Intracellular spermine prevents acid-induced uncoupling of Cx43 gap junction channels

NeuroReport

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 528-532

  Skatchkov, Serguei N ^a,b   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^c   Benedikt, Jan ^a   Inyushin, Mikhail ^a   Kucheryavykh, Yuriy V ^b  

^a Departments of Physiology   (Finland)

^b Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine   (Puerto Rico)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx43 gap junction channels; polyamines; spermine

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; LUCIFER YELLOW; SPERMINE; CONNEXIN 43 PROTEIN, RAT;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PH; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PIPETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PH;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SPERMINE;

EID: 84930588471     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000385     Document Type: Article

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