Figure 5. Effect of acidic pH on cytosolic [Ca2+] and KCNQ1/KCNE2 induced current.
A, effect of acidic extracellular pH and ionomycin (0.1 μm) on intracellular Ca2+ activity of COS cells as measured by fura-2 fluorescence (n = 10). For comparison, the peak value of ATP (100 μm, pH 7.4) is depicted. Error bars: s.e.m. Stars: significantly different from control. B, original current recordings of an outside-out patch of COS cells co-transfected with hKCNE2/hKCNQ1 (Vc = 0 mV, pipette and bath solution as described in Methods). Note the increase in current due to acidic pH and the almost complete inhibition by 293B.