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However, blockers of IKCa channels, charybdotoxin (ChTX), and of SKCa channels, apamin (Ap), significantly reduced the whole-cell current. Although IKCa and SKCa channels are intrinsically voltage independent, ChTX- and Ap-sensitive currents decreased steeply with membrane potential depolarization. Removal of intracellular Mg2+ significantly increased these currents. Moreover, concomitant reduction of the [Ca2+]i to 1 μM caused an additional increase in ChTX- and Ap-sensitive currents so that the currents exhibited theoretical outward rectification. Block of IKCa and SKCa channels caused a significant endothelial membrane potential depolarization (≈11 mV) and decrease in [Ca2+]i in mesenteric arteries in the absence of an agonist. 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