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ArticleThe Journal of membrane biology1995

The inwardly rectifying potassium current of embryonic chick hepatocytes.

C E Hill, D C Pon

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Article in The Journal of membrane biology, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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C E HillDepartment of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
D C Pon
Queen's University · CA

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Abstract

The single channel and whole-cell properties of an inward, rectifying potassium current in cultured embryonic chick hepatocytes were studied at 20 degrees C. In cell-attached patches, channels open upon membrane hyperpolarization and are present in about 90% of cell-attached patches. With 145 mM potassium in the pipette, inward current has a slope conductance of 80 pS. The conductance is not a linear function of the external potassium concentration. Current saturates at high external potassium and has a Michaelis-Menten affinity constant of 275 mM potassium. Substitution of gluconate for chloride in the external solution has no significant effect on conductance, and the reversal potential shifts approximately 18 mV with a change in external potassium from 72.5 to 145 mM indicating potassium selectivity. Channel openings are characterized by multiple brief closures during a burst. The channel is inhibited by external cesium in a concentration-dependent manner. Block is characterized by an increased frequency of transient closures. Whole-cell dialysis with 145 mM CsCl of cells bathed in 145 mM KCl reveals time-independent inward currents that reverse at 0 mV in response to 200 msec-voltage steps. Although voltage ramps evoke currents that are 75% potassium dependent and cesium sensitive, the mean chord conductance (425 pS) indicates that less than five channels are open at any instant. We suggest that the inwardly rectifying potassium channel is partially inactivated in the dialysed hepatocyte.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedCesiumChick EmbryoDose-Response Relationship, DrugKineticsLiverMembrane PotentialsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassiumPotassium ChannelsCesiumPotassiumPotassium Channels

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PMID7658462
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