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SUBMITTER: Yoshida H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3248631 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoshida Hidetada H Bao Li L Kefaloyianni Eirini E Taskin Eylem E Okorie Uzoma U Hong Miyoun M Dhar-Chowdhury Piyali P Kaneko Michiyo M Coetzee William A WA
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 20110824 2
AMPK is an important sensor of cellular energy levels. The aim of these studies was to investigate whether cardiac K(ATP) channels, which couple cellular energy metabolism to membrane excitability, are regulated by AMPK activity. We investigated effects of AMPK on rat ventricular K(ATP) channels using electrophysiological and biochemical approaches. Whole-cell K(ATP) channel current was activated by metabolic inhibition; this occurred more rapidly in the presence of AICAR (an AMPK activator). AI ...[more]