4-aminopyridine decreases progesterone production by porcine granulosa cells.
Authors:Li Y, Ganta S, von Stein FB, Mason DE, Mitchell BM, Freeman LC
Journal:Reprod Biol Endocrinol
PubMed ID:12740033
'BACKGROUND: Ion channels occur as large families of related genes with cell-specific expression patterns. Granulosa cells have been shown to express voltage-gated potassium channels from more than one family. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), an antagonist of KCNA but not KCNQ channels. ... More
Protein kinase G activation of K(ATP) channels in human-cultured prostatic stromal cells.
Authors:Cook AL, Frydenberg M, Haynes JM
Journal:Cell Signal
PubMed ID:12359308
'In this study, we identify and investigate the role of protein kinase G (PKG) in cells cultured from human prostatic stroma. Cells were used for immunocytochemistry, contractility or K(+) fluorescent imaging studies. All cultured prostatic stromal cells showed PKG immunostaining. Phorbol 12,13 diacetate (PDA, 1 microM) elicited contractions from human-cultured ... More
N-methyl-D-aspartate excitotoxicity: relationships among plasma membrane potential, Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange, mitochondrial Ca(2+) overload, and cytoplasmic concentrations of Ca(2+), H(+), and K(+).
Authors:Kiedrowski L
Journal:Mol Pharmacol
PubMed ID:10462550
'A high cytoplasmic Na(+) concentration may contribute to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced excitotoxicity by promoting Ca(2+) influx via reverse operation of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NaCaX), but may simultaneously decrease the electrochemical Ca(2+) driving force by depolarizing the plasma membrane (PM). Digital fluorescence microscopy was used to compare the effects of Na(+) versus ... More
Determination of the physical environment within the Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion using ion-selective ratiometric probes.
Authors:Grieshaber S, Swanson JA, Hackstadt T
Journal:Cell Microbiol
PubMed ID:12027956
'Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterium with a biphasic life cycle that takes place entirely within a membrane-bound vacuole termed an inclusion. The chlamydial inclusion is non-fusogenic with endosomal or lysosomal compartments but intersects a pathway involved in transport of sphingomyelin from the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane. ... More
Dynamics and consequences of potassium shifts in skeletal muscle and heart during exercise.
Authors:Sejersted OM, Sjøgaard G
Journal:Physiol Rev
PubMed ID:11015618
'Since it became clear that K(+) shifts with exercise are extensive and can cause more than a doubling of the extracellular [K(+)] ([K(+)](s)) as reviewed here, it has been suggested that these shifts may cause fatigue through the effect on muscle excitability and action potentials (AP). The cause of the ... More