title: Burst kinetics of co-expressed Kir6.2/SUR1 clones: comparison of recombinant with native ATP-sensitive K+ channel behavior.
abstract: Co-expression of clones encoding Kir6.2, a K+ inward rectifier, and SUR1, a sulfonylurea receptor, reconstitutes elementary features of ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels. However, the precise kinetic properties of Kir6.2/SUR1 clones remain unknown. Herein, intraburst kinetics of Kir6.2/SUR1 channel activity, heterologously co-expressed in COS cells, displayed mean closed times from 0.7 +/- 0.1 to 0.4 +/- 0.03 msec, and from 0.4 +/- 0.1 to 2.0 +/- 0.2 msec, and mean open times from 1.9 +/- 0.4 to 4.5 +/- 0.8 msec, and from 12.1 +/- 2.4 to 5.0 +/- 0.2 msec between -100 and -20 mV, and +20 to +80 mV, respectively. Burst duration for Kir6.2/SUR1 activity was 17. 9 +/- 1.8 msec with 5.6 +/- 1.5 closings per burst. Burst kinetics of the Kir6.2/SUR1 activity could be fitted by a four-state kinetic model defining transitions between one open and three closed states with forward and backward rate constants of 1905 +/- 77 and 322 +/- 27 sec-1 for intraburst, 61.8 +/- 6.6 and 23.9 +/- 5.8 sec-1 for interburst, 12.4 +/- 6.0 and 13.6 +/- 2.9 sec-1 for intercluster events, respectively. Intraburst kinetic properties of Kir6.2/SUR1 clones were essentially indistinguishable from pancreatic or cardiac KATP channel phenotypes, indicating that intraburst kinetics per se were insufficient to classify recombinant Kir6.2/SUR1 amongst native KATP channels. Yet, burst kinetic behavior of Kir6.2/SUR1 although similar to pancreatic, was different from that of cardiac KATP channels. Thus, expression of Kir6.2/SUR1 proteins away from the pancreatic micro-environment, confers the burst kinetic identity of pancreatic, but not cardiac KATP channels. This study reports the kinetic properties of Kir6.2/SUR1 clones which could serve in the further characterization of novel KATP channel clones.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Guggenheim 7F, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Alekseev
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terzic
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate