title: Cloning of rabbit Kir6.1, SUR2A, and SUR2B: possible candidates for a renal K(ATP) channel.
abstract: In rabbit proximal tubules, a basolateral ATP- and taurine-sensitive K(+) channel (K(ATP)) was shown to be involved in the regulation of the basolateral K(+) conductance as a function of the rate of apical Na(+) entry. To establish the molecular identity of this channel, we used degenerated primers to look for cDNA transcripts for an inwardly rectifying K(+) channel (Kir6.1 and Kir6.2) and sulfonylurea receptors (SUR1, SUR2A, and SUR2B) in a cDNA library obtained from rabbit proximal tubules. PCR products were found only for Kir6.1, SUR2A, and SUR2B. Expression of Kir6.1 in Xenopus oocytes generated an additional K(+) current that was found to be sensitive to external barium and intracellular taurine and to changes in intracellular ATP concentrations. To study the specificity of the taurine sensitivity, intracellular taurine was tested on several members of the Kir family expressed in Xenopus oocytes. K(+) currents induced by Kir1.1A, Kir2.1, Kir3.2, Kir4.1, or Kir5.1 were insensitive to taurine, but all tested combinations of Kir6.x with or without the SUR subunit were significantly inhibited by taurine. This study suggests that the taurine-sensitive K(ATP) channel of rabbit proximal tubules is formed by a combination of Kir6.1 plus SUR2A and/or SUR2B.
authors.affiliation: Groupe de Recherche en Transport Membranaire, Département de Physiologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada.
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brochiero
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wallendorf
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.forename: Raynald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laprade
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lapointe
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011817:Rabbits; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D013654:Taurine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D013654:Taurine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011188:Potassium