Key result
ATP, cAMP/PKA, and intracellular pH regulate inwardly rectifying K+ channels in human proximal tubule cells.
Why the study?
Little is known about the properties and regulation of K(+) channels in human proximal tubule cells.
Population
Cultured human proximal tubule cells of normal kidney origin
Comparison
ATP, AMP-PNP, protein kinase inhibitors, cAMP analog, PKA-CS, and pH changes versus control conditions
Design
Patch-clamp electrophysiological study
Authors
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No immediate clinical implications for tubular disorders; leaves open the channel's in vivo role in renal K+ homeostasis.
This study characterizes an ATP-dependent, pH-sensitive inwardly rectifying K+ channel in human proximal tubule cells, regulated by cAMP/PKA.
Nakamura et al. (2001) studied Normal human kidney (in vitro). Intracellular ATP, cAMP/PKA, and pH alterations vs. Control conditions was evaluated on K+ channel activity (NPo). An inwardly rectifying K+ channel in cultured human proximal tubule cells was found to be ATP-dependent, regulated by cAMP/PKA-mediated phosphorylation, and sensitive to intracellular pH.
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