title: Sulfhydryl redox modulates ATP-sensitive K+ channels in rabbit ventricular myocytes.
abstract: The properties of sulfhydryl redox modulation of the ATP-sensitive K+ K(ATP) channel have been examined in rabbit ventricular myocytes, using the patch-clamp technique. The sulfhydryl oxidizing agent 5.5'-dithio bis-(2-nitro-benzoic acid) (DTNB) induced an inhibition of the channel activity without change in the single channel conductance. DTNB had no effect on the inhibitory action by ATP. Analysis of the open and closed time distributions showed that DTNB decreased the life time of bursts and increased the interburst interval without changes in open and closed time distributions shorter than 5 ms. N-ethylmaleimide (NEM), a substance that reacts with sulfhydryl groups of cysteine residues in proteins, induced an irreversible closure of the channel. The results suggested that changes in the sulfhydryl redox also modulate K(ATP) channel activity of the K(ATP) channel in rabbit ventricular myocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Korea.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Y E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Earm
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003545:Cysteine; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid; D003545:Cysteine; D005033:Ethylmaleimide; D005905:Glyburide