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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 266: C1128-C1132, 1994;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 4 C1128-C1132, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Protein kinase-independent inhibition of muscarinic K+ channels by staurosporine

C. F. Lo and G. E. Breitwieser
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.

Acetylcholine (ACh) binding to atrial muscarinic receptors activates an inwardly rectifying K+ current (IK[ACh]) via a pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding protein (GK). The muscarinic K+ channel (termed GIRK1) has been cloned, and the nucleotide sequence contains nine consensus sites for protein kinase C (PKC) phosphorylation (16). Dephosphorylation of the muscarinic K+ channel has been implicated in rapid IK[ACh] desensitization in the presence of agonist (13). Staurosporine is a widely used membrane-permeant inhibitor of PKC and other protein kinases (7), including G protein-coupled receptor kinases. We investigated the role of phosphorylation in the regulation of IK[ACh] by examining the effect of a variety of protein kinase inhibitors. Staurosporine produced a rapid and reversible dose-dependent decrease in IK[ACh], activated by either GTP or guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S). Other PKC inhibitors, including calphostin C and K-252b, were without effect on GTP gamma S-activated IK[ACh]. In excised patches of atrial membrane under nonphosphorylating conditions (0 ATP, 1 mM 5'-adenylylimidodiphosphate), staurosporine reversibly reduced muscarinic K+ channel activity without altering single-channel current amplitude. These results suggest that staurosporine inhibits IK[ACh] by a mechanism independent of intracellular protein kinases.


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