title: Modulation of O(2) sensitive K (+) channels by AMP-activated protein kinase.
abstract: Hypoxic inhibition of K(+) channels in type I cells is believed to be of central importance in carotid body chemotransduction. We have recently suggested that hypoxic channel inhibition is mediated by AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). Here, we have further explored the modulation by AMPK of recombinant K(+) channels (expressed in HEK293 cells) whose native counterparts are considered O(2)-sensitive in the rat carotid body. Inhibition of maxiK channels by AMPK activation with AICAR was found to be independent of [Ca(2+)](i) and occurred regardless of whether the alpha subunit was co-expressed with an auxiliary beta subunit. All effects of AICAR were fully reversed by the AMPK inhibitor compound C. MaxiK channels were also inhibited by the novel AMPK activator A-769662 and by intracellular dialysis with the constitutively active, truncated AMPK mutant, T172D. The molecular identity of the O(2)-sensitive leak K(+) conductance in rat type I cells remains unclear, but shares similarities with TASK-1 and TASK-3. Recombinant TASK-1 was insensitive to AICAR. However, TASK-3 was inhibited by either AICAR or A-769662 in a manner which was reversed by compound C. These data highlight a role for AMPK in the modulation of two proposed O(2) sensitive K(+) channels found in the carotid body.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Neuronal Remodelling, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health & Therapeutics University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. m.l.dallas@leeds.ac.uk
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dallas
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Scragg
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Wyatt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hardie
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peers
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000620:Aminoimidazole Carboxamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003956:Dialysis; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051036:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D024683:Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D012265:Ribonucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C498655:KCNK9 protein, human; D051036:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024683:Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain; D012265:Ribonucleotides; D000620:Aminoimidazole Carboxamide; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; C031143:AICA ribonucleotide; D010100:Oxygen