AUTHOR=Curci Angela , Mele Antonietta , Camerino Giulia Maria , Dinardo Maria Maddalena , Tricarico Domenico TITLE=The large conductance Ca2+ -activated K+ (BKCa) channel regulates cell proliferation in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells by activating the staurosporine-sensitive protein kinases JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physiology VOLUME=5 YEAR=2014 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2014.00476 DOI=10.3389/fphys.2014.00476 ISSN=1664-042X ABSTRACT=
Here we investigated on the role of the calcium activated K+-channels(BKCa) on the regulation of the neuronal viability. Recordings of the K+-channel current were performed using patch-clamp technique in human neuroblastoma cells (SH-SY5Y) in parallel with measurements of the cell viability in the absence or presence of the BKCa channel blockers iberiotoxin(IbTX) and tetraethylammonium (TEA) and the BKCa channel opener NS1619. Protein kinase C/A (PKC, PKA) activities in the cell lysate were investigated in the presence/absence of drugs. The whole-cell K+-current showed a slope conductance calculated at negative membrane potentials of 126.3 pS and 1.717 nS(