title: Possible presence of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel in isolated spinal dorsal horn neurons of the rat.
abstract: The ATP-sensitive K+ channel (KATP channel) is a K+ channel inhibited by cytoplasmic ATP. It was originally found in cardiac cells and recently in neuronal cells. Here, we present evidence indicating that the KATP channel also exists in spinal dorsal horn neurons: membrane currents were recorded by whole-cell voltage-clamp in spinal dorsal horn neurons isolated from young rats. The outward current was augmented by KATP channel activators nicorandil and minoxidil and reduced by the blocker glibenclamide. This glibenclamide-induced change in the current was augmented when the intracellular ATP was lowered and the reversal potential was shifted according to the external K+ concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Science, Fukui University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inukai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanifuji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murase
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002469:Cell Separation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D008914:Minoxidil / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D020108:Nicorandil; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D009536:Niacinamide; D020108:Nicorandil; D008914:Minoxidil; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005905:Glyburide