title: Cloning and functional expression of rat ether-à-go-go-like K+ channel genes.
abstract: 1. Screening of rat cortex cDNA resulted in cloning of two complete and one partial orthologue of the Drosophila ether-à-go-go-like K+ channel (elk). 2. Northern blot and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis revealed predominant expression of rat elk mRNAs in brain. Each rat elk mRNA showed a distinct, but overlapping expression pattern in different rat brain areas. 3. Transient transfection of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells with rat elk1 or rat elk2 cDNA gave rise to voltage-activated K+ channels with novel properties. 4. RELK1 channels mediated slowly activating sustained potassium currents. The threshold for activation was at -90 mV. Currents were insensitive to tetraethylammonium (TEA) and 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), but were blocked by micromolar concentrations of Ba2+. RELK1 activation kinetics were not dependent on prepulse potential like REAG-mediated currents. 5. RELK2 channels produced currents with a fast inactivation component and HERG-like tail currents. RELK2 currents were not sensitive to the HERG channel blocker E4031.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Institut für Neurale Signalverarbeitung, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg,, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Engeland
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roeper
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pongs
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015513:Oncogene Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels; D014157:Transcription Factors