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Expression and permeation properties of the K(+) channel Kir7.1 in the retinal pigment epithelium.
Shimura M
,
Yuan Y
,
Chang JT
,
Zhang S
,
Campochiaro PA
,
Zack DJ
,
Hughes BA
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Bovine Kir7.1 clones were obtained from a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-subtracted cDNA library. Human RPE cDNA library screening resulted in clones encoding full-length human Kir7.1. Northern blot analysis indicated that bovine Kir7.1 is highly expressed in the RPE. Human Kir7.1 channels were expressed in Xenopus oocytes and studied using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique. The macroscopic Kir7.1 conductance exhibited mild inward rectification and an inverse dependence on extracellular K+ concentration ([K+]o). The selectivity sequence based on permeability ratios was K+ (1.0) approximately Rb+ (0.89) > Cs+ (0.013) > Na+ (0.003) approximately Li+ (0.001) and the sequence based on conductance ratios was Rb+ (9.5) > K+ (1.0) > Na+ (0.458) > Cs+ (0.331) > Li+ (0.139). Non-stationary noise analysis of Rb+ currents in cell-attached patches yielded a unitary conductance for Kir7.1 of approximately 2 pS. In whole-cell recordings from freshly isolated bovine RPE cells, the predominant current was a mild inwardly rectifying K+ current that exhibited an inverse dependence of conductance on [K+]o. The selectivity sequence based on permeability ratios was K+ (1.0) approximately Rb+ (0.89) > Cs+ (0.021) > Na+ (0.003) approximately Li+ (0.002) and the sequence based on conductance ratios was Rb+ (8.9) > K+ (1.0) > Na+ (0.59) > Cs+ (0.23) > Li+ (0.08). In cell-attached recordings with Rb+ in the pipette, inwardly rectifying currents were observed in nine of 12 patches of RPE apical membrane but in only one of 13 basolateral membrane patches. Non-stationary noise analysis of Rb+ currents in cell-attached apical membrane patches yielded a unitary conductance for RPE Kir of approximately 2 pS. On the basis of this molecular and electrophysiological evidence, we conclude that Kir7.1 channel subunits comprise the K+ conductance of the RPE apical membrane.
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