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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 267, Issue 22, 15426-15431, Aug, 1992

A lineage-specific Ca(2+)-activated K+ conductance in HL-60 cells

SJ Wieland, QH Gong, RH Chou and LH Brent
Department of Anatomy, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102.

Cells of the human promyelocytic cell line HL-60 can be controllably induced to terminally differentiate into either granulocytes or monocyte/macrophages. HL-60 promyelocytes and terminally differentiated macrophages express a K(+)-selective ion channel which is activated by intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations above 10(-7) M. Because of its voltage independence, this channel can be distinguished from the voltage- and Ca(2+)-activated family of outward-rectifying channels. The channel is selective for K+ against Na+ and is blocked by Ba2+, thus it may be similar to the Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel previously described in human macrophages. In its sensitivity to block by charybdotoxin, this channel also resembles a Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel of lymphocytes, which plays a role in activation-dependent hyperpolarization. In contrast to promyelocytes and macrophages, functional expression of the Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel is suppressed to nearly undetectable levels in granulocytes derived from HL-60 cells by retinoic acid-induced differentiation. These data suggest that signals which produce elevation of intracellular Ca2+ will hyperpolarize promyelocytes and differentiated macrophages by activating this conductance; however, signals which elevate free Ca2+ in granulocytes must act on other effectors, which may produce a different final influence on membrane potential.
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