Gene Review:
Kcnma1 - potassium channel, calcium activated large...
Rattus norvegicus
Synonyms:
BK channel, BKCA alpha, BKCa, Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1, Calcium-activated potassium channel, subfamily M subunit alpha-1, ...
- Modulation of the molecular composition of large conductance, Ca(2+) activated K(+) channels in vascular smooth muscle during hypertension. Amberg, G.C., Bonev, A.D., Rossow, C.F., Nelson, M.T., Santana, L.F. J. Clin. Invest. (2003)
- The maxi-K channel opener BMS-204352 attenuates regional cerebral edema and neurologic motor impairment after experimental brain injury. Cheney, J.A., Weisser, J.D., Bareyre, F.M., Laurer, H.L., Saatman, K.E., Raghupathi, R., Gribkoff, V., Starrett , J.E., McIntosh, T.K. J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. (2001)
- Involvement of BKCa alpha subunit tyrosine phosphorylation in vascular hyporesponsiveness of superior mesenteric artery following hemorrhagic shock in rats. Zhou, R., Liu, L., Hu, D. Cardiovasc. Res. (2005)
- BK channel activity determines the extent of cell degeneration after oxygen and glucose deprivation: a study in organotypical hippocampal slice cultures. Rundén-Pran, E., Haug, F.M., Storm, J.F., Ottersen, O.P. Neuroscience (2002)
- 4-Aryl-3-(hydroxyalkyl)quinolin-2-ones: novel maxi-K channel opening relaxants of corporal smooth muscle targeted for erectile dysfunction. Hewawasam, P., Fan, W., Ding, M., Flint, K., Cook, D., Goggins, G.D., Myers, R.A., Gribkoff, V.K., Boissard, C.G., Dworetzky, S.I., Starrett, J.E., Lodge, N.J. J. Med. Chem. (2003)
- Somatostatin stimulates Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels through protein dephosphorylation. White, R.E., Schonbrunn, A., Armstrong, D.L. Nature (1991)
- Control of alternative splicing of potassium channels by stress hormones. Xie, J., McCobb, D.P. Science (1998)
- Essential role for smooth muscle BK channels in alcohol-induced cerebrovascular constriction. Liu, P., Xi, Q., Ahmed, A., Jaggar, J.H., Dopico, A.M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2004)
- Hypertension: beta testing. Kotlikoff, M., Hall, I. J. Clin. Invest. (2003)
- Activation of vascular BK channel by tempol in DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. Xu, H., Bian, X., Watts, S.W., Hlavacova, A. Hypertension (2005)
- A novel MaxiK splice variant exhibits dominant-negative properties for surface expression. Zarei, M.M., Zhu, N., Alioua, A., Eghbali, M., Stefani, E., Toro, L. J. Biol. Chem. (2001)
- Alternative splicing of Slo channel gene programmed by estrogen, progesterone and pregnancy. Zhu, N., Eghbali, M., Helguera, G., Song, M., Stefani, E., Toro, L. FEBS Lett. (2005)
- Distribution of high-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels in rat brain: targeting to axons and nerve terminals. Knaus, H.G., Schwarzer, C., Koch, R.O., Eberhart, A., Kaczorowski, G.J., Glossmann, H., Wunder, F., Pongs, O., Garcia, M.L., Sperk, G. J. Neurosci. (1996)
- Impaired arachidonic acid-mediated activation of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels in coronary arterial smooth muscle cells in Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats. Lu, T., Wang, X.L., He, T., Zhou, W., Kaduce, T.L., Katusic, Z.S., Spector, A.A., Lee, H.C. Diabetes (2005)
- Opposing actions of adrenal androgens and glucocorticoids on alternative splicing of Slo potassium channels in bovine chromaffin cells. Lai, G.J., McCobb, D.P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2002)
- Expression of Ca2+-activated BK channel mRNA and its splice variants in the rat cochlea. Langer, P., Gründer, S., Rüsch, A. J. Comp. Neurol. (2003)
- Regulation of Slo potassium channel alternative splicing in the pituitary by gonadal testosterone. Mahmoud, S.F., McCobb, D.P. J. Neuroendocrinol. (2004)
- A cysteine-rich domain defined by a novel exon in a slo variant in rat adrenal chromaffin cells and PC12 cells. Saito, M., Nelson, C., Salkoff, L., Lingle, C.J. J. Biol. Chem. (1997)
- A novel conotoxin from Conus betulinus, kappa-BtX, unique in cysteine pattern and in function as a specific BK channel modulator. Fan, C.X., Chen, X.K., Zhang, C., Wang, L.X., Duan, K.L., He, L.L., Cao, Y., Liu, S.Y., Zhong, M.N., Ulens, C., Tytgat, J., Chen, J.S., Chi, C.W., Zhou, Z. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- P2Y2 and P2Y4 receptors regulate pancreatic Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels differently. Hede, S.E., Amstrup, J., Klaerke, D.A., Novak, I. Pflugers Arch. (2005)
- Leptin-induced dynamic alterations in the actin cytoskeleton mediate the activation and synaptic clustering of BK channels. O'Malley, D., Irving, A.J., Harvey, J. FASEB J. (2005)
- Adenylate cyclase 5 and KCa1.1 channel are required for EGFR up-regulation of PCNA in native contractile rat basilar artery smooth muscle. Ivanov, A., Gerzanich, V., Ivanova, S., Denhaese, R., Tsymbalyuk, O., Simard, J.M. J. Physiol. (Lond.) (2006)
- Somatostatin stimulates BKCa channels in rat pituitary tumor cells through lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid. Duerson, K., White, R.E., Jiang, F., Schonbrunn, A., Armstrong, D.L. Neuropharmacology (1996)
- Essential roles of Homer-1a in homeostatic regulation of pyramidal cell excitability: a possible link to clinical benefits of electroconvulsive shock. Sakagami, Y., Yamamoto, K., Sugiura, S., Inokuchi, K., Hayashi, T., Kato, N. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2005)