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. 1996 Apr 15;492(Pt 2):395–404. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021316

Actin microfilament disrupters enhance K(ATP) channel opening in patches from guinea-pig cardiomyocytes.

A Terzic 1, Y Kurachi 1
PMCID: PMC1158835  PMID: 9019537

Abstract

1. To determine whether actin filament networks are associated with the regulation of ATP-sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channel activity, single channel currents were measured in the inside-out configuration, and cytoskeletal disrupters applied to the internal side of patches excised from guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. 2. Treatment of patches with DNase I (10-200 micrograms ml(-1)), which forms complexes with G-actin and prevents actin filament formation, antagonized the ATP-induced inhibition of K(ATP) channels. 3. In the absence of ATP, DNase I did not increase K(ATP) channel activity. 4. When denatured by boiling or co-incubated with purified actin subunits (200 mu g ml(-1)), DNase I(100 mu g ml(-1)) did not antagonize the ATP-induced inhibition of K(ATP) channels. 5. The DNase I-induced decrease in the sensitivity of K(ATP) channels towards ATP-induced inhibition was partially restored by addition of purified actin subunits (200 micrograms ml(-1)). 6. Cytochalasin B (10 microM), another actin filament disrupter, but neither taxol nor nocodazole (30-100 microM), two antimicrotubule agents, enhanced K(ATP) channel activity in the presence of ATP. 7. Hence, actin filament disrupters can attenuate the ATP-dependent inhibitory gating of K(ATP) channels. This suggests that subsarcolemmal actin filament networks may be associated with the regulation of cardiac K(ATP) channels.

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