Insulin secretion is associated with changes in pancreatic -cell K permeability. A degenerate polymerase chain reaction strategy based on the conserved features of known inwardly rectifying K (K) channel genes was used to identify members of this family expressed in human pancreatic islets and insulinoma. Three related human K transcript sequences were found: CIR (also known as cardiac KATP-1), GIRK1, and GIRK2 (KATP-2). The pancreatic islet CIR and GIRK2 full-length cDNAs were cloned, and their genes were localized to human chromosomes 11q23-ter and 21, respectively. Northern blot analysis detected CIR mRNA at similar levels in human islets and exocrine pancreas, while the abundance of GIRK2 mRNA in the two tissues was insufficient for detection by this method. Using competitive reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, CIR was found to be present at higher levels than GIRK2 mRNA in native purified -cells. Xenopus oocytes injected with M2 muscarinic receptor (M2) plus either GIRK2 or CIR cRNA expressed only very small carbachol-induced currents, while co-injection of CIR plus GIRK2 along with M2 resulted in expression of carbachol-activated strong inwardly rectifying currents. Activators of K channels failed to elicit currents in the presence or absence of co-expressed sulfonylurea receptor. These results show that two components of islet cell K channels, CIR and GIRK2, may interact to form heteromeric G-protein-activated inwardly rectifying K channels that do not possess the typical properties of K channels.

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