| Identification of a Calcium-activated Potassium Channel Gene Expressed in Rat Cardiac Myocytes |
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In Seung Park1, Hyun-Kyu Jeon2, Nam Su Kim3, Youn Mo Ahn3, Chul-Seung Park2, Ha Baik 3 |
1Department of P ediatrics, Sejong General Hospital
2Department of Life Science, Kwangju
2Department of Life Science, Kwangju
3Department of P ediatrics, Hanyang University, Seoul
3Department of P ediatrics, Hanyang University, Seoul
3Department of P ediatrics, Hanyang University, Seoul |
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박인승1, 전현규2, 김남수3, 안연모3, 박철승2, 이하백3 |
1부천세종병원 소아과
2광주과학기술원 생명과학과
2광주과학기술원 생명과학과
3한양대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
3한양대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
3한양대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
Purpose
: Calcium-activated potassium channels(KCa) may be involved in the transient outward
current of the first phase of cardiac action potential. But it is still not clear whether cardiac
myocytes express any KCa. We try to identify here the types of KCa expressed in rat caridac
myocytes.
Methods
: We isolated total heart RNA from 50 rats(Spague-Dawley) and performed reverse
transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) using specifically designed synthetic oligonucleotide
primer sets. From the pure culture of cardiac myocyte, KCa gene expression was detected by
Southern blot analysis.
Results
: RT-PCR revealed expressions of BKCa(large-conductance KCa, rSlo) and SKCa(small-conductance
KCa, rSK1). We prepared cardiac myocytes pure culture(> 95% pure myocyte) using pure
culture technique. RT-PCR and Southern blot analysis of rat cardiac myocyte showed only
rSK1-specific band, but no rSlo-specific was detected.
Conclusion
: The expressions of more than one type of KCa are detected from rat heart. A subtype
of SKCa, rSK1, was expressed in cardiac myocyte, while the main subunit of BKCa(rSlo) was
found in cells other than myocytes, most likely in the smooth muscle of cardiac blood vessels. |
| Key Words:
Heart, Cardiac Myocyte, Calcium-activated potassium channel |
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