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  • Title: Glibenclamide-sensitive K+ channels underlying levcromakalim-induced relaxation in pig urethra.
    Author: Teramoto N, Brading AF, Ito Y.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1999 Jan 22; 365(2-3):291-300. PubMed ID: 9988114.
    Abstract:
    To investigate the possible mechanisms involved in the stable and long-lasting levcromakalim-induced relaxation of the resting urethral tone, we have performed mechanical and voltage-clamp experiments using intact tissue and isolated cells from pig urethra, respectively. At negative membrane potentials, levcromakalim induced time- and voltage-independent membrane currents in whole-cell configurations. In cell-attached patches, levcromakalim not only increased the open-state probability (the NP(0) value) of the glibenclamide-sensitive 43 pS K+ channel (K(GS)) in a concentration-dependent manner, but also activated K(GS) with a time- and voltage-independence. During long burst-like channel activity, neither the mean open lifetime nor the mean closed time of K(GS) exhibited voltage-dependency between -100 and - 40 mV. It is concluded that levcromakalim causes a stable and potent relaxation of pig urethra through opening of K(GS) which possesses time- and voltage-independent activating mechanisms.
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