PMID: 11897847Mar 19, 2002Paper

"Sleepy" inward rectifier channels in guinea-pig cardiomyocytes are activated only during strong hyperpolarization

The Journal of Physiology
Gong Xin Liu, J Daut

Abstract

K(+) channels of isolated guinea-pig cardiomyocytes were studied using the patch-clamp technique. At transmembrane potentials between -120 and -220 mV we observed inward currents through an apparently novel channel. The novel channel was strongly rectifying, no outward currents could be recorded. Between -200 and -160 mV it had a slope conductance of 42.8 +/- 3.0 pS (S.D.; n = 96). The open probability (P(o)) showed a sigmoid voltage dependence and reached a maximum of 0.93 at -200 mV, half-maximal activation was approximately -150 mV. The voltage dependence of P(o) was not affected by application of 50 microM isoproterenol. The open-time distribution could be described by a single exponential function, the mean open time ranged between 73.5 ms at -220 mV and 1.4 ms at -160 mV. At least two exponential components were required to fit the closed time distribution. Experiments with different external Na(+), K(+) and Cl(-) concentrations suggested that the novel channel is K(+) selective. Extracellular Ba(2+) ions gave rise to a voltage-dependent reduction in P(o) by inducing long closed states; Cs(+) markedly reduced mean open time at -200 mV. In cell-attached recordings the novel channel frequently converted to a classical inwar...Continue Reading

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