作者: Björn C. Schroeder , Mirko Hechenberger , Frank Weinreich , Christian Kubisch , Thomas J. Jentsch
关键词: Cell biology 、 Superior cervical ganglion 、 KCNQ2 Potassium Channel 、 Electrophysiology 、 Depolarization 、 Skeletal muscle 、 Potassium channel 、 Endocrinology 、 Membrane potential 、 M current 、 Internal medicine 、 Biology
摘要: KCNQ2 and KCNQ3, both of which are mutated in a type human neonatal epilepsy, form heteromeric potassium channels that expressed broad regions the brain. The associated current may be identical to M-current, an important regulator neuronal excitability. We now show RNA encoding novel KCNQ5 channel is also brain sympathetic ganglia where it overlaps largely with KCNQ3. In addition, skeletal muscle. yields currents activate slowly depolarization can Currents from have voltage dependences inhibitor sensitivities common M-currents. They inhibited by M1 muscarinic receptor activation. A splice variant found muscle displays altered gating kinetics. This indicates molecular diversity yielding M-type suggests role for regulation