The mitochondrial KATP channel-Fact or fiction?

KD Garlid; AP Halestrap

doi:10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.12.011

The mitochondrial K_ATP channel-Fact or fiction?

KD Garlid, AP Halestrap

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Abstract

The mitochondrial ATP-dependent K⁺ channel (mitoK_ATP) is widely considered by many to play a central role in cardioprotection by ischemic and pharmacological preconditioning and by ischemic postconditioning. Nevertheless, several laboratories have questioned the existence of mitoK_ATP. This article summarizes the evidence for and against and addresses two key questions: How strong is the evidence for the presence of a K_ATP channel in mitochondria? Are the pharmacological agents used to modulate mitoK_ATP activity sufficiently specific to allow the role of these channels in cardioprotection to be established?

Translated title of the contribution	The mitochondrial K_ATP channel-Fact or fiction?
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	578 - 583
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.12.011
Publication status	Published - Mar 2012

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Other: First published on-line 2nd January 2012

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