title: Single K+ currents during differentiation of embryonic muscle cells in vitro.
abstract: After 3-7 days in culture, chicken myotubes possess five types of K+ channel: two high-conductance channels of 195 and 105 pS which are sensitive to tetraethylammonium (TEA), an ATP-sensitive channel of 64 pS and two low-conductance channels of 40 and 15 pS which are insensitive to TEA and ATP. The same population of channels is to be found in EGTA-treated muscle cells with blocked fusion and, with the exception of the ATP-sensitive channel, also in 1-day-old myoblasts. There are differences between myoblasts and myotubes in the percentage of incidence of individual channel types. High-conductance K+ channels are most frequently to be observed in myotubes, but they are rare in myoblasts and EGTA-treated cells where low-conductance K+ channels predominate.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zemková
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vyskocil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tolar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vlachová
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ujec
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate