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. 2011 Sep 2;301(5):H1984–H1995. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00304.2011

Table 1.

Effects of temperature on IK1, IK1 “inactivation”, and CM

RT
35°C
[Mg] 0 min 5 min % <P 0 min 5 min % <P
IK1, pA/pF
0 35.6 ± 3.9 38.8 ± 5.0 7.7 0.05 39.8 ± 4.2 52.7 ± 6.2 31.5 0.01
5.5 30.1 ± 4.5 26.8 ± 3.0 −9.2 NS 29.4 ± 1.5 35.4 ± 1.8 21.3 0.05
IK1 “inactivation” (A/IK1)
0 0.30 ± 0.03 0.31 ± 0.03 −3.7 NS 0.29 ± 0.02 0.07 ± 0.01 −76.1 0.001
5.5 0.31 ± 0.04 0.32 ± 0.03 −4.1 NS 0.39 ± 0.02 0.18 ± 0.02 −54.4 0.001
CM, pF
0 191 ± 25 190 ± 24 −0.15 NS 149 ± 8 114 ± 6 −23.5 0.001
5.5 171 ± 21 171 ± 18 −0.24 NS 204 ± 26 159 ± 19 −21.5 0.01

[Mg], Mg concentration; RT, room temperature; IK1, inward rectifier potassium current; A, amplitude; CM, membrane capacitance; NS, nonsignificant. %, an average percentage of change for individual cells (n = 5–7). P values were calculated using paired t-test.