Direct demonstration of sulphonylurea‐sensitive KATPchannels on nerve terminals of the rat motor cortex

Autor: Lee, Kevin, Dixon, Alistair K., Rowe, Iain C.M., Ashford, Michael L.J., Richardson, Peter J.
Zdroj: British Journal of Pharmacology; June 1995, Vol. 115 Issue: 3 p385-388, 4p
Abstrakt: We examined whether ATP‐sensitive potassium (KATP) channels are present on presynaptic terminals of the rat motor cortex, an area of the CNS exhibiting a high density of sulphonylurea binding. A novel fused nerve terminal preparation was developed which produced structures amenable to patch clamp methods. In inside‐out recordings a K+channel was observed which possessed all the major features of the Type 1 KATPchannel, including sensitivity to ATP and the antidiabetic sulphonylureas.
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