Evidence for two-pore domain potassium channels in rat cerebral arteries. 2006

Robert M Bryan, and Junping You, and Sharon C Phillips, and Jon J Andresen, and Eric E Lloyd, and Paul A Rogers, and Stuart E Dryer, and Sean P Marrelli
Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. rbryan@bcm.tmc.edu

Little is known about the presence and function of two-pore domain K(+) (K(2P)) channels in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Five members of the K(2P) channel family are known to be directly activated by arachidonic acid (AA). The purpose of this study was to determine 1) whether AA-sensitive K(2P) channels are expressed in cerebral VSMCs and 2) whether AA dilates the rat middle cerebral artery (MCA) by increasing K+ currents in VSMCs via an atypical K+ channel. RT-PCR revealed message for the following AA-sensitive K(2P) channels in rat MCA: tandem of P domains in weak inward rectifier K+ (TWIK-2), TWIK-related K+ (TREK-1 and TREK-2), TWIK-related AA-stimulated K+ (TRAAK), and TWIK-related halothane-inhibited K+ (THIK-1) channels. However, in isolated VSMCs, only message for TWIK-2 was found. Western blotting showed that TWIK-2 is present in MCA, and immunohistochemistry further demonstrated its presence in VSMCs. AA (10-100 microM) dilated MCAs through an endothelium-independent mechanism. AA-induced dilation was not affected by inhibition of cyclooxygenase, epoxygenase, or lipoxygenase or inhibition of classical K+ channels with 10 mM TEA, 3 mM 4-aminopyridine, 10 microM glibenclamide, or 100 microM Ba2+. AA-induced dilations were blocked by 50 mM K+, indicating involvement of a K+ channel. AA (10 microM) increased whole cell K+ currents in dispersed cerebral VSMCs. AA-induced currents were not affected by inhibitors of the AA metabolic pathways or blockade of classical K+ channels. We conclude that AA dilates the rat MCA and increases K+ currents in VSMCs via an atypical K+ channel that is likely a member of the K(2P) channel family.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D008297 Male Males
D008564 Membrane Potentials The voltage differences across a membrane. For cellular membranes they are computed by subtracting the voltage measured outside the membrane from the voltage measured inside the membrane. They result from differences of inside versus outside concentration of potassium, sodium, chloride, and other ions across cells' or ORGANELLES membranes. For excitable cells, the resting membrane potentials range between -30 and -100 millivolts. Physical, chemical, or electrical stimuli can make a membrane potential more negative (hyperpolarization), or less negative (depolarization). Resting Potentials,Transmembrane Potentials,Delta Psi,Resting Membrane Potential,Transmembrane Electrical Potential Difference,Transmembrane Potential Difference,Difference, Transmembrane Potential,Differences, Transmembrane Potential,Membrane Potential,Membrane Potential, Resting,Membrane Potentials, Resting,Potential Difference, Transmembrane,Potential Differences, Transmembrane,Potential, Membrane,Potential, Resting,Potential, Transmembrane,Potentials, Membrane,Potentials, Resting,Potentials, Transmembrane,Resting Membrane Potentials,Resting Potential,Transmembrane Potential,Transmembrane Potential Differences
D009131 Muscle, Smooth, Vascular The nonstriated involuntary muscle tissue of blood vessels. Vascular Smooth Muscle,Muscle, Vascular Smooth,Muscles, Vascular Smooth,Smooth Muscle, Vascular,Smooth Muscles, Vascular,Vascular Smooth Muscles
D002536 Cerebral Arteries The arterial blood vessels supplying the CEREBRUM. Arteries, Cerebral,Artery, Cerebral,Cerebral Artery
D004594 Electrophysiology The study of the generation and behavior of electrical charges in living organisms particularly the nervous system and the effects of electricity on living organisms.
D000199 Actins Filamentous proteins that are the main constituent of the thin filaments of muscle fibers. The filaments (known also as filamentous or F-actin) can be dissociated into their globular subunits; each subunit is composed of a single polypeptide 375 amino acids long. This is known as globular or G-actin. In conjunction with MYOSINS, actin is responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle. F-Actin,G-Actin,Actin,Isoactin,N-Actin,alpha-Actin,alpha-Isoactin,beta-Actin,gamma-Actin,F Actin,G Actin,N Actin,alpha Actin,alpha Isoactin,beta Actin,gamma Actin
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
D014664 Vasodilation The physiological widening of BLOOD VESSELS by relaxing the underlying VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE. Vasodilatation,Vasorelaxation,Vascular Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation,Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation, Vascular,Relaxation, Vascular Endothelium-Dependent,Vascular Endothelium Dependent Relaxation
D015153 Blotting, Western Identification of proteins or peptides that have been electrophoretically separated by blot transferring from the electrophoresis gel to strips of nitrocellulose paper, followed by labeling with antibody probes. Immunoblotting, Western,Western Blotting,Western Immunoblotting,Blot, Western,Immunoblot, Western,Western Blot,Western Immunoblot,Blots, Western,Blottings, Western,Immunoblots, Western,Immunoblottings, Western,Western Blots,Western Blottings,Western Immunoblots,Western Immunoblottings

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