HCN cation channel mRNA expression was determined in the rabbit heart and neonatal and adult rat ventricle using RNase protection assays. In the rabbit SA node, the dominant HCN transcript is HCN4, representing >81% of the total HCN message. HCN1 is also expressed, representing >18% of the total HCN mRNA. Rabbit Purkinje fibers contained almost equal amounts of HCN1 and HCN4 transcripts with lo...

We present radio-interferometric observations of HCN J = 1 → 0 line emission from the carbon star R Scl, obtained with the interim 3-mm receivers of the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The emission is resolved into a central source with a Gaussian FWHM of ∼1 ′′ , which we identify as the present mass loss envelope. Using a simple photodissociation model and constraints from single-dish HCN s...

We present new HCN and HCO + ( J = 3–2) images of the nearby star-forming galaxies (SFGs) NGC 3351, 3627, 4321. The observations, obtained with Morita ALMA Compact Array, have a spatial resolution ∼290–440 pc resolve inner R gal ≲ 0.6–1 kpc targets, as well southern bar end 3627. complement this data set publicly available lower excitation lines HCN, , CO analyse behaviour representative line r...

A growing body of research suggests that impaired bladder Cajal-like interstitial cells (ICCs) are a important component in the pathogenesis of diabetes-induced bladder dysfunction, although the molecular mechanisms have not been illustrated completely. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels in ICCs-DM were respons...

In this research, the interactions of HCN gas with pristine, Ga-, N- and GaN-doped of boron phosphide nanotube (BPNTs) were investigated by using density function theory (DFT). The structure, electrical and NQR parameters, quantum descriptors involving energy gap, global hardness, global softness, electrophilicity, electronic chemical potential and electronegativity were calculated. The adsorpt...

Monte Carlo simulations were employed to gain insight on HCN adsorption mechanism on LTA zeolites with different alkali metal cations, Li, Na, and K. Adsorption isotherms were calculated at four different temperatures at and above the normal boiling point of HCN. Results show that adsorption capacity depends on the type of the extraframework cation and Li-LTA showed the highest HCN adsorption c...

Hollow graphitic carbon nitride (HCN) ZrO2/g-C3N4 hybrid composites (HCN–ZR) and the target catalyst Fe/ZrO2/g-C3N4 (HCN–FZR) were prepared successfully by a solvo-thermal method and evaluated for photo-degradation of organic pollutants, i.e. MO, and herbicides, metsulfuron methyl (MTSM). These materials were characterized by a variety of techniques, including Fourier transform infrared spectro...

Infrared pumping and its effect on the excitation of HCN molecules can be important when using rotational lines of HCN to probe dense molecular gas in galaxy nuclei. We report the first extragalactic detection of (sub)millimeter rotational lines of vibrationally excited HCN, in the dust-enshrouded nucleus of the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 4418. We estimate the excitation temperature of Tvib ≈...

Hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic-nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels mediate the depolarizing cation current (termed I(h) or I(f)) that initiates spontaneous rhythmic activity in heart and brain. This function critically depends on the reliable opening of HCN channels in the subthreshold voltage-range. Here we show that activation of HCN channels at physiologically relevant voltages requires int...