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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Kenneth B. Walsh, Blythewood, SC (US);
Kenneth B. Walsh, Blythewood, SC (US);
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Abstract
In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for determining an inhibitor of acetylcholine-activated potassium channel is described. The method includes incubating a cardiac cell in a solution comprising a test compound. The method further includes adding a muscarine (M2) receptor agonist to the cardiac cell in the solution and monitoring the cardiac cell for a change in membrane potential. A statistically insignificant change in the membrane potential following addition of the muscarine (M2) receptor to the solution signifies that the test compound is a Kchannel blocker that inhibits opening of the acetylcholine-activated potassium channel.