Upregulated voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 on the CD4+CD28null T lymphocyte from patients with acute coronary syndrome / 中华心血管病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The purpose of our study is to observe the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 expression on CD4+CD28null T cells from the peripheral blood of ACS patients by the patch clamp technique.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Kv1.3 potassium channels expression from 17 patients with ACS and 11 healthy age-matched normal controls was detected in single cell (CD4+CD28null T cells and CD4+CD28+ T cells) by fluorescence microscopy and patch clamp.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The percent of CD4+CD28nullT cells are higher in the ACS (6.97% +/- 2.05%) than that in the controls (1.38% +/- 0.84%, P < 0.05). The concentration of hsCRP is directly correlated with the number of the CD4+CD28null T cells in the ACS (r = 0.52, P < 0.05). The conductance [(6.89 +/- 1.17) nS vs. (3.36 +/- 0.66) nS], dens [(1.95 +/- 0.80) n/microm2 vs. (1.13 +/- 0.57) n/microm2] and numbers [(574.5 +/- 97.6) n/cell vs. (280.3 +/- 55.3) n/cell] of the Kv1.3 channels on the CD4+CD28null T cells are significantly higher than those on the CD4+CD28+ T cells (all P < 0.01) in ACS patients, but were similar on CD4+CD28+ T cells between ACS patients and controls.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The CD4+CD28null T cells in the ACS and the numbers of Kv1.3 channels on the CD4+CD28null T cells from the ACS patients are significantly upregulated and might contribute to the pathogenesis of ACS.</p>

T-lymphocyte voltage dependent K(+) channel is upregulated in patients with acute coronary syndrome / 中华心血管病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To determine current density of voltage-gated potassium channels and Kv1.3 express in T-lymphocyte derived from patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected from 12 patients with ACS and 10 control donors. Whole-cell patch clamp technique was used to record the outward K(+) currents (IK) and western blots technique was used to detect the express of Kv1.3 protein in lymphocyte.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>(1) The current density of voltage-gated potassium channel was significantly higher in ACS patients [(269 +/- 94) pA/pF] than in controls [(191 +/- 64) pA/pF, P < 0.01] while membrane capacitance was similar between the two groups. (2) Kv1.3 protein expression was also significantly increased in ACS patients than in controls (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The lymphocyte voltage-gated potassium channel is upregulated in patients with ACS suggesting a role of Kv activation in the pathophysiology of ACS.</p>