Cell swelling activates cloned Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels: a role for the F-actin cytoskeleton.

Nanna K Jorgensen, Stine F Pedersen, Hanne B Rasmussen, Morten Grunnet, Dan A Klaerke, Søren-Peter Olesen

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Abstract

Cloned Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels of intermediate (hIK) or small (rSK3) conductance were expressed in HEK 293 cells, and channel activity was monitored using whole-cell patch clamp. hIK and rSK3 currents already activated by intracellular calcium were further increased by 95% and 125%, respectively, upon exposure of the cells to a 33% decrease in extracellular osmolarity. hIK and rSK3 currents were inhibited by 46% and 32%, respectively, by a 50% increase in extracellular osmolarity. Cell swelling and channel activation were not associated with detectable increases in [Ca(2+)](i), evidenced by population and single-cell measurements. In addition, inhibitors of IK and SK channels significantly reduced the rate of regulatory volume decrease (RVD) in cells expressing these channels. Cell swelling induced a decrease, and cell shrinkage an increase, in net cellular F-actin content. The swelling-induced activation of hIK channels was strongly inhibited by cytochalasin D (CD), in concentrations that caused depolymerization of F-actin filaments, indicating a role for the F-actin cytoskeleton in modulation of hIK by changes in cell volume. In conclusion, hIK and rSK3 channels are activated by cell swelling and inhibited by shrinkage. A role for the F-actin cytoskeleton in the swelling-induced activation of hIK channels is suggested.
Original languageEnglish
JournalBBA General Subjects
Volume1615
Issue number1-2
Pages (from-to)115-25
Number of pages10
ISSN0304-4165
Publication statusPublished - 2003

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Keywords: Actins; Calcium; Cell Size; Cloning, Molecular; Cytochalasin D; Cytoskeleton; Humans; Kidney; Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated

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