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Propofol increases the Ca2+ sensitivity of BKCa in the cerebral arterial smooth muscle cells of mice

   
@article{APS5893,
	author = {Xue-ru Liu and Xiao-qiu Tan and Yan Yang and Xiao-rong Zeng and Xian-ling Tang},
	title = {Propofol increases the Ca 2+  sensitivity of BK Ca  in the cerebral arterial smooth muscle cells of mice},
	journal = {Acta Pharmacologica Sinica},
	volume = {33},
	number = {1},
	year = {2016},
	keywords = {},
	abstract = {Aim: Propofol has the side effect of hypotension especially in the elderly and patients with hypertension. Previous studies suggest propofol-caused hypotension results from activation of large conductance Ca2+-sensitive K channels (BKCa). In this study, the effects of propofol on the Ca2+ sensitivity of BKCa were investigated in mice cerebral arterial smooth muscle cells.
Methods: Single smooth muscle cells were prepared from the cerebral arteries of mice. Perforated whole-cell recoding was conducted to investigate the whole-cell BKCa current and spontaneous transient outward K+ current (STOC). Inside-out patch configuration was used to record the single channel current and to study the Ca2+- and voltage-dependence of BKCa.
Results: Propofol (56 and 112 μmol/L) increased the macroscopic BKCa and STOC currents in a concentration-dependent manner. It markedly increased the total open probability (NPo) of single BKCa channel with an EC50 value of 76 μmol/L. Furthermore, propofol significantly decreased the equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of Ca2+ for BKCa channel. The Kd value of Ca2+ was 0.881 μmol/L in control, and decreased to 0.694, 0.599 and 0.177 μmol/L, respectively, in the presence of propofol 28, 56 and 112 μmol/L. An analysis of the channel kinetics revealed that propofol (112 μmol/L) significantly increased the open dwell time and decreased the closed dwell time, which stabilized BKCa channel in the open state.
Conclusion: Propofol increases the Ca2+ sensitivity of BKCa channels, thus lowering the Ca2+ threshold of the channel activation in arterial smooth muscle cells, which causes greater vasodilating effects.},
	issn = {1745-7254},	url = {http://www.chinaphar.com/article/view/5893}
}