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. 2008 Sep 12;95(11):5138–5152. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.130518

TABLE 2.

Estimated activation and binding parameters and mean IC50 for bupivacaine block of Kv channels

Channel type α* (ms−1) β* (ms−1) κ (ms−1 mM−1) λ (ms−1) Kd (mM) IC50 (n) (mM) IC50/Kd
Inactivating channels
Shaker 1.0 0 1.5 0.45 0.30 1.6 ± 0.1 (9) 5.3
Kv3.4 0.2 0 0.1 0.006 0.06 1.2 ± 0.06 (10) 20
Noninactivating channels
Shaker-IR 0.42 0 1.2 0.34 0.28 0.24 ± 0.03 (5) 0.86
Kv1.1 0.23 0 0.5 0.10 0.20 0.24 ± 0.02 (4) 1.2
Kv1.2 0.27 0 1.2 0.22 0.18 0.21 ± 0.02 (12) 1.2
Kv1.5 0.15 0 0.8 0.10 0.12 0.13 ± 0.04 (6) 1.1
Kv3.1 0.16 0 0.5 0.06 0.12 0.13 ± 0.03 (4) 1.1
Kv3.2 0.17 0 0.5 0.04 0.09 0.11 ± 0.02 (5) 1.2
*

Value at V = +60 mV except for Shaker and Shaker-IR, where V = +20 mV. Values for Kv1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 3.1, and 3.2 from Nilsson et al. (32) included for a comparison.