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Shepard, Allan R., and James L. Rae. Electrically silent potassium channel subunits from human lens epithelium. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C412–C424, 1999.—We describe the cloning and characterization of the first human members, hKv9.1 and hKv9.3, of the electrically silent delayed-rectifying-like K1 channel subfamily. Their modulatory effects on the electrically active subfamily member hKv2.1 are also quantified. The hKv9 K1 channels were isolated from a human lens epithelium cDNA library, but both hKv9.1 mRNA and hKv9.3 mRNA were found to coexist with the mRNA for hKv2.1 in a large number of human tissues. The hKv9.1 gene is composed of a minimum of five exons, with at least two alternatively spliced exons in the 58-untranslated region (UTR). In contrast, the hKv9.3 gene is intronless across the coding region, 38-UTR, and all of the analyzed 58-UTR. Radiation hybrid mapping localized the hKv9.1 gene to 20q12 and the hKv9.3 gene to 2p24. Each electrically silent subunit, when coexpressed with hKv2.l, slows deactivation and inactivation compared with hKv2.1 expressed alone. In addition, each results in an increment in the single channel conductance.
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Dodd, J. S., J. A. Raleigh, and T. S. Gross. Osteocyte hypoxia: a novel mechanotransduction pathway. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C598–C602, 1999.—Bone is a unique tissue in which to examine mechanotransduction due to its essential role in weight bearing. Within bone, the osteocyte is an ideal cellular mechanotransducer candidate. Because osteocytes reside distant from the blood supp...
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Zeiske, Wolfgang, Ilse Smets, Marcel Ameloot, Paul Steels, and Willy Van Driessche. Intracellular pH shifts in cultured kidney (A6) cells: effects on apical Na1 transport. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C469–C479, 1999.—We report, for the epithelial Na1 channel (ENaC) in A6 cells, the modulation by cell pH (pHc) of the transepithelial Na1 current (INa), the current through the individu...
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Stevens, Randel J., Jeffery S. Weinert, and Nelson G. Publicover. Visualization of origins and propagation of excitation in canine gastric smooth muscle. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C448–C460, 1999.—The origin and spread of excitation were visualized with fluo 3 fluorescence in tissues isolated from canine gastric antrum. Sheets of circular muscle (5 3 6 mm) had at least 1 (30%) and...
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JOHN M. PARK,1 ROSALYN M. ADAM,1 CRAIG A. PETERS,1 PAUL D. GUTHRIE,1 ZIJIE SUN,2 MICHAEL KLAGSBRUN,3 AND MICHAEL R. FREEMAN3 1Urologic Laboratory, Department of Urology, 3Laboratory for Surgical Research, Children’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; and 2Departments of Surgery and Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford,...
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