Alkalinization-Induced K+ Current of the Mouse Megakaryocyte

The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Kimio Tomita²  Naofumi Tokutomi¹  Katsuhide Nishi¹  Makoto Murakami²  Yoshiko Tokutomi¹ 

[1] Departments of Pharmacology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine;Departments of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine

关键词: Alkalinization-induced K+ current;    Mouse megakaryocyte;    Voltage-gated K+ current;    K+ channel blocker;    pH-response;   

DOI  :  10.1254/jjp.79.343

学科分类：药理学

来源: Nihon Yakuri Gakkai Henshuubu / Japanese Pharmacological Society

【 摘 要 】

References(23)Cited-By(1)We have recently found that mouse megakaryocytes responded to extracellular alkalinization to pH>8.0, generating a K+ current under voltage-clamped conditions with the whole cell recording mode of the patch-clamp technique. The purpose of this study was to physiologically and pharmacologically characterize the alkaline-dependent K+ conductance of the megakaryocyte membrane. The alkalinization-induced K+ current (IALK) did not seem to be Ca2+-dependent since IALK was allowed to be generated under intracellularly Ca2+-buffered conditions with 10 mM EGTA, which completely prevented the generation of caffeine-induced Ca2+-activated currents of mouse megakaryocytes; and no [Ca2+]i elevation was evoked by the alkalinization protocol in contrast to a significant increase in [Ca2+]i in response to caffeine when [Ca2+]i was measured with a fura 2 ratiometry. IALK was strongly suppressed with tetraethylammonium (TEA), 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and streptomycin (SM), but was completely resistant to quinidine (QND). The values of IC50 for the suppression of IALK with TEA, 4-AP and SM were 5.6, 0.47 and 1.5 mM, respectively. Voltage-gated K+ currents (IK) of the same megakaryocyte preparation were weakly suppressed with TEA and 4-AP, while they were significantly suppressed with either SM or QND. These results suggest that mouse megakaryocytes possess K+ conductance that was activated by extracellular alkalinization and that probably differs from conventional K+ conductance in its pharmacological properties.

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