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Direct block of hERG potassium channels by the protein kinase C inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide I (GF109203X).
Cardiovascular research - 1 Dec 2004
Thomas Dierk, Hammerling Bettina C, Wimmer Anna-Britt, Wu Kezhong, Ficker Eckhard, Kuryshev Yuri A, Scherer Daniel, Kiehn Johann, Katus Hugo A, Schoels Wolfgang, Karle Christoph A
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OBJECTIVE: The human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) encodes the rapid component of the cardiac repolarizing delayed rectifier potassium current, I(Kr). The direct interaction of the commonly used protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide I (BIM I) with hERG, KvLQT1/minK, and I(Kr) currents was investigated in this study. METHODS: hERG and KvLQT1/minK channels were heterologously expressed in Xenopus...
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