Biophysical Journal 46: 821-825 (1984)
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Calcium- and voltage-activated potassium channels in human macrophages.

ABSTRACT

Single calcium-activated potassium channel currents were recorded in intact and excised membrane patches from cultured human macrophages. Channel conductance was 240 pS in symmetrical 145 mM K+ and 130 pS in 5 mM external K+. Lower conductance current fluctuations (40% of the larger channels) with the same reversal potential as the higher conductance channels were noted in some patches. Ion substitution experiments indicated that the channel is permeable to potassium and relatively impermeable to sodium. The frequency of channel opening increased with depolarization and intracellular calcium concentration. At 10(-7) M (Ca++)i, channel activity was evident only at potentials of +40 mV or more depolarized, while at 10(-5) M, channels were open at all voltages tested (-40 to +60 mV). In intact patches, channels were seen at depolarized patch potentials of +50 mV or greater, indicating that the ionized calcium concentration in the macrophage is probably less than 10(-7) M.

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