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Background Potassium (K+) channels are important in regulating cell membrane potential and excitability. Although bronchial myocytes from asthmatic rats show a
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Department of Respiratory Medicine
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Background Potassium (K+) channels are important in regulating cell membrane potential and excitability. Although bronchial myocytes from asthmatic rats show a significant reduction in voltage-dependent delayed rectifier potassium channel (Kv) current density and higher excitability, the activity and expression of Kv in human bronchial smooth muscle cells (HBSMCs) have never been studied. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of passive sensitization by asthmatic serum on the activity of Kv and the expression of Kv isoform Kv1.5 in HBSMCs.Methods HBSMCs were randomly divided into two groups: control group (containing 10% serum from nonatopic individuals) and sensitized group (containing 10% asthmatic serum), then cultured for 24 hours. Whole-cell patch clamp, immunofluorescence staining, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot techniques were used to study the effect of passive sensitization on the activity of Kv and the expression of Kv1.5 in HBSMCs.Results The membrane potential in passively sensitized HBSMCs was significantly depolarized to -(26.7±5.2) mV compared with -(41.3±6.4) mV in the control group (P
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