title: Single-channel analysis of the electrical response of bovine aortic endothelial cells to bradykinin stimulation: contribution of a Ca2(+)-dependent K+ channel.
abstract: The contribution of Ca2(+)-dependent K+ [K(Ca2+)] channels to the electrical response of cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells following bradykinin stimulation was investigated using the patch-clamp method in the cell-attached configuration. Results indicate (1) that bradykinin activates a voltage-insensitive K(Ca2+) channel of 40 pS in 150 mmol/l KCl through a second messenger mechanism; (2) that the time-course of the K(Ca2+) channel activation process corresponds to the time-dependent changes in cytosolic Ca2+ triggered by bradykinin; and (3) that there is a direct correlation between the cellular hyperpolarization induced by bradykinin and the activation of the K(Ca2+) channels. It is proposed that the hyperpolarization of bovine aortic endothelial cells following bradykinin stimulation is a result of the activation of K(Ca2+) channels, and not of a modification in the gating behaviour of an inward rectifying K+ channel (lk1) that is also observed in these cells. A more negative membrane potential may, in turn, enhance the Ca2+ influx involved in the bradykinin-induced Ca2+ signalling process.
authors.affiliation: Membrane Transport Research Group, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sauvé
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chahine
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tremblay
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hamet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002417:Cattle; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium