Activation of Cardiac ATP-Sensitive K+ Channels by KRN4884, a Novel K+ Channel Opener1
Abstract
In the present study, we have investigated the mechanism underlying the activation by 5-amino-N-[2-(2-chlorophenyl)ethyl]-N′-cyano-3-pyridinecarboxamidine (KRN4884), a new K+ channel opener, of ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels in single ventricular cells of guinea pig hearts by the inside-out patch-clamp method. In the presence of intracellular ATP (1 mM), KRN4884 (0.1–3 μM) activated KATP channels in a concentration-dependent manner (EC50 = 0.55 μM) without affecting the unitary current conductance and the gating properties. KRN4884 (0.3 μM) shifted the concentration-response relationship for ATP-induced KATPchannel inhibition to the right and slightly upward direction without altering the slope. After either the spontaneous or Ca++-induced channel rundown, KRN4884 (1 and 3 μM) partially restored the KATP channel activity. Furthermore, the effect of KRN4884 was augmented by the presence of uridine 5′-diphosphate (3 mM). The results indicate that KRN4884 activates cardiac KATP channels through not only decreasing the sensitivity of the channel to ATP but also directly stimulating the opening of the channel.
Footnotes
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Send reprint requests to: Dr. T. Iijima, Department of Pharmacology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1–1-1 Hondoh, Akita 010, Japan.
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↵1 This work was supported in part by grants from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan.
- Abbreviations:
- KATP channels
- ATP-sensitive K+ channel
- KRN4884
- 5-amino-N-[2-(2-chlorophenylethyl]-N′-cyano-3-pyridinecarboxamidine
- NDP
- nucleoside diphosphate
- UDP
- uridine 5′-diphosphate
- DMSO
- dimethyl sulfoxide
- EGTA
- ethyleneglycol-bis(β-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid
- HEPES
- 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1- piperazineethanesulfonic acid
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- Received February 12, 1997.
- Accepted July 30, 1997.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
