Lee Dong Hyeon, Kimm Kuchan, Kim Hyung-Lae, Han Bok Ghee
Division of Biobank for Health Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 194 Tongil-ro, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-701, Korea.
Yonsei Med J. 2007 Aug 31;48(4):684-93. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.4.684.
Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) are a type of pericyte with varying characteristics according to their location. However, the electrophysiological properties of HSC are not completely understood. Therefore, this study investigated the difference in the voltage-dependent K(+) currents in HSC.
The voltage-dependent K(+) currents in rat HSC were evaluated using the whole cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique.
Four different types of voltage-dependent K(+) currents in HSC were identified based on the outward and inward K(+) currents. Type D had the dominant delayed rectifier K(+) current, and type A had the dominant transient outward K(+) current. Type I had an inwardly rectifying K(+) current, whereas the non-type I did not. TEA (5 mM) and 4-AP (2 mM) suppressed the outward K(+) currents differentially in type D and A. Changing the holding potential from -80 to -40 mV reduced the amplitude of the transient outward K(+) currents in type A. The inwardly rectifying K(+) currents either declined markedly or were sustained in type I during the hyperpolarizing step pulses from -120 to -150 mV.
There are four different configurations of voltage-dependent K(+) currents expressed in cultured HSC. These results are expected to provide information that will help determine the properties of the K(+) currents in HSC as well as the different type HSC populations.
肝星状细胞(HSC)是一种周细胞,根据其位置具有不同特征。然而,HSC的电生理特性尚未完全了解。因此,本研究调查了HSC中电压依赖性钾离子电流的差异。
采用膜片钳技术的全细胞模式评估大鼠HSC中的电压依赖性钾离子电流。
根据外向和内向钾离子电流,在HSC中鉴定出四种不同类型的电压依赖性钾离子电流。D型具有占主导地位的延迟整流钾离子电流,A 型具有占主导地位的瞬时外向钾离子电流。I型具有内向整流钾离子电流,而非I型则没有。TEA(5 mM)和4-AP(2 mM)对D型和A型的外向钾离子电流有不同程度的抑制作用。将钳制电位从-80 mV 改变为-40 mV 可降低 A 型瞬时外向钾离子电流的幅度。在从-120 mV 到-150 mV 的超极化阶跃脉冲期间,I型的内向整流钾离子电流要么显著下降,要么持续存在。
在培养的HSC中表达有四种不同构型的电压依赖性钾离子电流。这些结果有望提供有助于确定HSC中钾离子电流特性以及不同类型HSC群体的信息。