In:
American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, American Physiological Society, Vol. 286, No. 6 ( 2004-06), p. L1154-L1160
Abstract:
In excitable cells, hypoxia inhibits K channels, causes membrane depolarization, and initiates complex adaptive mechanisms. It is unclear whether K channels of alveolar epithelial cells reveal a similar response to hypoxia. A549 cells were exposed to hypoxia during whole cell patch-clamp measurements. Hypoxia reversibly inhibited a voltage-dependent outward current, consistent with a K current, because tetraethylamonium (TEA; 10 mM) abolished this effect; however, iberiotoxin (0.1 μM) does not. In normoxia, TEA and iberiotoxin inhibited whole cell current (−35%), whereas the K-channel inhibitors glibenclamide (1 μM), barium (1 mM), chromanol B293 (10 μM), and 4-aminopyridine (1 mM) were ineffective. 86 Rb uptake was measured to see whether K-channel modulation also affected transport activity. TEA, iberiotoxin, and 4-h hypoxia (1.5% O 2 ) inhibited total 86 Rb uptake by 40, 20, and 35%, respectively. Increased extracellular K also inhibited 86 Rb uptake in a dose-dependent way. The K-channel opener 1-ethyl-2-benzimidazolinone (1 mM) increased 86 Rb uptake by 120% in normoxic and hypoxic cells by activation of Na-K pumps (+60%) and Na-K-2Cl cotransport (+170%). However, hypoxic transport inhibition was also seen in the presence of 1-ethyl-2-benzimidazolinone, TEA, and iberiotoxin. These results indicate that hypoxia, membrane depolarization, and K-channel inhibition decrease whole cell membrane currents and transport activity. It appears, therefore, that a hypoxia-induced change in membrane conductance and membrane potential might be a link between hypoxia and alveolar ion transport inhibition.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1040-0605
,
1522-1504
DOI:
10.1152/ajplung.00403.2002
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Physiological Society
Publication Date:
2004
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1477300-4
SSG:
12
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