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Block of human aorta Kir6.1 by the vascular KATP channel inhibitor U37883A.

1. A human aorta cDNA library was screened at low stringency with a rat pancreatic Kir6.1 cDNA probe and a homologue of Kir6.1 (hKir6.1) was isolated and sequenced. 2. Metabolic poisoning of Xenopus laevis oocytes with sodium azide and application of the K+ channel opener drug diazoxide induced K+ channel currents in oocytes co-injected with cRNA for hKir6.1 and hamster sulphonylurea receptor (SUR1), but not in oocytes injected with water or cRNA for hKir6.1 or SUR1 alone. 3. K+ channel currents due to hKir6.1+SUR1 or mouse Kir6.2+SUR1 were strongly inhibited by 1 microM glibenclamide. K+-current carried by hKir6.1+SUR1 was inhibited by the putative vascular-selective KATP channel inhibitor U37883A (IC50 32 microM) whereas current carried by Kir6.2+SUR1 or Shaker K+ channels was unaffected. 4. The data support the hypothesis that hKir6.1 is a component of the vascular KATP channel, although the lower sensitivity of hKir6.1+SUR1 to U37883A compared with native vascular tissues suggests the need for another factor or subunit. Furthermore, the data suggest that pharmacology of KATP channels can be determined by the pore-forming subunit as well as the sulphonylurea receptor and point to a molecular basis for the pharmacological distinction between vascular and pancreatic/cardiac KATP channels.

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Human alpha-endosulfine, a possible regulator of sulfonylurea-sensitive KATP channel: molecular cloning, expression and biological properties.

Sulfonylureas are a class of drugs commonly used in the management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Their therapeutic action results primarily from their ability to inhibit ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in the plasma membrane of pancreatic beta cells and thereby stimulate insulin release. A key question is whether an endogenous ligand for the KATP channel exists that is able to mimic the inhibitory effects of sulfonylureas. We describe here the cloning of the cDNA encoding human alpha-endosulfine, a 13-kDa peptide that is a putative candidate for such a role. alpha-Endosulfine is expressed in a wide range of tissues including muscle, brain, and endocrine tissues. The recombinant protein displaces binding of the sulfonylurea [3H]glibenclamide to beta cell membranes, inhibits cloned KATP channel currents, and stimulates insulin secretion. We propose that endosulfine is an endogenous regulator of the KATP channel, which has a key role in the control of insulin release and, more generally, couples cell metabolism to electrical activity.

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Pyridine nucleotide regulation of the KATP channel Kir6.2/SUR1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

The pancreatic beta-cell type of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel (Kir6.2/SUR1) is inhibited by intracellular ATP and ADP, which bind to the Kir6.2 subunit, and is activated by Mg-nucleotide interaction with the regulatory sulphonylurea receptor subunits (SUR1). The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides NAD and NADP consist of an ADP molecule with a ribose group and a nicotinamide moiety attached to the terminal phosphate. Both these molecules block native KATP channels in pancreatic beta-cells at concentrations above 500 microM, and activate them at lower concentrations. We therefore investigated whether NAD and NADP interact with both Kir6.2 and SUR1 subunits of the KATP channel by comparing the potency of these agents on recombinant Kir6.2DeltaC and Kir6.2/SUR1 channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Our results show that, at physiological concentrations, NAD and NADP interact with the nucleotide inhibitory site of Kir6.2 to inhibit Kir6.2/SUR1 currents. They may therefore contribute to the resting level of channel inhibition in the intact cell. Importantly, our data also reveal that this interaction is dependent on the presence of SUR1, which may act by increasing the width of the nucleotide-binding pocket of Kir6.2.

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KATP channels modulate GABA release in hippocampal slices in the absence of glucose.

We studied the effects of KATP channel blockers on [3H]GABA release in the absence of glucose in rat hippocampal slices. The omission of glucose induced a marked increase in the efflux of [3H]GABA, which was antagonized by TTX (1 microM), but not by MK 801 (1 microM) or DNQX (100 microM). Glibenclamide (10-100 microM) increased dose-dependently the release of [3H]GABA evoked in the absence of glucose. An increase in [3H]GABA release was also observed with gliquidone (100-300 microM), another sulfonylurea. The potentiation of [3H]GABA release induced by glibenclamide (100 microM) was antagonized by DNQX but not by MK 801. Thus, in the absence of glucose, KATP channel blockers enhance the release of GABA from rat hippocampal slices; this effect seems to be mediated by an overstimulation of non-NMDA glutamate receptors. On the basis of results reported in the present paper, we suggest that KATP channels may play a role in the regulation of GABAergic activity during hypoglycemia.

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Influence of KATP channel modulation on net potassium efflux from ischaemic mammalian cardiac tissue.

OBJECTIVE: The aim was to investigate the effect of pre-exposure to inhibitors or activators of the ATP regulated K+ (KATP) channels on the ischaemia induced early changes of the extracellular K+ concentration, the extracellular pH, and the action potential in mammalian cardiac tissue. METHODS: An in vitro model simulating ischaemia was applied to isolated guinea pig papillary muscles while simultaneous microelectrode measurements of the transmembrane potentials and of the pH and K+ activity at the surface of the preparation (pHs and asK respectively) were made. RESULTS: During conditions of superfusion arrest, when accumulation of metabolic acids causes acidification of pHs, the simultaneous development of a true hypoxic state of the muscle is required in order to induce shortening of the action potential duration and accumulation of extracellular K+ with associated membrane depolarisation. Glibenclamide (10-50 microM) slowed the decrease of the action potential duration in 50% of the muscles, while the increase of asK was only moderately (approximately 20%) influenced. In the presence of 200 microM of the KATP channel inhibitor, the mean K+ accumulation was not significantly different from the control. The presence of tolbutamide (1 mM) had no effect on the decrease of action potential duration, but moderately slowed the increase of asK. Superfusion with lemakalim (BRL 38227) decreased action potential duration dose dependently. In papillary muscles in which action potential duration was shortened to approximately 60% of the control duration by presuperfusion with lemakalim, a subsequent ischaemic episode did not increase but rather delayed the rise in asK. During simulated ischaemia in the presence of Ba2+ ions (1 mM), asK showed a transient decrease followed by a rise at a rate similar to that in the absence of Ba2+. CONCLUSIONS: Early ischaemic K+ accumulation and surface acidification are relatively insensitive to KATP channel inhibition or activation prior to the ischaemic insult. The rather loose coupling of the increase of asK and the decrease of action potential duration, as well as the limited effect of sulphonylureas on the K+ increase, suggests that mechanisms other than KATP channel opening could possibly contribute to the initial phase of ischaemic K+ accumulation.

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A new benzoxazine compound blocks KATP channels in pancreatic beta cells: molecular basis for tissue selectivity in vitro and hypoglycaemic action in vivo.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The 2-propyl-1,4 benzoxazine (AM10) shows a peculiar behaviour in skeletal muscle, inhibiting or opening the ATP-sensitive K(+) (KATP) channel in the absence and presence of ATP, respectively. We focused on tissue selectivity and mechanism of action of AM10 by testing its effects on pancreatic KATP channels by means of both in vitro and in vivo investigations. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: In vitro, patch-clamp recordings were performed in native pancreatic beta cells and in tsA201 cells expressing the Kir6.2 Delta C36 channel. In vivo, an intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test was performed in normal mice. KEY RESULTS: In contrast with what observed in the skeletal muscle, AM10, in whole cell perforated mode, did not augment KATP current (I(KATP)) of native beta cells but it inhibited it in a concentration-dependent manner (IC(50): 11.5 nM; maximal block: 60%). Accordingly, in current clamp recordings, a concentration-dependent membrane depolarization was observed. On excised patches, AM10 reduced the open-time probability of KATP channels without altering their single channel conductance; the same effect was observed in the presence of trypsin in the bath solution. Moreover, AM10 inhibited, in an ATP-independent manner, the K(+) current resulting from expressed Kir6.2 Delta C36 (maximal block: 60% at 100 microM; IC(50): 12.7 nM) corroborating an interaction with Kir. In vivo, AM10 attenuated the glycemia increase following a glucose bolus in a dose-dependent manner, without, at the dose tested, inducing fasting hypoglycaemia. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Altogether, these results help to gain insight into a new class of tissue specific KATP channel modulators.

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Mutations in the Kir6.2 subunit of the KATP channel and permanent neonatal diabetes: new insights and new treatment.

Permanent neonatal diabetes (PNDM) is diagnosed in the first three months of life and is a major management problem as patients require lifelong insulin injections. Recently, activating mutations in the KCNJ11 gene which encodes the Kir6.2 subunit of the KATP channels in the pancreatic beta-cells were found to be an important cause of PNDM. The mutated KATP channels do not close in the presence of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) so the beta-cell membrane is hyperpolarized and insulin secretion does not occur. Some patients have DEND syndrome (developmental delay, epilepsy and neonatal diabetes) with the neurological features arising from mutated KATP channels in muscle, nerve and brain. Defining a genetic aetiology has not only given insights into clinical classification and disease mechanism, but has also influenced treatment. Sulphonylureas, by binding the sulphonylurea receptor, can close the KATP channel. This has led to patients who were insulin-dependent being able to discontinue insulin injections and achieve excellent control with sulphonylurea tablets. In this article we discuss the work that established Kir6.2 mutations as a common cause of neonatal diabetes, the clinical features, the underlying mechanism and the impact on patient treatment.

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CGRP-induced activation of KATP channels in follicular Xenopus oocytes.

The two-microelectrode voltage-clamp technique was used to monitor K+ channel activity in Xenopus oocyte follicular cells, which are electrically coupled to the oocyte itself by gap junctions. Endogenous vasodilators such as calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and adenosine activate glibenclamide-ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels in Xenopus oocyte follicular cells. The mechanism of action of CGRP was studied in detail. CGRP effects undergo a rapid desensitization. CGRP acts via CGRPI receptors. Its effects are antagonised by the amino-truncated CGRP analog hCGRP(8-37). The second messenger for CGRP activation of KATP channels is cAMP. Phosphodiesterase inhibition by 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine enhances the CGRP response while adenyl cyclase inhibition by either 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine or progesterone nearly completely depresses the CGRP response. Vasoconstrictors such as ACh and angiotensin II also have receptors in follicular cells. ACh strongly inhibits the CGRP activation of K+ channels as it inhibits the activation of KATP channels by P1060, but angiotensin II does not. It is concluded that as in vascular smooth muscle cells, CGRP and probably other hyperpolarizing vasodilators open KATP channels in follicular cells by protein kinase A activation.

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KATP channels and 'border zone' arrhythmias: role of the repolarization dispersion between normal and ischaemic ventricular regions.

1. In order to investigate the role of KATP channel activation and repolarization dispersion on the 'border zone' arrhythmias induced by ischaemia-reperfusion, the effects of glibenclamide and bimakalim, agents modifying action potential (AP) duration, were studied in an in vitro model of myocardial 'border zone'. 2. The electrophysiological effects of 10 microM glibenclamide and 1 microM bimakalim (n=8 each), respectively KATP channel blocker and activator, were investigated on guinea-pig ventricular strips submitted partly to normal conditions (normal zone, NZ) and partly to simulated ischaemic then reperfused conditions (altered zone, AZ). 3. By preventing the ischaemia-induced AP shortening (P<0.0001), glibenclamide reduced the dispersion of AP duration 90% (APD90) between NZ and AZ (P<0.0001), and concomitantly inhibited the 'border zone' arrhythmias induced by an extrastimulus (ES), their absence being significantly related to the lessened APD90 dispersion (chi2=8.28, P<0.01). 4. Bimakalim, which also reduced the APD90 dispersion (P<0.005) due to differential AP shortening in normal and ischaemic tissues, decreased the incidence of myocardial conduction blocks (25% of preparations versus 83% in control, n=12, P<0.05) and favoured 'border zone' spontaneous arrhythmias (75% of preparations versus 25% in control, P<0.05). 5. During reperfusion, unlike bimakalim, glibenclamide inhibited the ES-induced arrhythmias and reduced the incidence of the spontaneous ones (12% of preparations versus 92% in control, P<0.05), this latter effect being significantly related (chi2=6.13, P<0.02) to the lessened ischaemia-induced AP shortening in the presence of glibenclamide (P<0.0001). 6. These results suggest that KATP blockade may protect the ischaemic-reperfused myocardium from 'border zone' arrhythmias concomitantly with a reduction of APD90 dispersion between normal and ischaemic regions. Conversely, KATP channel activation may modify the incidence of conduction blocks and exacerbate the ischaemia-induced 'border zone' arrhythmias.

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[Influence of KATP channel inhibitor on the changes of HSP70 expression in sevoflurane-induced neonatal rat cardiomyocytes].

OBJECTIVE: To study the roles of KATP channel and HSP70 in sevoflurane-induced preconditioning in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes and their mutual relationship. METHODS: The second generation of primary cultured cardiomyocytes were randomly divided into 5 groups; normal control, anoxia/reoxygenation, sevoflurane preconditioning, glyburide and glyburide plus sevoflurane. In each group, the cardiomyocytes were exposed to a 2-hour anoxia, followed by a 48-hour reoxygenation. We detected HSP70 expression at 0, 1, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours after reoxygenation respectively. RESULTS: At each time-point of reoxygenation, the expression of HSP70 in sevoflurane preconditioning group was significantly higher than that of normal control, anoxia/reoxygenation, glyburide and glyburide plus sevoflurane groups (P < 0.01). There was no significant difference concerning HSP70 expression among normal control, anoxia/reoxygenation, glyburide and glyburide plus sevoflurane groups (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Both HSP70 and KATP channel may be involved in the process of sevoflurane preconditioning in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Blocking the KATP channel can inhibit the expression of HSP70.

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[Effects of a novel KATP channel opener JTV-506 on myocardial infarct size of isolated rat heart].

AIM: To study the influence of a novel KATP channel opener JTV-506(JTV) on cardiac function and myocardial infarct size of isolated rat heart. METHODS: The Langendorff apparatus was used to study the effect of JTV at different concentrations on the flow of coronary artery and the pressure of left ventricle. The effect of JTV on infarction size was observed on the isolated rat double coronary arteries perfusion model. RESULTS: JTV 1 mumol.L-1 increased the flow of coronary artery obviously. When the concentration reached 10 mumol.L-1, JTV decreased the systolic pressure of the left ventricle. JTV 1 mumol.L-1 reduced the myocardial infarct size whether it was administrated during both preischemic and ischemic period or only during ischemic period. This effect was completely blocked by glibenclamide, but when glibenclamide was administrated alone, it showed no obvious effect on infarct size. CONCLUSION: The KATP channel opener JTV can obviously dilate coronary artery and decrease cardiac systolic function when administrated at high doses. JTV was found to decrease the infarct size when administrated in doses that did not affect cardiac function. These effects were related to the opening of KATP channel.

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KATP channels are an important component of the shear-sensing mechanism in the pulmonary microvasculature.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of a KATP channel in sensing shear, specifically its cessation, in the endothelial cells of the pulmonary microvasculature. METHODS: Endothelial cells isolated from the pulmonary microvasculature of wild-type and KATP channel knockout (KIR6.2-/-) mice were either statically cultured (non-flow-adapted) or kept under flow (flow-adapted) and the KIR currents in these cells were monitored by whole-cell patch-clamp technique during flow and its cessation. Membrane potential changes, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and Ca2+ influx with flow cessation were evaluated by the use of fluorescent dyes. Lungs isolated from wild-type mice were imaged to visualize ROS generation in the subpleural endothelium. RESULTS: By patch-clamp analysis, reduction in the KIR current with cessation of flow occurred only in wild-type cells that were flow-adapted and not in flow-adapted KIR6.2-/- cells. Similar observations were made using changes in bisoxonol fluorescence as an index of cell membrane potential. Generation of ROS and Ca2+ influx that follow membrane depolarization were significantly lower in statically cultured and in KIR6.2-/- cells as compared to flow-adapted wild-type cells. Imaging of subpleural endothelial cells of the whole lung showed that the KATP antagonist glyburide caused the production of ROS in the absence of flow cessation. CONCLUSIONS: The responses to stop of flow (viz. membrane depolarization, KIR currents, ROS, Ca2+) were significantly altered with knockout of KATP channels, which indicates that this channel is an important component of the pulmonary endothelial response to abrupt loss of shear stress.

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Role of KATP channels on modulating diaphragmatic microvascular flow during hemorrhagic hypotension.

The effects of glibenclamide (GLB), a specific blocker of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels, and tetraethylammonium (TEA) on modulating the regulation of diaphragmatic microcirculation were assessed in anesthetized mechanically ventilated rats. With bicarbonate-buffered Ringer solution continuously suffusing the left hemidiaphragm, microcirculatory blood flow was recorded by laser-Doppler flowmetry (QLDF). Hemorrhagic hypotension (HH) was induced via bleeding into a pressure reservoir. Five sets of experiments were performed. In set 1 (n = 6), the vasodilator effect of diazoxide (3 x 10(-4) M) was abolished after a 30-min suffusion with GLB, whereas the vasodilator effect of sodium nitroprusside (3 x 10(-6) M) remained the same. In set 2 (vehicle + HH; n = 23), a stepwise reduction in systemic arterial blood pressure (ABP) induced two distinct patterns of microvascular responses. Regulation of QLDF could be observed in pattern A animals in a range of ABP from 113 to 52 mmHg, whereas QLDF in pattern B animals rose progressively with declining ABP. In set 3 (GLB + HH; n = 17), baseline values of QLDF were not significantly affected after a 30-min suffusion of GLB (10(-5) M). During HH, two microvascular patterns similar to those in set 2 were observed. GLB significantly potentiated the reduction in QLDF in pattern A animals. In contrast, GLB had no effect on QLDF in pattern B animals. In set 4 (TEA + HH; n = 17), similar microvascular responses, compared with the vehicle group, were observed during HH after a 30-min suffusion of TEA (2 x 10(-3) M). In set 5 (n = 5), baseline values of QLDF were not significantly altered during sham hypotension. We conclude that 1) KATP channels are functional but not active in the resting diaphragmatic microcirculation and 2) KATP channels can modulate regulation of the microcirculation in the resting diaphragm during HH.

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Na(+) current through KATP channels: consequences for Na(+) and K(+) fluxes during early myocardial ischemia.

During early myocardial ischemia, the myocytes are loaded with Na(+), which in turn leads to Ca(2+) overload and cell death. The pathway of the Na(+) influx has not been fully elucidated. The aim of the study was to quantify the Na(+) inward current through sarcolemmal KATP channels (IKATP,Na) in anoxic isolated cardiomyocytes at the actual reversal potential (Vrev) and to estimate the contribution of this current to the Na(+) influx in the ischemic myocardium. IKATP,Na was determined in excised single channel patches of mouse ventricular myocytes and macropatches of Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing SUR2A/Kir6.2 channels. In the presence of K+ ions, the respective permeability ratios for Na(+) to K(+) ions, PNa/PK, were close to 0.01. Only in the presence of Na(+) ions on both sides of the membrane was IKATP,Na similarly large to that calculated from the permeability ratio PNa/PK, indicative of a Na(+) influx that is largely independent of the K+ efflux at Vrev. With the use of a peak KATP channel conductance in anoxic cardiomyocytes of 410 nS, model simulations for a myocyte within the ischemic myocardium showed that the amplitude of the Na(+) influx and K(+) efflux is even larger than the respective fluxes by the Na(+) - K(+) pump and all other background fluxes. These results suggest that during early ischemia the Na(+) influx through KATP channels essentially contributes to the total Na+ influx and that it also balances the K(+) efflux through KATP channels.

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Trypsin alters ATP sensitivity of KATP channels in control and hypertrophied myocytes.

Increased ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel activity in cardiac muscle during hypertension and myocardial hypertrophy may be induced by the release of endogenous proteases, altering inhibitory binding sites for intracellular ATP. To test this hypothesis, we studied the effects of trypsin (1.5 mg/ml) on channel sensitivity to ATP in myocytes from control (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Trypsin increased channel activity in 63% of membrane patches from WKY rats, but in only 29% from SHR. Pre-treatment with trypsin decreased sensitivity to the inhibitory effects of ATP in both groups. These results support the possibility that KATP channel modification during chronic metabolic stress is caused by intracellular proteolysis, which decreases sensitivity to [ATP]i.

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TAN-67, a delta 1-opioid receptor agonist, reduces infarct size via activation of Gi/o proteins and KATP channels.

We have previously shown that delta (delta)-opioid receptors, most notably delta 1, are involved in the cardioprotective effect of ischemic preconditioning (PC) in rats; however, the mechanism by which delta-opioid receptor-induced cardioprotection is mediated remains unknown. Therefore, we hypothesized that several of the known mediators of ischemic PC such as the ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel and Gi/o proteins are involved in the cardioprotective effect produced by delta 1-opioid receptor activation. To address these possibilities, anesthetized, open-chest Wistar rats were randomly assigned to five groups. Control animals were subjected to 30 min of coronary artery occlusion and 2 h of reperfusion. To demonstrate that stimulating delta 1-opioid receptors produces cardioprotection, TAN-67, a new selective delta 1-agonist, was infused for 15 min before the long occlusion and reperfusion periods. In addition, one group received 7-benzylidenenaltrexone (BNTX), a selective delta 1-antagonist, before TAN-67. To study the involvement of KATP channels or Gi/o proteins in delta 1-opioid receptor-induced cardioprotection, glibenclamide (Glib), a KATP channel antagonist, or pertussis toxin (PTX), an inhibitor of Gi/o proteins, was administered before TAN-67. Infarct size (IS) as a percentage of the area at risk (IS/AAR) was determined by tetrazolium stain. TAN-67 significantly reduced IS/AAR as compared with control (56 +/- 2 to 27 +/- 5%, n = 5, P < 0.05). The cardioprotective effect of TAN-67 was completely abolished by BNTX, Glib, and PTX (51 +/- 3, 53 +/- 5, and 61 +/- 4%, n = 6 for each group, respectively). These results are the first to suggest that stimulating the delta 1-opioid receptor elicits a cardioprotective effect that is mediated via Gi/o proteins and KATP channels in the intact rat heart.

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KATP channel inhibition by ATP requires distinct functional domains of the cytoplasmic C terminus of the pore-forming subunit.

ATP-sensitive potassium ("KATP") channels are rapidly inhibited by intracellular ATP. This inhibition plays a crucial role in the coupling of electrical activity to energy metabolism in a variety of cells. The KATP channel is formed from four each of a sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) regulatory subunit and an inwardly rectifying potassium (Kir6.2) pore-forming subunit. We used systematic chimeric and point mutagenesis, combined with patch-clamp recording, to investigate the molecular basis of ATP-dependent inhibition gating of mouse pancreatic beta cell KATP channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes. We identified distinct functional domains of the presumed cytoplasmic C-terminal segment of the Kir6.2 subunit that play an important role in this inhibition. Our results suggest that one domain is associated with inhibitory ATP binding and another with gate closure.

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