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MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS

Involvement of anion channel(s) in the modulation of the transient outward K⁺ channel in rat ventricular myocytes

¹Department of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032; ²Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Dalian University, Dalian 116622; and ³Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Submitted 11 July 2003 ; accepted in final form 17 February 2004

The cardiac Ca²⁺-independent transient outward K⁺ current (I_to), a major repolarizing ionic current, is markedly affected by Cl^– substitution and anion channel blockers. We reexplored the mechanism of the action of anions on I_to by using whole cell patch-clamp in single isolated rat cardiac ventricular myocytes. The transient outward current was sensitive to blockade by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and was abolished by Cs⁺ substitution for intracellular K⁺. Replacement of most of the extracellular Cl^– with less permeant anions, aspartate (Asp^–) and glutamate (Glu^–), markedly suppressed the current. Removal of external Na⁺ or stabilization of F-actin with phalloidin did not significantly affect the inhibitory action of less permeant anions on I_to. In contrast, the permeant Cl^– substitute Br^– did not markedly affect the current, whereas F^– substitution for Cl^– induced a slight inhibition. The I_to elicited during Br^– substitution for Cl^– was also sensitive to blockade by 4-AP. The ability of Cl^– substitutes to induce rightward shifts of the steady-state inactivation curve of I_to was in the following sequence: NO₃^– > Cl^– Br^– > gluconate^– > Glu^– > Asp^–. Depolymerization of actin filaments with cytochalasin D (CytD) induced an effect on the steady-state inactivation of I_to similar to that of less permeant anions. Fluorescent phalloidin staining experiments revealed that CytD-pretreatment significantly decreased the intensity of FITC-phalloidin staining of F-actin, whereas Asp^– substitution for Cl^– was without significant effect on the intensity. These results suggest that the I_to channel is modulated by anion channel(s), in which the actin cytoskeleton may be implicated.

transient outward potassium current; anion channel; actin cytoskeleton; myocyte; potassium ion

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