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K+ currents were recorded from ATP-sensitive channels in inside-out membrane patches excised from isolated rat ventricular myocytes. ATP-sensitive K+ channel inhibition could be evoked by ATP in the absence of magnesium where most ATP would be present as the free acid ATP4−. Channel inhibition was enhanced when the same total concentration of ATP was applied in the presence of magnesium, where most ATP would be bound as ATP·Mg. Dose-response relationships for ATP-sensitive K+ channel inhibition evoked by ATP had a Hill coefficient of 2 andK i of 17 and 30 μM for ATP in the presence and absence of magnesium respectively. This was the obverse of the expected results if ATP4− were to be the sole form of ATP to effect channel closure. ATP-sensitive K+ channel inhibition evoked by ATPγS, AMP-PNP and AMP-PCP was also enhanced in the presence of magnesium. It is concluded that the ATP-sensitive K+ channel of rat ventricular myocytes binds and is closed by both the free-acid and divalent-cationbound forms of ATP.
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Findlay, I. ATP4− and ATP·Mg inhibit the ATP-sensitive K+ channel of rat ventricular myocytes. Pflugers Arch. 412, 37–41 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00583729
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