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  • Title: Effects of KRN2391 on ionic currents in rabbit femoral arterial myocytes.
    Author: Muraki K, Sasaoka A, Watanabe M, Imaizumi Y.
    Journal: Br J Pharmacol; 2001 Mar; 132(5):1154-60. PubMed ID: 11226147.
    Abstract:
    The effects of KRN2391, an ATP-sensitive K+ channel opener (KCO) which also acts as a nitrate, on ionic membrane currents in rabbit femoral arterial myocytes were examined. Under whole-cell clamp conditions where cells were superfused with physiological salts solution containing 5.9 mM K+, KRN2391 elicited an outward current at a holding potential of -30 mV. KRN2391-induced current had a reversal potential of -78 mV and was abolished by glibenclamide (glib). KRN2391 was approximately 25 times more potent than nicorandil to activate an ATP-sensitive K+ current (I:(KATP)). On the other hand, 10 microM KRN2391 did not affect either voltage-dependent Ca(2+) or delayed rectifier K+ channel currents. In the inside-out patch configuration, KRN2391 activated 47 pS K+ channels in the presence of nucleotide diphosphates (NDPs) under the symmetrical 140 mM K+ conditions. Glib and intracellular ATP reversibly inhibited the activity of the 47 pS K+ channels. The 47 pS K+ channels activated by KRN2391 are similar in their conductance and other properties to NDP-sensitive K+ channels (K(NDP) channels) described in other smooth muscles and the cloned channels. KRN2391 is a potent activator of the 47 pS K+ channels and the activation can contribute to the KRN2391-induced vasodilation in arterial muscles.
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