title: [Regulation of calcium-activated potassium channels of mesenteric artery smooth muscle from patients with essential hypertension by endothelin-1 and prostagl E1].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study regulation of Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels (KCa) of mesenteric artery smooth muscle cell (SMC) from 21 old patients with essential hypertension (EH) by endothelin-1 (ET-1) and prostagl E(1) (PGE(1)).
  
  
  METHODS
  Mesenteric artery branch from EH was digested by enzyme. Patch clamp technique was used to pull cell-attached and inside-out patches on mesenteric artery SMC from EH and the normotensive patients respectively. The signal channel open probability (Po), open dwell-time (To) and close dwell-time (Tc), open channel number per patch were recorded. After adding Ca(2+) (10(-8) approximately 10(-6) mol/L), ET-1(2 approximately 8 x 10(9) mol/L) and PGE(1) (10, 20, 40, 100, 200, 400 nmol/L) to cytoplasm respectively. The parameters above were observed again.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared to that of normotensive patients, the activities of KCa channels of patients with EH was higher. After adding Ca(2+) to cytoplasm,the Po of KCa channels in normotensive patients increased significantly. But it was few changes in EH group. KCa channels has dual reaction to ET-1 in normotensive patients. We have found no statistics difference when ET-1 present on KCa channels of EH cases. Whereas PGE(1) can affect KCa channels current and channels kinetic significantly in side-out patches. The Po of KCa channels increased. The To protracted and the Tc curtailed in EH.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The activities of KCa channels of patients with EH increased significantly. but the sensitive to Ca(2+) decreased. ET-1 were few effect to KCa channels. The PGE(1) can activated KCa channels of patients with EH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou 646000, China.
authors.forename: Xing-lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Zong-de
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Chuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wen-yan
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-rong
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000166:cytology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; D000527:Alprostadil