title: Mechanism for reactivation of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel by MgATP complexes in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.
abstract: 1. A mechanism underlying reactivation of the adenosine 5'-triphosphate-sensitive K+ (K+ATP) channels by MgATP complexes after run-down was examined in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes using the patch-clamp technique with inside-out patch configuration. 2. After run-down was induced by exposure of the intracellular side of the membrane patch to Ca2+ (1 mM), channel activity was reactivated by exposure and subsequent wash-out of MgATP (2 mM). Addition of inhibitors of various serine/threonine protein kinases to the MgATP solution did not suppress reactivation of the run-down channels. 3. Non- or poorly hydrolysable ATP analogues were unable to reactivate run-down channels. 4. The degree of channel recovery was dependent upon the duration of MgATP exposure. The apparent half-activation value (K1/2) of MgATP for reactivation was decreased with increasing exposure time. 5. Various products of ATP hydrolysis were unable to reactivate run-down channels except a relatively low concentration (100 microM) of ADP exposure. 6. Other nucleotide triphosphates, in the presence of Mg2+, were unable to reactivate rundown channels. 7. Fluorescein 5-isothiocyanate (50 microM), which interacts with lysine residues of the nucleotide-binding site on various ATPases, inhibited K+ATP channel activity. After wash-out, channel activity recovered only slightly. 8. These data suggest that the hydrolysis of ATP is important for reactivation of run-down K+ATP channels but that protein phosphorylation by serine/threonine protein kinases may not be involved. Since no products of ATP hydrolysis could reproduce MgATP-induced channel reactivation and since the degree of channel recovery was dependent upon the duration of MgATP application, the hydrolysis energy appears to be utilized for channel reactivation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Virág
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawanobori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011494:Protein Kinases; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate; D002118:Calcium