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Acta Physiologica 2010; Volume 198, Supplement 677
Joint Meeting of the Scandinavian and German Physiological Societies
3/27/2010-3/30/2010
Copenhagen, Denmark


THE EFFECT OF K+ CHANNEL INHIBITORS ON THE DIAMETER OF THE AFFERENT ARTERIOLE.
Abstract number: P-SUN-50

GIESE1 IW, SALOMONSSON1 M, BRAUNSTEIN1 TH, SORENSEN1 CM

The inhibition of K+ channels leads to membrane depolarization and opening of voltage sensitive Ca2+ channels. This might mediate renal vasoconstriction and would therefore have an impact on renal blood flow (RBF). It has been demonstrated in vivo in rats that the inhibition of a single K+ channel does not cause a significant reduction in RBF, but that the inhibition of multiple K+ channels (BKCa, SKCa, Kir, KATP, and Kv) causes a massive reduction in RBF. Furthermore, this reduction in RBF is abolished by the L-type Ca2+ channel blocker nifedipine, while this reduction is attentuated by the T-type Ca2+ channel blocker mibefradil. Therefore, we wished to identify if the target of these K+ channel and Ca2+ channel blockers was the afferent or efferent arteriole. To determine this, we employed the blood perfused juxtamedullary nephron preparation on mice kidneys in order to directly visualize their afferent arterioles. The simultaneous inhibition of BKCa, SKCa, Kir, KATP, and Kv (by TEA, apamin, Ba2+, glibenclamide, and 4-aminopyridine, respectively) caused significant constriction in the afferent arteriole. We also verified the expression of these channels in mice kidneys using immunofluorescence. We conclude that it is possible to record K+ channel inhibitor induced afferent arteriolar vasoconstriction utilizing the blood perfused juxtamedullary nephron preparation.

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