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K + channel currents in rat ventral prostate epithelial cells
Author(s) -
Kim Jun Hee,
Hong EunKyung,
Choi Hee Sook,
Oh SeungJoon,
Kim Kwang Myung,
Uhm DaeYong,
Kim Sung Joon
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the prostate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.295
H-Index - 123
eISSN - 1097-0045
pISSN - 0270-4137
DOI - 10.1002/pros.10090
Subject(s) - iberiotoxin , charybdotoxin , ionomycin , apamin , potassium channel , depolarization , prostate , endocrinology , medicine , bk channel , membrane potential , biophysics , chemistry , apical membrane , du145 , intracellular , patch clamp , ion channel , channel blocker , electrophysiology , biology , membrane , biochemistry , calcium , lncap , receptor , cancer
BACKGROUND Electrophysiological function of the normal prostate has not been extensively studied. In particular, ion channel currents and their regulation have not been studied in freshly‐isolated prostate cells. METHODS Rat prostate secretory epithelial (RPSE) cells were isolated by collagenase treatment. Columnar epithelial cells were used for nystatin‐perforated, whole‐cell voltage clamp, and the intracellular Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+ ] i ) was measured using fura‐2. RESULTS Step‐like depolarizing pulses (900 msec) starting from − 90 mV induced outwardly rectifying K + currents without inactivation. ACh (10 μM) or ATP (100 μM) increased the outward current and hyperpolarized the cell membrane potential. Ionomycin (0.1 μM), a Ca 2+ ionophore, induced a similar increase in the outward current. TEA (5 mM), charybdotoxin (50 nM), and iberiotoxin (30 nM) inhibited the effect of ACh (or ATP) on the outward current, whereas apamin (100 nM) had no effect. The [Ca 2+ ] i of RPSE cells was increased by ACh, ATP, and UTP. CONCLUSIONS RPSE cells have iberiotoxin‐sensitive Ca 2+ ‐activated K + channels that may play an important role in the exocrine secretions of the prostate. Prostate 51: 201–210, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.