title: Patch-clamp studies of K+ and Cl- channel currents in canine pancreatic acinar cells.
abstract: K+ and Cl- channel currents in the plasma membrane of isolated canine pancreatic acinar cells were studied by patch-clamp single-channel and whole-cell current recording techniques. In excised inside-out patches, we found a Ca(2+)-activated (control range 0.01-0.4 microM) and voltage-activated K(+)-selective channel with a unit conductance of approximately 40 pS in symmetrical K(+)-rich solutions. In intact cells, addition of acetylcholine (1 microM) or bombesin tetradecapeptide (0.1 nM) to the bath evoked an increase in frequency of K+ channel opening. In whole-cell recordings on cells dialyzed with K(+)-rich and Ca(2+)-free solution containing 0.5 mM EGTA, the resting potential was about -40 mV. Depolarizing voltage pulses activated outward K+ currents, which were blocked by 10 mM tetraethylammonium, whereas hyperpolarizing pulses evoked smaller inward currents. Acetylcholine or bombesin activated the K+ current and enhanced the inward current, which was reduced by a low Cl- (10 mM) intracellular solution at -90 mV holding potential. These results suggest that both Ca(2+)- and voltage-activated K+ channels and Ca(2+)-activated Cl- channels exist in the plasma membrane of canine pancreatic acinar cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Onoe
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001839:Bombesin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D018118:Chloride Channels; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018118:Chloride Channels; D002712:Chlorides; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D000109:Acetylcholine; D001839:Bombesin; D002118:Calcium