O2-sensitive K+ current in undifferentiated and NGF-treated PC12 cell variants

Neuroreport
Y KawaiJ Lipski

Abstract

It has been reported that cultured PC12 cells can be used as a model for studying mechanisms of O2 sensitivity, previously examined in peripheral chemoreceptors and some neurons. This study compared the hypoxic depression of K+ currents in two PC12 variants, before and after differentiation into neurone-like cells induced by nerve growth factor (NGF). The results show that interaction of O2 and K+ channels is strongly-voltage dependent in the PC12/TM but not the PC12/ES subline. In PC12/TM cells an effect of hypoxia on the K+ current was appreciable only at moderately depolarized voltages, with a loss of sensitivity at +40 to +50 mV. NGF-induced transformation did not affect the responses seen in undifferentiated cells. These results emphasize the importance of screening PC12 cells before selecting a variant for studying O2 sensitivity. In view of evidence cited in the literature that hypoxia may effect membrane channels directly, further molecular and biophysical studies of the differences among PC12 variants are required.

Citations

Jul 24, 1998·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·S C Taylor, C Peers
Jun 5, 1998·The American Journal of Physiology·G K KumarN R Prabhakar

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