title: Potential-dependent block of human delayed rectifier K+ channels by internal Na+.
abstract: The delayed rectifier K+ currents in differentiated human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells were characterized with tight-seal recording techniques. Activation and inactivation parameters were measured. At high positive potentials, the current showed a marked rectification, causing a region of negative slope conductance in the current vs. potential curve. The rectification depended markedly on the pipette Na+ concentration. Without Na+, no rectification was observed, whereas with high Na+ (20-60 mM), a marked rectification was always observed. Tail current measurements showed a fast ( < 400 microseconds) block of K+ currents in the presence of internal Na+. With 60 mM Na+ in the pipette 8% of the K+ current was blocked at 0 mV, 27% at +20 mV, and 82% at +100 mV. Similar degrees of block were often seen with 30 mM Na+ in the pipette. The submembrane Na+ concentration in intact cells was estimated, on the basis of the reversal of Na+ current, to be approximately 15 mM. Single-channel K+ currents, in the cell-attached configuration, showed a conductance of approximately 20 pS at 40-60 mV above rest but showed rectification at high potentials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurochemistry and Neurotoxicology, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sundgren
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kahl
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt / Q000494:pharmacology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D003035:Cobalt; D012964:Sodium; D008274:Magnesium