Interaction of mitochondrial potassium channels with the permeability transition pore

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2005-2012

  Cheng, Yu ^a   Debska Vielhaber, Grazyna ^a   Siemen, Detlef ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ion channel; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial potassium channel; Permeability transition pore

Indexed keywords

1 (2 HYDROXY 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL) 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 2(3H) BENZIMIDAZOLONE; 1 (3,5 BIS TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL) 3 [4 BROMO 2 (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL)PHENYL]THIOUREA; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CYCLOPHILIN D; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIAZOXIDE; EPOXYICOSATRIENOIC ACID; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MELATONIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; NICORANDIL; NS 11021; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.3; PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINOMYCIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 77952672484     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.12.038     Document Type: Review

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