• Department of Ophthalmology, Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi 214023, China;
姚勇, Email: pardl@126.com
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Objective To observe the changes in open probability and protein expression of large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channel in retinal vascular smooth muscle cells (RVSMCs) of diabetic rats. Methods Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced rat diabetic animal model was established by STZ injection intraperitoneally.RVSMCs were isolated by enzyme digestion. The BK currents in control and diabetic groups were recorded by patch clamp technique in single channel configuration. BK channel protein expression in control and diabetic group were measured by Western blot. Results Compared with control group, the NP0 of BK channels in diabetic group were significantly increased (t=4.260, P < 0.05). Compared with control group, there was no significant difference inα-subunit protein expression in diabetic group in RVSMCs (t=10.126, P > 0.05); however, β1-subunit protein expression was remarkably increased in diabetic group (t=5.146, P < 0.05). Conclusion The NP0 of BK channels andβ1-subunit protein expression are increased in RVSMCs of diabetic rats.

Citation: CaoJia, SunWei, ShaoJun. Changes in open probability and protein expression of large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel in retinal vascular smooth muscle cells of diabetic rats. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2015, 31(2): 162-164. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1005-1015.2015.02.013 Copy

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