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Skeletal muscle and small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels. 1999

D Pribnow, and T Johnson-Pais, and C T Bond, and J Keen, and R A Johnson, and A Janowsky, and C Silvia, and M Thayer, and J Maylie, and J P Adelman
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA.

Skeletal muscle becomes hyperexcitable following denervation and when cultured in the absence of nerve cells. In these circumstances, the bee venom peptide toxin apamin, a blocker of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels, dramatically reduces the hyperexcitability. In this report, we show that SK3 channels are expressed in denervated skeletal muscle and in L6 cells. Action potentials evoked from normal innervated rat skeletal muscle did not exhibit an afterhyperpolarization, indicating a lack of SK channel activity; very low levels of apamin binding sites, SK3 protein, or SK3 mRNA were present. However, denervation resulted in apamin-sensitive afterhyperpolarizations and increased apamin binding sites, SK3 protein, and SK3 mRNA. Cultured rat L6 myoblasts and differentiated L6 myotubes contained similar levels of SK3 mRNA, although apamin-sensitive SK currents and apamin binding sites were detected only following myotube differentiation. Therefore, different molecular mechanisms govern SK3 expression levels in denervated muscle compared with muscle cells differentiated in culture.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009121 Muscle Denervation The resection or removal of the innervation of a muscle or muscle tissue. Denervation, Muscle,Denervations, Muscle,Muscle Denervations
D009431 Neural Conduction The propagation of the NERVE IMPULSE along the nerve away from the site of an excitation stimulus. Nerve Conduction,Conduction, Nerve,Conduction, Neural,Conductions, Nerve,Conductions, Neural,Nerve Conductions,Neural Conductions
D002118 Calcium A basic element found in nearly all tissues. It is a member of the alkaline earth family of metals with the atomic symbol Ca, atomic number 20, and atomic weight 40. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body and combines with phosphorus to form calcium phosphate in the bones and teeth. It is essential for the normal functioning of nerves and muscles and plays a role in blood coagulation (as factor IV) and in many enzymatic processes. Coagulation Factor IV,Factor IV,Blood Coagulation Factor IV,Calcium-40,Calcium 40,Factor IV, Coagulation
D002454 Cell Differentiation Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs. Differentiation, Cell,Cell Differentiations,Differentiations, Cell
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D002874 Chromosome Mapping Any method used for determining the location of and relative distances between genes on a chromosome. Gene Mapping,Linkage Mapping,Genome Mapping,Chromosome Mappings,Gene Mappings,Genome Mappings,Linkage Mappings,Mapping, Chromosome,Mapping, Gene,Mapping, Genome,Mapping, Linkage,Mappings, Chromosome,Mappings, Gene,Mappings, Genome,Mappings, Linkage
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013234 Stem Cells Relatively undifferentiated cells that retain the ability to divide and proliferate throughout postnatal life to provide progenitor cells that can differentiate into specialized cells. Colony-Forming Units,Mother Cells,Progenitor Cells,Colony-Forming Unit,Cell, Mother,Cell, Progenitor,Cell, Stem,Cells, Mother,Cells, Progenitor,Cells, Stem,Colony Forming Unit,Colony Forming Units,Mother Cell,Progenitor Cell,Stem Cell
D015221 Potassium Channels Cell membrane glycoproteins that are selectively permeable to potassium ions. At least eight major groups of K channels exist and they are made up of dozens of different subunits. Ion Channels, Potassium,Ion Channel, Potassium,Potassium Channel,Potassium Ion Channels,Channel, Potassium,Channel, Potassium Ion,Channels, Potassium,Channels, Potassium Ion,Potassium Ion Channel

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