title: Characterization of the cloned human intermediate-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel.
abstract: The human intermediate-conductance, Ca2+-activated K+ channel (hIK) was identified by searching the expressed sequence tag database. hIK was found to be identical to two recently cloned K+ channels, hSK4 and hIK1. RNA dot blot analysis showed a widespread tissue expression, with the highest levels in salivary gland, placenta, trachea, and lung. With use of fluorescent in situ hybridization and radiation hybrid mapping, hIK mapped to chromosome 19q13.2 in the same region as the disease Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Stable expression of hIK in HEK-293 cells revealed single Ca2+-activated K+ channels exhibiting weak inward rectification (30 and 11 pS at -100 and +100 mV, respectively). Whole cell recordings showed a noninactivating, inwardly rectifying K+ conductance. Ionic selectivity estimated from bi-ionic reversal potentials gave the permeability (PK/PX) sequence K+ = Rb+ (1.0) > Cs+ (10.4) >> Na+, Li+, N-methyl-D-glucamine (>51). NH+4 blocked the channel completely. hIK was blocked by the classical inhibitors of the Gardos channel charybdotoxin (IC50 28 nM) and clotrimazole (IC50 153 nM) as well as by nitrendipine (IC50 27 nM), Stichodactyla toxin (IC50 291 nM), margatoxin (IC50 459 nM), miconazole (IC50 785 nM), econazole (IC50 2.4 microM), and cetiedil (IC50 79 microM). Finally, 1-ethyl-2-benzimidazolinone, an opener of the T84 cell IK channel, activated hIK with an EC50 of 74 microM.
authors.affiliation: NeuroSearch A/S, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strobaek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Christophersen
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Jorgensen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silahtaroglu
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Olesen
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ahring
mesh_terms: D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D018999:Charybdotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003022:Clotrimazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D003064:Cnidarian Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D051660:Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008825:Miconazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009928:Organ Specificity; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012604:Scorpion Venoms; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D003064:Cnidarian Venoms; D051660:Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels; C496923:KCNN4 protein, human; D009498:Neurotoxins; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012604:Scorpion Venoms; D018999:Charybdotoxin; C077910:margatoxin; C006955:cetiedil; D008825:Miconazole; D009568:Nitrendipine; D003022:Clotrimazole; C102635:1-ethyl-2-benzimidazolinone; D007654:Ketoconazole; D002118:Calcium