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1 The University of Hong Kong , United States
2 The University of Hong Kong, United States
3 Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: grli{at}hkucc.hku.hk.
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are used as a cell source for cardiomyoplasty; however, the cellular electrophysiological properties are not fully understood. The present study was to investigate the functional ionic channels in undifferentiated mouse bone marrow MSCs using whole-cell patch voltage clamp technique, reverse transcript polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and Western immunoblotting analysis. It was found that three types of ionic currents were present in mouse MSCs, including a Ca2+-activated K+ current (IKCa), an inwardly rectifying K+ current (IKir), and a chloride current (ICl). IKir was inhibited by Ba2+, IKCa was activated by the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 and inhibited by the intermediate conductance IKCa channel blocker clotrimazole. ICl was activated by hypo-osmotic (0.8T) conditions, and inhibited by the chloride channel blockers DIDS and NPPB. The corresponding ion channel genes and proteins, KCa3.1 for IKCa, Kir2.1 for IKir, and Clcn3 for ICl, were confirmed by RT-PCR and western immunoblotting analysis in mouse MSCs. These results demonstrate that three types of functional ion channel currents (i.e., IKir, IKCa, and ICl) are present in mouse bone marrow MSCs.
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