title: cAMP-induced potassium channel activity in apical membrane of cultured A6 kidney cells.
abstract: In the present study, we report an adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-induced potassium channel in the apical membrane of cultured A6 kidney cells grown on impermeable supports. The channel is present in approximately 10% of untreated cell-attached patches. After treatment with 1 mM dibutyryl-cAMP, the channel is present in greater than 70% of the same patches. The characteristics of this channel are 1) the channel is highly selective for potassium; 2) the channel has a unit conductance of 13 +/- 2 pS; 3) the probability of a channel opening increases in the presence of membrane permeable analogues of cAMP and with increasing depolarization of the cell interior; 4) channels are blocked by Ba2+; 5) the channel loses activity rapidly in excised patches; and 6) the channel has at least one open and two closed states. The mean open time is 3.5 +/- 1.0 ms, whereas the mean durations of the closed states are 3.2 +/- 1.4 and 29.4 +/- 3.4 ms. The channels could mediate potassium secretion in A6 cells, if the channels are normally present under transporting conditions; however, surface expression of the channels appears to depend on growth substrate and the state of cellular differentiation, since the channels are not observed in cells grown on permeable supports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana 70125.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Eaton
mesh_terms: D001464:Barium / Q000494:pharmacology; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011336:Probability
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D001464:Barium; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP