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  • Title: Single calcium-activated potassium channel in cultured mammary epithelial cells.
    Author: Furuya K, Enomoto K, Furuya S, Yamagishi S, Edwards C, Oka T.
    Journal: Pflugers Arch; 1989 Jun; 414(2):118-24. PubMed ID: 2474145.
    Abstract:
    The properties of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in mouse mammary epithelial cells in primary culture were studied by the patch-clamp technique. In cell-attached patches, spontaneous channel openings were sometimes observed; the slope conductance of the currents was about 12 pS at negative membrane potentials with a physiological solution (152 mM Na+, 5.4 mM K+) in the pipette. External application of A23187, a calcium ionophore, activated this channel. In excised inside-out patches, the channel was activated by increasing the internal Ca2+ concentration (10(-7) to 10(-6) M). No voltage dependence of the channel was activated was observed. Internal Na+ blocked the outward K+ current in a voltage dependent manner and this block led to the non-linear I-V relationship at positive membrane potentials. The channel was blocked by internal Ba2+ (0.1 mM) and tetraethylammonium (TEA+, 20-50 mM). Ba2+ reduced the open probability but not the single channel conductance, whereas TEA+ reduced the single channel conductance. The single channel conductance of this channel, measured from the inward current with a high-K+ solution (150 mM K+) in the pipette, was large (about 40 pS), and showed inward rectification. These results suggest that this channel is different from the usual small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels observed in many other cells.
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