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Mechanism of activation by cGMP-dependent protein kinase of large Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels in mesangial cells

J. D. Stockand and S. C. Sansom
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Texas Medical School at Houston 77030, USA.

The patch clamp method was employed to establish the mechanism of regulation by guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase (PKG) of large Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels (BKCa) in human mesangial cells. Dibutyryl cGMP (DBcGMP) significantly increased open probability (Po) of BKCa in the absence but not in the presence of staurosporine in cell-attached patches. In excised patches, BKCa was activated by simultaneous addition of MgATP plus cGMP but not cAMP plus MgATP. Activation by cGMP plus MgATP was blocked by KT-5823, an inhibitor of PKG, but not by KT-5720, an inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). Thus a cGMP-specific endogenous kinase is associated with mesangial BKCa. In excised patches, exogenous PKG but not PKA or protein kinase C activated BKCa. The half-activation potential (V1/2), defined as the potential at which the Po = 0.5 with 1 microM Ca2+, was -34 and 42 mV for activated and inactivated BKCa, respectively; however, the gating charge (Zg), a measure of voltage sensitivity, was not affected by PKG. Similarly, the Ca1/2 (free Ca2+ concentration required to activate to Po = 0.5 at 40 mV) decreased from 1.74 to 0.1 microM on addition of PKG, but the Hill coefficient, a measure of Ca2+ sensitivity, was not affected. Activation of BKCa by PKG was heterogeneous with two populations: the majority (67%) activated by PKG and the minority unaffected. It is concluded that an endogenous PKG activates BKCa by decreasing the Ca2+ and voltage activation thresholds independently of sensitivities.

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