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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 282: G288-G299, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00124.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 2, G288-G299, February 2002

Ion channel diversity in the feline smooth muscle esophagus

Anne Marie F. Salapatek1, Junzhi Ji2, and Nicholas E. Diamant2

1 Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8; and 2 University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada

We have characterized ion-channel identity and density differences along the feline smooth muscle esophagus using patch-clamp recording. Current clamp recording revealed that the resting membrane potential (RMP) of esophageal smooth muscle cells (SMC) from the circular layer at 4 cm above the lower esophageal sphincter (EBC4; LES) were more depolarized than at 2 cm above LES. Higher distal Na+ permeability (but not Cl- permeability) contributes to this RMP difference. K+ channels but not large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channels contribute to RMP at both levels, because nonspecific K+-channel blockers depolarize all SMC. Depolarization of SMC under voltage clamp revealed that the density of voltage-dependent K+ channels (KV) was greatest at EBC4 due to increased BKCa. Delayed rectifier K+ channels (KDR), compatible with subtype KV1.2, were present at both levels. Differences in KCa-to-KDR channel ratios were also manifest by predictable shifts in voltage-dependent inactivation at EBC4 when BKCa channels were blocked. We provide the first evidence for regional electrophysiological differences along the esophageal body resulting from SMC ion channel diversity, which could allow for differential muscular responses to innervation and varied muscular contribution to peristaltic contractions along the esophagus.

patch clamp; delayed rectifier K+ channels; large-conductance calcium-activated K+ channels; esophageal motility


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