title: Activation of Ca2+-activated K+ channels by an increase in intracellular Ca2+ induced by depolarization of mouse skeletal muscle fibres.
abstract: 1. Ionic currents were simultaneously recorded at macroscopic and unitary level using the whole-cell and cell-attached patch-clamp procedures together on the same portion of isolated mouse skeletal muscle fibres. 2. In the presence of Tyrode solution in the patch pipette and Tyrode-TTX solution in the bath, macroscopic and unitary currents through delayed rectifier K+ channels were simultaneously recorded in response to depolarizing pulses of 1 s duration. 3. In five fibres, successive long-lasting incremental depolarizing levels induced, at -40 mV or -30 mV, the opening of a high conductance channel carrying an outward current superimposed on delayed rectifier K+ channel activity. Opening of this high conductance channel was not observed when the depolarization steps were applied in the patch pipette. 4. Using the same depolarizing protocol, activation of a high conductance channel was also observed in two fibres in the presence of a K+-rich solution in the pipette (145 mM K+) . 5. With either Tyrode or K+-rich solution in the pipette, unitary current amplitudes of the high conductance channel matched well with the values obtained for Ca2+-activated K+ (KCa) channels in inside-out patches under similar ionic conditions. 6. Indo-1 fluorescence measurements showed that the stimulation protocol that led to KCa channel opening induced stepwise increases in intracellular [Ca2+] in the submicromolar range. 7. Our results provide evidence that activation of sarcolemmal KCa channels can be induced by a rise in intracellular [Ca2+] following voltage-activated sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie des Elements Excitables, CNRS UMR 5578, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jacquemond
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007211:Indoles; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D012508:Sarcolemma / Q000378:metabolism; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; D015221:Potassium Channels; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; C048960:indo-1; D002118:Calcium