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  • 1,4-dihydropyridines  (1)
  • Ca2+-activated K+ channels  (1)
  • Concentration-jump technique  (1)
  • Keywords Complications, neuropathy, foot, radionuclide scan, podiatry.  (1)
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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Smooth muscle ; Ba2+ ; TEA ; Ca2+-activated K+ channels ; Patchclamp ; Channel block
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The interaction of Ba2+ and TEA with Ca2+-activated K+ channels was studied in isolated membrane patches of cells from longitudinal jejunal smooth muscle of rabbit and from guinea-pig small mesenteric artery (100 μm external diameter). Ba2+ applied from the inside of the membrane did not reduce unit current, except at high concentrations, but channels failed to open for long periods (s). This effect became much stronger when the potential gradient was in a direction driving Ba2+ into the channel and was reduced by increasing K+ ion concentration on the outside of the membrane. These results are consistent with Ba2+ entering the open channel and blocking at a site most of the way through the channel bore. In contrast, TEA and procaine dose-dependently reduced unit current amplitude at all patch potentials and slightly increased mean open time. Their effects were not detectably voltage-dependent and could be explained by TEA and procaine blocking the open channel with a timecourse that was faster than the frequency response of the recording system. The lack of appreciable voltage-dependence suggests that TEA and procaine bind to a site near to the inner mouth of the channel.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Concentration-jump technique ; Patch-clamp technique ; Single smooth muscle cell
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract A new concentration-jump technique was devised for the rapid application of drugs to single, isolated cells attached to the base of the experimental chamber while recording from them with patch-clamp technique. Cells were placed in a micro-drop (less than 0.1 μl) in a small inner bath which was separated from an outer bath by a ring of “Sylgard” polymer. Stable whole-cell recordings were made in the micro-drop and rapid solution exchange took place when a much larger volume of test solution from the outer bath was flooded over the Sylgard ring and mixed with the micro-drop. Complete equilibration occurred within less than 10 ms.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: concentration-jump technique ; patch-clamp technique ; single smooth muscle cell ; 1,4-dihydropyridines
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The actions of nifedipine or BAY K 8644 were studied on barium currents recorded from single, collagenase- and elastase-dispersed, smooth muscle cells from the rabbit ear artery using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Nifedipine (3μM) caused a reduction in the barium current (IBa) evoked by steps to potentials positive of-10mV. This was characterized by a pronounced ‘initial’ block, an increase in the rate of current decay during the voltage-clamp step, but by no increase in block if pulses were repeated every 600ms. Rapid extracellular application of nifedipine (1μM) during the sustained current component (using a new concentration-jump technique) was found to have no effect on IBa over 4s at +20mV, but after returning to the holding potential (-60mV) for 10s, sustained IBa was subsequently abolished. BAY K 8644 (1μM) increased IBa at all potentials, and on rapid application during the sustained current component markedly potentiated IBa. The results suggest that nifedipine binds with high affinity to the closed, available state of the Ca++ channels but they do not suggest binding to the open or inactivated states. The effect of BAY K 8644 is consistent with high affinity binding to the open or inactivated and to the closed, available states.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Complications, neuropathy, foot, radionuclide scan, podiatry.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Aims/hypothesis. This study used two different methods of quantitative bone scanning to study the relation between activity of Charcot's arthropathy and clinical variables over 12 months.¶Methods. Skin temperature of affected and unaffected feet was measured at baseline and every 3 months for 12 months in 17 subjects. Eight subjects underwent a three-phase quantitative bone scan at baseline and 3 monthly for 12 months. Bone isotope uptake in a standard rectangular area over the foot and tibia was analysed by the bilateral scan method (the ratio of isotope uptake of affected and unaffected feet) and the unilateral scan method (the ratio of isotope uptake of affected foot and ipsilateral tibia). The affected foot was placed in a contact cast for an average of 8 months.¶Results. At presentation the affected foot was hotter than the unaffected foot but the temperature became progressively cooler over 12 months. Median isotope uptake in the affected foot was 2.1 % of the injected dose (interquartile range, IQR 1.9–3.0). In both scanning methods the ratio of uptake decreased after casting but at 12 months the affected foot still had more isotope uptake. There was a strong correlation between temperature difference and the ratio of uptake in the bilateral scan method (r = 0.90; p 〈 0.0001) but when using the unilateral scan method this relation was not significant (r = 0.1; p = 0.6). A strong relation existed between perfusion of the affected foot in the dynamic phase and isotope uptake in the delayed phase of the scans (r = 0.92; p 〈 0.0001).¶Conclusion/interpretation. Bone activity and skin temperature of Charcot's arthropathy can be measured quantitatively and both improve over 12 months with contact casting. There is a strong relation between perfusion and disease activity in this condition. [Diabetologia (2000) 43:481–484]
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