The ATP-sensitive K+ channels (KATP) are characterized by strong inhibition by intracellular ATP but their activity is also modulated by various intra- and extracellular factors with complicated and undefined mechanism. These factors include a low concentration of ADP (or ATP/ADP ratio), a mildly low pH, G-protein coupled process, adenosine and so on. Intracellular ATP has a ligand action to in...

In the vasculature, ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP) channels regulate vascular tone. Mice with targeted gene disruptions of KATP subunits expressed in vascular smooth muscle develop spontaneous coronary vascular spasm and sudden death. From these models, it was hypothesized that the loss of KATP channel activity in arterial vascular smooth muscle was responsible for coronary artery spas...

Although ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channel openers depress force, channel blockers have no effect. Furthermore, the effects of channel openers on single action potentials are quite small. These facts raise questions as to whether 1) channel openers reduce force via an activation of KATP channels or via some nonspecific effects and 2) the reduction in force by KATP channels operates by changes in ...

Background. ATP-sensitive K+ channels of the plasma membrane in smooth muscles uterus are one most significant ion that regulate excitability this tissue both non-pregnant state and during pregnancy. MitoKATР-channels ensure regulation bioenergetic mitochondria (the intensity mitochondrial respiration potential inner membrane). Thus far, there is no information on participation types these mech...

Introduction: Endothelium and smooth muscle dysfunction are the most important complications of diabetes. In type 1 diabetic patients, absence of insulin leads to vasoconstriction and lower skin blood perfusion. Release of some mediators by endothelium which is induced by insulin causes vasodilation, but the exact mechanism of insulin vasodilatory effect is not detected properly. At present st...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to show, whether ATP sensitive K+ channels (KATP channels), are involved in the modulation of norepinephrine (NE) release from the sympathetic nerves innervating the guinea-pig and human right atrium. METHODS The resting and stimulation-evoked release of [3H]norepinephrine ([3H]NE) was measured from the isolated guinea-pig and human right atrium and the eff...

1. ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels are composed of pore-forming (Kir6.x) and regulatory sulphonylurea receptor (SURx) subunits. We have isolated a novel SUR variant (SUR1bDelta33) from a hypothalamic cDNA library. This variant lacked exon 33 and introduced a frameshift that produced a truncated protein lacking the second nucleotide binding domain (NBD2). It was expressed at low levels i...

ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels are well characterized in cardiac, pancreatic and many other muscle cells. The purpose of this study was to determine if KATP channels play a role in diabetic nephropathy (DN). In the present study, functional expression of the KATP channel was examined in rat mesangial cells with or without high glucose (HG) stimulation. The mesangial cell proliferation ...

Inward-rectifier potassium channels (Kir channels) stabilize the resting membrane potential and set a threshold for excitation in many types of cell. This function arises from voltage-dependent rectification of these channels due to blockage by intracellular polyamines. In all Kir channels studied to date, the voltage-dependence of rectification is either strong or weak. Here we show that in ca...