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Low levels of K(ATP) channel activation decrease excitability and contractility of urinary bladder.
Petkov G, Heppner T, Bonev A, Herrera G, Nelson MT
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 2001;280( 5):R1427-33.
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Abstract
Activation of ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels can regulate smooth muscle function through membrane potential hyperpolarization. A critical issue in understanding the role of K(ATP) channels is the relationship between channel activation and the effect on tissue function. Here, we explored this relationship in urinary bladder smooth muscle (UBSM) from the detrusor by activating K(ATP) channels with the synthetic compounds N-(4-benzoylphenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionamide (ZD-6169) and levcromakalim. The effects of ZD-6169 and levcromakalim on K(ATP) channel currents in isolated UBSM cells, on action potentials, and on related phasic contractions of isolated UBSM strips were examined. ZD-6169 and levcromakalim at 1.02 and 2.63 microM, respectively, caused half-maximal activation (K1/2) of K(ATP) currents in single UBSM cells (see Heppner TJ, Bonev A, Li JH, Kau ST, and Nelson MT. Pharmacology 53: 170-179, 1996). In contrast, much lower concentrations (K(1/2) = 47 nM for ZD-6169 and K1/2 = 38 nM for levcromakalim) caused inhibition of action potentials and phasic contractions of UBSM. The results suggest that activation of <1% of K(ATP) channels is sufficient to inhibit significantly action potentials and the related phasic contractions.
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Animals; Guinea Pigs; drug effects: Muscle Contraction; drug effects: Muscle, Smooth; drug effects: Potassium Channels; drug effects: Urinary Bladder; pharmacology: Adenosine Diphosphate; pharmacology: Adenosine Triphosphate; pharmacology: Amides; pharmacology: Benzophenones; pharmacology: Cromakalim; pharmacology: Glyburide; pharmacology: Guanosine Triphosphate; physiology: Action Potentials