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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 261: C278-C284, 1991;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 261, Issue 2 C278-C284, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Potassium currents in freshly dispersed myometrial cells

E. Piedras-Renteria, E. Stefani and L. Toro
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.

K+ currents in freshly dispersed cells from rat myometrium at estrus were studied with the patch-clamp technique (whole cell). Three types of K+ currents were identified: 1) a fast-activating current (IKf), 2) a slowly activating current (IKs), and 3) a transient current (IKt). IKf had a half-activation voltage of 12 mV and a time constant of activation (tau on) of approximately 3 ms at +50 mV. IKs had a tau on of approximately 9 ms at +50 mV and a half-activation potential of 33 mV. Both IKf and IKs were sustained and became potentiated by the entrance of Ca2+ from the patch pipette. These two Ca(2+)-activated K+ currents were inhibited by 100 nM external charybdotoxin and were blocked by external tetraethylammonium (TEA, 2-20 mM). The third current (IKt) was transient, had a faster tau on (approximately 1 ms), and a decay phase with a time constant of approximately 8 ms at +50 mV. This current had a half-activation potential of 22 mV. IKt was not potentiated by intracellular Ca2+, was sensitive to 4-aminopyridine (1 mM), was insensitive to external charybdotoxin (100 nM) and TEA (2 mM), and spontaneously decreased with time.


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