posted on 2014-12-04, 02:44authored byYuanjing Li, Ming Cai, Li Cao, Xing Qin, Tiantian Zheng, Xiaohua Xu, Taylor M. Sandvick, Kirk Hutchinson, Loren E. Wold, Keli Hu, Qinghua Sun, D. Paul Thomas, Jun Ren, Guanglong He
During ischemia and at the beginning of reperfusion, the relatively high level of the ADP/ATP opens the VSMC sarc-KATP channels, leading to hyperpolarization of the VSMC membrane and dilation of the coronary vasculature. Kir6.1-induced transient vasodilation shortens reperfusion recovery time τ and contributes to exercise-induced protection of myocytes from I/R injury.