosemide hyperpolarized MDCK cells by ~14 mV, increased whole-cell I/V slope conductance; the bumetanide-induced net current I/V showed a reversal potential (V r) ~-80 mV. Bumetanide-induced hyperpolarization and I/V change was suppressed by Ba(2+) or clotrimazole, and absent in elevated [Ca(2+)]i, but was not affected by apamin, 4-AP, TEA, glipizide, DPC, NFA, or CFTRinh-172. Bumetanide and furosemide stimulated a surge of Fluo-4-indicated cytosolic Ca(2+). Ba(2+) and clotrimazole alone depolarized cells by ~18 mV and reduced I/V slope with a net current V r near -85 mV, and reduced GTTR uptake by ~20 %. La(3+) alone hyperpolarized the cells by ~-14 mV, reduced the I/V slope with a net current V r near -10 mV, and inhibited GTTR uptake by ~50 %. In the presence of La(3+), bumetanide-caused negligible change in potential or I/V. We conclude that NSCCs constitute a major cell entry pathway for cationic aminoglycosides; bumetanide enhances aminoglycoside uptake by hyperpolarizing cells that increases the cation influx driving force; and bumetanide-induced hyperpolarization is caused by elevating intracellular Ca(2+) and thus facilitating activation of the intermediate conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels.
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- Tian Wang
- Oregon Hearing Research Center, NRC04, Department of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Adherence and viability of intestinal bacteria to differentiated Caco-2 cells quantified by flow cytometry. J Microbiol Methods 2011; 86:33-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Revised: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Epithelial cells treated with high concentrations of ouabain (e.g., 1 microM) retrieve molecules involved in cell contacts from the plasma membrane and detach from one another and their substrates. On the basis of this observation, we suggested that ouabain might also modulate cell contacts at low, nontoxic levels (10 or 50 nM). To test this possibility, we analyzed its effect on a particular type of cell-cell contact: the tight junction (TJ). We demonstrate that at concentrations that neither inhibit K(+) pumping nor disturb the K(+) balance of the cell, ouabain modulates the degree of sealing of the TJ as measured by transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) and the flux of neutral 3 kDa dextran (J(DEX)). This modulation is accompanied by changes in the levels and distribution patterns of claudins 1, 2, and 4. Interestingly, changes in TER, J(DEX), and claudins behavior are mediated through signal pathways containing ERK1/2 and c-Src, which have distinct effects on each physiological parameter and claudin type. These observations support the theory that at low concentrations, ouabain acts as a modulator of cell-cell contacts.
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Cereijido M, Contreras RG, Shoshani L, Flores-Benitez D, Larre I. Tight junction and polarity interaction in the transporting epithelial phenotype. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1778:770-93. [PMID: 18028872 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2007] [Revised: 08/28/2007] [Accepted: 09/03/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Development of tight junctions and cell polarity in epithelial cells requires a complex cellular machinery to execute an internal program in response to ambient cues. Tight junctions, a product of this machinery, can act as gates of the paracellular pathway, fences that keep the identity of plasma membrane domains, bridges that communicate neighboring cells. The polarization internal program and machinery are conserved in yeast, worms, flies and mammals, and in cell types as different as epithelia, neurons and lymphocytes. Polarization and tight junctions are dynamic features that change during development, in response to physiological and pharmacological challenges and in pathological situations like infection.
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- Marcelino Cereijido
- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV, AP 14-740, México D.F. 07000, México.
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Cereijido M, Contreras RG, Shoshani L. Cell Adhesion, Polarity, and Epithelia in the Dawn of Metazoans. Physiol Rev 2004; 84:1229-62. [PMID: 15383651 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00001.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Transporting epithelia posed formidable conundrums right from the moment that Du Bois Raymond discovered their asymmetric behavior, a century and a half ago. It took a century and a half to start unraveling the mechanisms of occluding junctions and polarity, but we now face another puzzle: lest its cells died in minutes, the first high metazoa (i.e., higher than a sponge) needed a transporting epithelium, but a transporting epithelium is an incredibly improbable combination of occluding junctions and cell polarity. How could these coincide in the same individual organism and within minutes? We review occluding junctions (tight and septate) as well as the polarized distribution of Na+-K+-ATPase both at the molecular and the cell level. Junctions and polarity depend on hosts of molecular species and cellular processes, which are briefly reviewed whenever they are suspected to have played a role in the dawn of epithelia and metazoan. We come to the conclusion that most of the molecules needed were already present in early protozoan and discuss a few plausible alternatives to solve the riddle described above.
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- M Cereijido
- Center For Research and Advanced Studies, Dept. of Physiology, Biophysics, and Neurosciences, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Código Postal 07360, México D.F., Mexico.
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Cereijido M, Contreras RG, Shoshani L, García-Villegas MR. Membrane targeting. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 81:81-115. [PMID: 12565697 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(02)00047-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- M Cereijido
- Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, México D.F. 07300, Mexico.
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Cereijido M, Valdés J, Shoshani L, Contreras RG. Role of tight junctions in establishing and maintaining cell polarity. Annu Rev Physiol 1998; 60:161-77. [PMID: 9558459 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.60.1.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The tight junction (TJ) is not randomly located on the cell membrane, but occupies a precise position at the outermost edge of the intercellular space and, therefore, is itself considered a polarized structure. This article reviews the most common experimental approaches for studying this relationship. We then discuss three main topics. (a) The mechanisms of polarization that operate regardless of the presence of TJs: We explore a variety of polarization mechanisms that operate at stages of the cell cycle in which TJs may be already established. (b) TJs and polarity as partners in highly dynamic processes: Polarity and TJs are steady state situations that may be drastically changed by a variety of signaling events. (c) Polarized distribution of membrane molecules that depend on TJs: This refers to molecules (mainly lipids) whose polarized distribution, although not the direct result of TJs, depends on these structures to maintain such distribution.
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- M Cereijido
- Center for Research and Advanced Studies, México.
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Yamasaki T, Fujita H, Inoue K, Fujita T, Yamashita N. Regulation of K+ channels by cell contact in a cloned folliculo-stellate cell (TtT/GF). Endocrinology 1997; 138:4346-50. [PMID: 9322949 DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.10.5445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Membrane currents in a folliculo-stellate cell line (TtT/GF) were examined using the whole-cell clamp technique. The cultured cells were morphologically categorized as isolated spread cells, isolated round cells, contact spread cells, and contact round cells. A distinct outward current was observed in isolated spread cells, contact round cells, and contact spread cells, whereas the outward current detected in isolated round cells was barely perceivable. The reversal potentials of the outward tail current obeyed the Nernst equation, indicating that the outward current was carried by K+ ions. The activation and deactivation processes of the K+ current could be fitted by single exponential curves. 4-aminopyridine, tetraethylammonium, and Ba2+ inhibited the K+ current. The concentrations for half-maximal inhibition of these agents to block the K+ current were 0.2 mM, 0.8 mM, and 8 mM, respectively. The biophysical and pharmacological characteristics of the K+ current in TtT/GF cells were similar to those of the K+ current in glial and Schwann cells. According to the results of the present study, it was concluded that TtT/GF cells possessed outward K+ channels, characteristics of which were similar to those of the K+ channels in glial and Schwann cells, and that the amplitude of the K+ current in TtT/GF cells seemed to be regulated by the condition of the cell contact.
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- T Yamasaki
- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Japan
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Pon DC, Hill CE. Existence, properties, and functional expression of "Maxi-K"-type, Ca2+-activated K+ channels in short-term cultured hepatocytes. J Cell Physiol 1997; 171:87-94. [PMID: 9119895 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4652(199704)171:1<87::aid-jcp10>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A large-conductance, Ca2+-activated K+ channel was identified and characterized in embryonic chick hepatocytes using the patch-electrode voltage-clamp technique. The channel conductance was 213 pS in excised patches bathed in symmetrical 145 mM KCI and 1 mM Ca2+. Current-voltage relationships were linear with high K+ on both sides of the membrane but showed constant field rectification as the K+ gradient was increased. The reversal potential shifted 58 mV per 10-fold change in the ratio of external to internal K+. Channel openings occurred at potentials higher than +50 mV in cell-attached patches. The open probability X voltage relationship shifted to more negative potentials in excised, inside-out patches exposed to a solution containing high Ca2+. The voltage sensitivity of the channel was not significantly affected by changes in internal Ca2+ concentration. Conversely, channel gating, reflected in the half-activation potential, shifted 118 mV per 10-fold change in internal Ca2+ at concentrations less than approximately 2 microM, although at higher Ca2+, this parameter was Ca2+ insensitive. Channel open probability in cell-attached patches increased significantly following exposure of the cells to either the Ca2+ ionophore A-23187 or L-alanine, a cell-volume modulator. Channel density increased with time spent in culture from no observations in 10-hr cells, through 13 and 80% of patches in 24-and 48-hr cultured cells, respectively. The implications of delayed functional expression for ion channel studies in acutely dissociated cells is discussed.
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- D C Pon
- Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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