title: Functional involvement of sulphonylurea receptor (SUR) type 1 and 2B in the activity of pig urethral ATP-sensitive K+ channels.
abstract: (1) We have investigated the possible roles of sulphonylurea receptor (SUR) type 1 and 2B in the activity of pig urethral ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP) channels) by use of patch-clamp and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techniques. (2) In voltage-clamp experiments, not only diazoxide, a SUR1 and weak SUR2B activator, but also pinacidil, a selective SUR2 activator, caused an inward current at a holding potential of -50 mV in symmetrical 140 mM K(+) conditions. (3) Gliclazide (</=1 micro M), a selective SUR1 blocker, inhibited the 10 micro M pinacidil-induced currents (K(i)=177 micro M) and the 500 micro M diazoxide-induced currents (high-affinity site, K(i1)=5 nM; low-affinity site, K(i2)=108 micro M) at -50 mV. (4) Application of tolbutamide (</=100 micro M) reversibly caused an inhibition of the 500 micro M diazoxide-induced current at -50 mV. (5) MCC-134, a SUR type-specific K(ATP) channel regulator (1-100 micro M), produced a concentration-dependent inward K(+) current, which was suppressed by the application of glibenclamide at -50 mV. The amplitude of the MCC-134 (100 micro M)-induced current was approximately 50% of that of the 100 micro M pinacidil-induced currents. (6) Using cell-attached configuration, MCC-134 activated a glibenclamide-sensitive K(ATP) channel which was also activated by pinacidil. (7) RT-PCR analysis demonstrated the presence of SUR1 and SUR2B transcripts in pig urethra. 8 These results indicate that both SUR1 and SUR2B subunits play a functional role in regulating the activity of pig urethral K(ATP) channels and that SUR1 contributes less than 25% to total K(ATP) currents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Takakazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yunoki
authors.forename: Noriyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: Yushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005907:Gliclazide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D032342:Muscle Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D013552:Swine; D013854:Thioamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014521:Urethra / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D007093:Imidazoles; C403079:MCC 134; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D013854:Thioamides; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005907:Gliclazide