Table 1.
Summary of the currently known main molecular candidates for stretch-activated ion channels in cardiac myocytes. TT: T-tubules, S: sarcolemma; N/S: not specified.
| Location | |||
| Ion channels | Species | Cellular | Sub-cellular |
| SACNS | |||
| TRPC1 | Human 48 | Myocardium | N/S |
| Rat 42 | Atrial myocyte | S | |
| Ventricular myocyte | TT | ||
| TRPC6 | Human 48 | Myocardium | N/S |
| Mouse 58 | Ventricular myocyte | TT | |
| TRPV2 | Mouse 62 | Myocardium | N/S |
| TRPV4 | Neonatal rat 64 | Ventricular myocytes | Nucleus |
| TRPM4 | Rat 158 | Myocardium | N/S |
| Piezo1 | Rat 74 | Myocardium | N/S |
| SACK | |||
| TREK-1 | Rat 80 | Atrial myocyte | S |
| Ventricular myocyte | N/S | ||
| BK ca | Chick embryo 94,129 | Ventricular myocyte | S |
| K ATP | Neonatal rat 159 | Atrial myocyte | S |