Protein Information

ID 318
Name Potassium channel (protein family or complex)
Synonyms Potassium channel

Compound Information

ID 1822
Name sodium cyanide
CAS sodium cyanide (Na(CN))

Reference

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
8834104 Chao KF, Liu SH, Lin-Shiau SY: Suppression of potassium currents by cyanide on the mouse motor nerve terminals. Neurosci Lett. 1996 Jan 19;203(2):105-8.
NaCN at low concentrations markedly depressed the potassium currents in the motor nerve terminal of mouse triangularis sterni neuromuscular junction pretreated with potassium channel blockers 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), tetraethylammonium (TEA) or glucose-free medium. Neither azide nor dinitrophenol nor ouabain mimicked the effect of cyanide. This inhibitory effect of cyanide on nerve terminal spikes was correlated to its dramatic increase in spontaneous transmitter release under glucose-free condition. These results suggest that the effect of cyanide on the electrogenesis of nerve terminals is due to the direct suppression of ATP-sensitive K+ current since the effect was antagonized by ATP-sensitive K+ channels opener diazoxide and this may modulate the transmitter release.
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