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- Alomone Labs (±)-Bay K8644 increases L-type Ca2+ currents expressed in Xenopus oocytes.Left: I-V relation before (squares) and during (circles) bath perfusion of 5 μM (±)-Bay K8644 (#B-350). Right: An example of current response to 200 ms depolarization to +20mV (from holding potential of -100 mV) before (black) and during (pink) perfusion of (±)-Bay K8644.Alomone Labs (±)-Bay K8644 modulates the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 MAPK in Jurkat T cells.Cells were preincubated with or without EGTA or Nifedipine for 20 min then stimulated with (±)-Bay K8644 (#B-350) or with Ionomycin for 10 min. The cell proteins were blotted and probed with anti-phospho ERK1/2 (upper panel) or with anti-ERK1/2 (lower panel).
- 1. Hess, P. et al. (1984) Nature 311, 538.
- 2. Nowycky, M.C. et al. (1985) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82, 2178.
- 3. Bechem, M. and Hoffmann, H. (1993) Pflugers Arch. 424, 343.
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(±)-Bay K8644 is an opener of all L-type channels (CaV1 family). In the presence of this agonist, channels tend to open for longer periods causing a large increase in the channel macroscopic response.
The net activity of the racemic mix is that of the (-)-enantiomer agonistic activity.
(±)-Bay K8644 is a widely used L-type Ca2+ channel activator in various neuronal, muscle, endocrine, thyroid and other cell types.1-3
(±)-Bay K8644 (#B-350) is a highly pure, synthetic, and biologically active compound.