2025

Stefanowska, A., Czapczyński, M., Koprowski, P., Szewczyk, A., Krysiński, P. Time-resolved electromechanical and conductive behavior of nanostructured bilayers tethered to the surface of the electrode with incorporated channel proteins and peptides (2025) Bioelectrochemistry, Volume 162, ,108848, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2024.108848.

2024

Kravenska Y., Koprowski P., Nieznanska H., Nieznanski K. Prion protein prevents the inhibition of large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel by Tau peptide K18 oligomers (2024) Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 734:150793. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150793

Dżugaj, A., Barańska, J., Szewczyk, A. Jakub Karol Parnas. Odkrycie glikolizy – szlaku Embdena-Meyerhofa-Parnasa (2024) NAUKA 2/2024, 95–104, DOI: 10.24425/nauka.2024.151208

Barańska, J., Dżugaj, A., Szewczyk, A. Professor Jakub Karol Parnas: 140th birth anniversary [Profesor Jakub Karol Parnas: 140 rocznica urodzin] (2024) Postepy biochemii, 70 (2), pp. 279-288. DOI: 10.18388/pb.2021_524

Ferraboschi, I., Ovcar, J., Vygranenko, K.V., Yu, S., Minervino, A., Wrzosek, A., Szewczyk, A., Rozza, R., Magistrato, A., Belfield, K.D., Gryko, D.T., Grisanti, L., Sissa, C. Neutral rhodol-based dyes expressing localization in mitochondria (2024) Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 22 (29), pp. 5886-5890.
DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00252k

Tasior, M., Vakuliuk, O., Wrzosek, A., Vullev, V.I., Szewczyk, A., Jacquemin, D., Gryko, D.T. Quadrupolar, Highly Polarized Dyes: Emission Dependence on Viscosity and Selective Mitochondria Staining (2024) ACS Organic and Inorganic Au, 4 (2), pp. 248-257. DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.3c00035

Lewandowska, J., Kalenik, B., Wrzosek, A., Szewczyk, A. Redox Regulation of Mitochondrial Potassium Channels Activity (2024) Antioxidants, 13 (4), art. no. 434, . DOI: 10.3390/antiox13040434

Krajewska, M., Możajew, M., Filipek, S., Koprowski, P. Interaction of ROMK2 channel with lipid kinases DGKE and AGK: Potential channel activation by localized anionic lipid synthesis (2024) BBA 1869 (2), 159443 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2023.159443

Maliszewska-Olejniczak K, Pytlak, K., Dabrowska, A., Zochowska, M., Hoser, J., Lukasiak, A., Zajac, M., Kulawiak, B., Bednarczyk, P. Deficiency of the BKCa potassium channel displayed significant implications for the physiology of the human bronchial epithelium (2024) Mitochondrion, 76, 101880.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2024.101880

Badaro, J. S. A., Wrzosek, A., Morawski, O., Szewczyk, A., Deperasińska, I., Gryko, D.T. Strongly fluorescent indolizine-based coumarin analogs (2024) Organic Chemistry Frontiers, DOI: 10.1039/d4qo01216j

Szewczyk, A. Understanding mitochondrial potassium channels: 33 years after discovery (2024) Acta Biochimica Polonica, 71, art. no. 13126 DOI: 10.3389/abp.2024.13126

2023

Bischof Helmut, Maier Selina, Koprowski Piotr, Kulawiak Bogusz, Burgstaller Sandra, Jasińska Joanna, Serafimov Kristian, Gross Dominic, Schroth Werner, Matt Lucas, Juarez Lopez David Arturo, Bonzheim Irina, Büttner Florian A., Fend Falko, Schwab Matthias, Birkenfeld Andreas L., Malli Roland, Lämmerhofer Michael, Bednarczyk Piotr, Szewczyk Adam, Lukowski Robert (2023) mitoBKCa is functionally expressed in murine and human breast cancer cells and promotes metabolic reprogramming eLife 12:RP92511 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.92511.1

Tasior, M., Vakuliuk, O., Wrzosek, A., Vullev, V.I., Szewczyk, A., Jacquemin D., Gryko, D.T. Quadrupolar, highly polarized dyes: emission dependence on viscosity and selective mitochondria staining. (2023)  ACS Organic & Inorganic Au. DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.3c00035

Głuchowska, A., Kalenik, B., Kulawiak, B., Wrzosek, A., Szewczyk, A., Bednarczyk, P., Mosieniak, G. Lack of activity of the mitochondrial large-conductance calcium-regulated potassium channels in senescent vascular smooth muscle cells. (2023) Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 215, art. no. 111871, . DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2023.111871

Kulawiak, B., Żochowska, M., Bednarczyk, P., Galuba, A., Stroud, D.A., Szewczyk, A. Loss of the large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel causes an increase in mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in glioblastoma cells (2023) Pflugers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology, 475 (9), pp. 1045-1060. DOI: 10.1007/s00424-023-02833-9

Stefanowska, A., Koprowski, P., Bednarczyk, P., Szewczyk, A., Krysinski, P. Electrochemical studies of the mitochondrial ROMK2 potassium channel activity reconstituted into the free-standing and tethered bilayer lipid membranes (2023) Bioelectrochemistry, 151, art. no. 108372, . DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2023.108372

Szabo, I., Szewczyk, A. Mitochondrial Ion Channels (2023) Annual Review of Biophysics, 52, pp. 229-254. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-092622-094853

Kampa, R.P., Sȩk, A., Bednarczyk, P., Szewczyk, A., Calderone, V., Testai, L. Flavonoids as new regulators of mitochondrial potassium channels: Contribution to cardioprotection (2023) Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 75 (4), pp. 466-481. DOI: 10.1093/jpp/rgac093

Krajewska, M., Szewczyk, A., Kulawiak, B., Koprowski, P. Pharmacological Characterization of a Recombinant Mitochondrial ROMK2 Potassium Channel Expressed in Bacteria and Reconstituted in Planar Lipid Bilayers (2023) Membranes, 13 (3), art. no. 360, DOI: 10.3390/membranes13030360

2022

Wrzosek, A., Gałecka, S., Żochowska, M., Olszewska, A., & Kulawiak, B. (2022). Alternative Targets for Modulators of Mitochondrial Potassium Channels. Molecules, 27(1), 299.

Olszewska, A.M., Sieradzan, A.K., Bednarczyk, P., Szewczyk, A., Żmijewski, M.A. Mitochondrial potassium channels: A novel calcitriol target (2022) Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters, 27 (1), art. no. 3, DOI: 10.1186/s11658-021-00299-0

Walewska, A., Szewczyk, A., Koprowski, P. External Hemin as an Inhibitor of Mitochondrial Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Activity (2022) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (21), art. no. 13391, DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113391

Kampa, R.P., Flori, L., Sęk, A., Spezzini, J., Brogi, S., Szewczyk, A., Calderone, V., Bednarczyk, P., Testai, L. Luteolin-Induced Activation of Mitochondrial BKCa Channels: Undisclosed Mechanism of Cytoprotection (2022) Antioxidants, 11 (10), art. no. 1892, DOI: 10.3390/antiox11101892

Kumar, G.D., Banasiewicz, M., Wrzosek, A., O’Mari, O., Zochowska, M., Vullev, V.I., Jacquemin, D., Szewczyk, A., Gryko, D.T. A sensitive zinc probe operating via enhancement of excited-state intramolecular charge transfer (2022) Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 20 (37), pp. 7439-7447. DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01296k

Kampa, R.P., Gliździńska, A., Szewczyk, A., Bednarczyk, P., Filipek, S. Flavonoid quercetin abolish paxilline inhibition of the mitochondrial BKCa channel (2022) Mitochondrion, 65, pp. 23-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2022.04.005

Kulawiak, B., Szewczyk, A. Current Challenges of Mitochondrial Potassium Channel Research (2022) Frontiers in Physiology, 13, art. no. 907015, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.907015

Walewska, A., Szewczyk, A., Krajewska, M., Koprowski, P. Targeting Mitochondrial Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel by Hydrogen Sulfide via Heme-Binding Site (2022) Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 381 (2), pp. 137-150. DOI: 10.1124/jpet.121.001017

Buta, A., Nazaruk, E., Dziubak, D., Szewczyk, A., Bilewicz, R. Properties of electrode-supported lipid cubic mesophase films with embedded gramicidin A: structure and ion-transport studies (2022) Bioelectrochemistry, 144, art. no. 108042, DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2021.108042

Kumar, G.D., Banasiewicz, M., Wrzosek, A., Kampa, R.P., Bousquet, M.H.E., Kusy, D., Jacquemin, D., Szewczyk, A., Gryko, D.T. Probing the flux of mitochondrial potassium using an azacrown-diketopyrrolopyrrole based highly sensitive probe (2022) Chemical Communications, 58 (28), pp. 4500-4503. DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00324d

Walewska, A., Krajewska, M., Stefanowska, A., Buta, A., Bilewicz, R., Krysiński, P., Bednarczyk, P., Koprowski, P., Szewczyk, A. Methods of Measuring Mitochondrial Potassium Channels: A Critical Assessment (2022) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (3), art. no. 1210, DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031210

2021

Gałecka, S*., Kulawiak, B.*, Bednarczyk, P., Singh, H., Szewczyk, A. Single channel properties of mitochondrial large conductance potassium channel formed by BK-VEDEC splice variant (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 10925, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90465-3

Kampa, R.P., Sęk, A., Szewczyk, A., Bednarczyk, P. Cytoprotective effects of the flavonoid quercetin by activating mitochondrial BKCa channels in endothelial cells. (2021) Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 142, art. no. 112039, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112039

Vygranenko, K.V., Poronik, Y.M., Wrzosek, A., Szewczyk, A., Gryko, D.T. Red emissive sulfone-rhodols as mitochondrial imaging agents (2021) Chemical Communications, 57 (63), pp. 7782-7785. DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02687a

Kulawiak, B., Bednarczyk, P., Szewczyk, A. Multidimensional regulation of cardiac mitochondrial potassium channels (2021) Cells, 10 (6), art. no. 1554, DOI: 10.3390/cells10061554

Sek, A., Kampa, R.P., Kulawiak, B., Szewczyk, A., Bednarczyk, P. Identification of the large‐conductance ca2+‐regulated potassium channel in mitochondria of human bronchial epithelial cells (2021) Molecules, 26 (11), art. no. 3233, DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113233

Kozon, D., Bednarczyk, P., Szewczyk, A., Jańczewski, D. Regulation of Lipid Bilayer Ion Permeability by Antibacterial Polymethyloxazoline-Polyethyleneimine Copolymers (2021) ChemBioChem, 22 (6), pp. 1020-1029. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000656

2020

Kravenska, Y., Nieznanska, H., Nieznanski, K., Lukyanetz, E., Szewczyk, A., Koprowski, P. The monomers, oligomers, and fibrils of amyloid-β inhibit the activity of mitoBKCa channels by a membrane-mediated mechanism (2020) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Biomembranes, 1862 (9), art. no. 183337 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183337

Rotko, D., Bednarczyk, P., Koprowski, P., Kunz, W.S., Szewczyk, A., Kulawiak, B. Heme is required for carbon monoxide activation of mitochondrial BKCa channel (2020) European Journal of Pharmacology, 881, art. no. 173191, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173191

Wrzosek, A., Augustynek, B., Żochowska, M., Szewczyk, A. Mitochondrial potassium channels as druggable targets (2020) Biomolecules, 10 (8), art. no. 1200, pp. 1-19. DOI: 10.3390/biom10081200

Rotko, D., Kunz, W.S., Szewczyk, A., Kulawiak, B. Signaling pathways targeting mitochondrial potassium channels (2020) International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 125, art. no. 105792, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2020.105792

Kicinska, A., Kampa, R.P., Daniluk, J., Sek, A., Jarmuszkiewicz, W., Szewczyk, A., Bednarczyk, P. Regulation of the mitochondrial BKCa channel by the citrus flavonoid naringenin as a potential means of preventing cell damage (2020) Molecules, 25 (13), art. no. 3010, DOI: 10.3390/molecules25133010

2019

Laskowski, M., Augustynek, B., Bednarczyk, P., Żochowska, M., Kalisz, J., O’rourke, B., Szewczyk, A., Kulawiak, B. Single-channel properties of the ROMK-pore-forming subunit of the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel (2019) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20 (21), art. no. 5323, . DOI: 10.3390/ijms20215323

Ponnalagu, D., Hussain, A.T., Thanawala, R., Meka, J., Bednarczyk, P., Feng, Y., Szewczyk, A., GururajaRao, S., Bopassa, J.C., Khan, M., Singh, H. Chloride channel blocker IAA-94 increases myocardial infarction by reducing calcium retention capacity of the cardiac mitochondria (2019) Life Sciences, 235, art. no. 116841 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116841

Rao, S.G., Bednarczyk, P., Towheed, A., Shah, K., Karekar, P., Ponnalagu, D., Jensen, H.N., Addya, S., Reyes, B.A.S., Van Bockstaele, E.J., Szewczyk, A., Wallace, D.C., Singh, H. BKCa (Slo) channel regulates mitochondrial function and lifespan in drosophila melanogaster (2019) Cells, 8 (9), art. no. 945, . DOI: 10.3390/cells8090945

Kampa, R.P., Kicinska, A., Jarmuszkiewicz, W., Pasikowska-Piwko, M., Dolegowska, B., Debowska, R., Szewczyk, A., Bednarczyk, P. Naringenin as an opener of mitochondrial potassium channels in dermal fibroblasts (2019) Experimental Dermatology, 28 (5), pp. 543-550. DOI: 10.1111/exd.13903

Jarmuszkiewicz, W., Szewczyk, A. Energy-dissipating hub in muscle mitochondria: Potassium channels and uncoupling proteins (2019) Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 664, pp. 102-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.01.036

2018

Walewska, A., Szewczyk, A., Koprowski, P. Gas signaling molecules and mitochondrial potassium channels (2018) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19 (10), art. no. 3227, . DOI: 10.3390/ijms19103227

Walewska, A., Kulawiak, B., Szewczyk, A., Koprowski, P. Mechanosensitivity of mitochondrial large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (2018) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1859 (9), pp. 797-805. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.05.006

Bednarczyk, P., Kicinska, A., Laskowski, M., Kulawiak, B., Kampa, R., Walewska, A., Krajewska, M., Jarmuszkiewicz, W., Szewczyk, A. Evidence for a mitochondrial ATP-regulated potassium channel in human dermal fibroblasts (2018) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1859 (5), pp. 309-318. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.02.005

Poronik, Y.M., Bernaś, T., Wrzosek, A., Banasiewicz, M., Szewczyk, A., Gryko, D.T. One-Photon and Two-Photon Mitochondrial Fluorescent Probes Based on a Rhodol Chromophore (2018) Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 7 (2), pp. 411-415. DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201700600

Augustynek, B., Koprowski, P., Rotko, D., Kunz, W.S., Szewczyk, A., Kulawiak, B. Mitochondrial BK channel openers CGS7181 and CGS7184 exhibit cytotoxic properties (2018) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19 (2), art. no. 353, DOI: 10.3390/ijms19020353

2017

Frankenreiter, S., Bednarczyk, P., Kniess, A., Bork, N.I., Straubinger, J., Koprowski, P., Wrzosek, A., Mohr, E., Logan, A., Murphy, M.P., Gawaz, M., Krieg, T., Szewczyk, A., Nikolaev, V.O., Ruth, P., Lukowski, R. cGMP-Elevating Compounds and Ischemic Conditioning Provide Cardioprotection Against Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury via Cardiomyocyte-Specific BK Channels (2017) Circulation, 136 (24), pp. 2337-2355. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028723

Augustynek, B., Kunz, W.S., Szewczyk, A. Guide to the pharmacology of mitochondrial potassium channels (2017) Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 240, DOI: 10.1007/164_2016_79

2016

Laskowski, M., Augustynek, B., Kulawiak, B., Koprowski, P., Bednarczyk, P., Jarmuszkiewicz, W., Szewczyk, A. What do we not know about mitochondrial potassium channels? (2016) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1857 (8), pp. 1247-1257. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.03.007

Kicinska, A., Augustynek, B., Kulawiak, B., Jarmuszkiewicz, W., Szewczyk, A., Bednarczyk, P. A large-conductance calcium-regulated K + channel in human dermal fibroblast mitochondria (2016) Biochemical Journal, 473 (23), pp. 4457-4471. DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20160732

Łukasiak, A., Skup, A., Chlopicki, S., Łomnicka, M., Kaczara, P., Proniewski, B., Szewczyk, A., Wrzosek, A. SERCA, complex I of the respiratory chain and ATP-synthase inhibition are involved in pleiotropic effects of NS1619 on endothelial cells (2016) European Journal of Pharmacology, 786, pp. 137-147. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.05.039

2015

Kaczara, P., Motterlini, R., Rosen, G.M., Augustynek, B., Bednarczyk, P., Szewczyk, A., Foresti, R., Chlopicki, S. Carbon monoxide released by CORM-401 uncouples mitochondrial respiration and inhibits glycolysis in endothelial cells: A role for mitoBKCa channels (2015) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1847 (10), art. no. 47501, pp. 1297-1309. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.07.004

Laskowski, M., Kicinska, A., Szewczyk, A., Jarmuszkiewicz, W. Mitochondrial large-conductance potassium channel from Dictyostelium discoideum (2015) International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 60, pp. 167-175. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2015.01.006

2014

Olszewska, A., Bednarczyk, P., Siemen, D., Szewczyk, A. Modulation of the mitochondrial large-conductance calcium-regulated potassium channel by polyunsaturated fatty acids (2014) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1837 (10), pp. 1602-1610. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.07.010

Augustynek, B., Kudin, A.P., Bednarczyk, P., Szewczyk, A., Kunz, W.S. Hemin inhibits the large conductance potassium channel in brain mitochondria: A putative novel mechanism of neurodegeneration (2014) Experimental Neurology, 257, pp. 70-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.04.022

Toczyłowska-Mamińska, R., Olszewska, A., Laskowski, M., Bednarczyk, P., Skowronek, K., Szewczyk, A. Potassium channel in the mitochondria of human keratinocytes (2014) Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 134 (3), pp. 764-772. DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.422

2013

Bednarczyk, P., Wieckowski, M.R., Broszkiewicz, M., Skowronek, K., Siemen, D., Szewczyk, A. Putative Structural and Functional Coupling of the Mitochondrial BKCa Channel to the Respiratory Chain (2013) PLoS ONE, 8 (6), art. no. e68125, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068125

Bednarczyk, P., Koziel, A., Jarmuszkiewicz, W., Szewczyk, A. Large-conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channel in mitochondria of endothelial EA.hy926 cells (2013) American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 304 (11), pp. H1415-H1427. DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00976.2012

Olszewska, A., Szewczyk, A. Mitochondria as a pharmacological target: Magnum overview (2013) IUBMB Life, 65 (3), pp. 273-281. DOI: 10.1002/iub.1147

2012

Kajma, A., Szewczyk, A. A new pH-sensitive rectifying potassium channel in mitochondria from the embryonic rat hippocampus(2012) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1817 (10), pp. 1867-1878. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.029

Wrzosek, A., Tomaskova, Z., Ondrias, K., Łukasiak, A., Szewczyk, A. The potassium channel opener CGS7184 activates Ca2 release from the endoplasmic reticulum (2012) European Journal of Pharmacology, 690 (1-3), pp. 60-67. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.06.029

Kulawiak, B., Szewczyk, A. Glutamate-induced cell death in HT22 mouse hippocampal cells is attenuated by paxilline, a BK channel inhibitor (2012) Mitochondrion, 12 (1), pp. 169-172. DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2011.12.001

2011

Wieloch, W., Boguś, M.I., Ligeza, M., Koszela-Piotrowska, I., Szewczyk, A. Coronatin-1 isolated from entomopathogenic fungus Conidiobolus coronatus kills Galleria mellonella hemocytes in vitro and forms potassium channels in planar lipid membrane (2011) Toxicon, 58 (4), pp. 369-379. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.07.007

Matkovic, K., Koszela-Piotrowska, I., Jarmuszkiewicz, W., Szewczyk, A. Ion conductance pathways in potato tuber (Solanum tuberosum) inner mitochondrial membrane (2011) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1807 (3), pp. 275-285. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.12.001

2010

Bednarczyk, P., Kowalczyk, J.E., Beresewicz, M., Dołowy, K., Szewczyk, A., Zabłocka, B. Identification of a voltage-gated potassium channel in gerbil hippocampal mitochondria (2010) Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 397 (3), pp. 614-620. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.06.011

Kominkova, V., Malekova, L., Tomaskova, Z., Slezak, P., Szewczyk, A., Ondrias, K. Modulation of intracellular chloride channels by ATP and Mg2+ (2010) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1797 (6-7), pp. 1300-1312. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.02.031

Szewczyk, A., Kajma, A., Malinska, D., Wrzosek, A., Bednarczyk, P., Zabłocka, B., Dołowy, K. Pharmacology of mitochondrial potassium channels: Dark side of the field (2010) FEBS Letters, 584 (10), pp. 2063-2069. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.02.048

Malinska, D.*, Kulawiak, B.*, Wrzosek, A., Kunz, W.S., Szewczyk, A. The cytoprotective action of the potassium channel opener BMS-191095 in C2C12 myoblasts is related to the modulation of calcium homeostasis (2010) Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 26 (2), pp. 235-246. DOI: 10.1159/000320523

2009

Debska-Vielhaber, G., Godlewski, M.M., Kicinska, A., Skalska, J., Kulawiak, B., Piwonska, M., Zablocki, K., Kunz, W.S., Szewczyk, A., Motyl, T. Large-conductance K+ channel openers induce death of human glioma cells (2009) Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 60 (4), pp. 27-36.

Koszela-Piotrowska, I., Matkovic, K., Szewczyk, A., Jarmuszkiewicz, W. A large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel in potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber mitochondria (2009) Biochemical Journal, 424 (2), pp. 307-316. DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090991

Szewczyk, A., Jarmuszkiewicz, W., Kunz, W.S. Mitochondrial potassium channels (2009) IUBMB Life, 61 (2), pp. 134-143. DOI: 10.1002/iub.155

Choma, K., Bednarczyk, P., Koszela-Piotrowska, I., Kulawiak, B., Kudin, A., Kunz, W.S., Dołowy, K., Szewczyk, A. Single channel studies of the ATP-regulated potassium channel in brain mitochondria (2009) Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 41 (4), pp. 323-334. DOI: 10.1007/s10863-009-9233-7

Skalska, J., Bednarczyk, P., Piwońska, M., Kulawiak, B., Wilczynski, G., Dołowy, K., Kudin, A.P., Kunz, W.S., Szewczyk, A. Calcium ions regulate K+ uptake into brain mitochondria: The evidence for a novel potassium channel (2009) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 10 (3), pp. 1104-1120. DOI: 10.3390/ijms10031104

Wrzosek, A., Łukasiak, A., Gwóźdź, P., Malińska, D., Kozlovski, V.I., Szewczyk, A., Chlopicki, S., Dołowy, K. Large-conductance K+ channel opener CGS7184 as a regulator of endothelial cell function (2009) European Journal of Pharmacology, 602 (1), pp. 105-111. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.10.066

2008

Bednarczyk, P., Dołowy, K., Szewczyk, A. New properties of mitochondrial ATP-regulated potassium channels (2008) Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 40 (4), pp. 325-335. DOI: 10.1007/s10863-008-9153-y

Kulawiak, B., Kudin, A.P., Szewczyk, A., Kunz, W.S. BK channel openers inhibit ROS production of isolated rat brain mitochondria (2008) Experimental Neurology, 212 (2), pp. 543-547. DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.05.004

Skalska, J., Piwońska, M., Wyroba, E., Surmacz, L., Wieczorek, R., Koszela-Piotrowska, I., Zielińska, J., Bednarczyk, P., Dołowy, K., Wilczynski, G.M., Szewczyk, A., Kunz, W.S. A novel potassium channel in skeletal muscle mitochondria (2008) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1777 (7-8), pp. 651-659. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.05.007

Piwonska, M., Wilczek, E., Szewczyk, A., Wilczynski, G.M. Differential distribution of Ca2+-activated potassium channel β4 subunit in rat brain: Immunolocalization in neuronal mitochondria (2008) Neuroscience, 153 (2), pp. 446-460. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.01.050

2007

Kicinska, A., Swida, A., Bednarczyk, P., Koszela-Piotrowska, I., Choma, K., Dolowy, K., Szewczyk, A., Jarmuszkiewicz, W. ATP-sensitive potassium channel in mitochondria of the eukaryotic microorganism Acanthamoeba castellanii (2007) Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282 (24), pp. 17433-17441. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M701496200

Kwiatkowska, K., Hordejuk, R., Szymczyk, P., Kulma, M., Abdel-Shakor, A.-B., Płucienniczak, A., Dołowy, K., Szewczyk, A., Sobota, A. Lysenin-His, a sphingomyelin-recognizing toxin, requires tryptophan 20 for cation-selective channel assembly but not for membrane binding (2007) Molecular Membrane Biology, 24 (2), pp. 121-134. DOI: 10.1080/09687860600995540

Malekova, L., Kominkova, V., Ferko, M., Stefanik, P., Krizanova, O., Ziegelhöffer, A., Szewczyk, A., Ondrias, K. Bongkrekic acid and atractyloside inhibits chloride channels from mitochondrial membranes of rat heart (2007) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1767 (1), pp. 31-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.10.004

2006

Szewczyk, A., Skalska, J., Głab, M., Kulawiak, B., Malińska, D., Koszela-Piotrowska, I., Kunz, W.S. Mitochondrial potassium channels: From pharmacology to function (2006) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1757 (5-6), pp. 715-720. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.05.002

Hordejuk, R., Szewczyk, A., Dołowy, K. The heterogeneity of ion channels in chromaffin granule membranes (2006) Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters, 11 (3), pp. 312-325. DOI: 10.2478/s11658-006-0027-1

2005

Skalska, J., Debska, G., Kunz, W.S., Szewczyk, A. Antidiabetic sulphonylureas activate mitochondrial permeability transition in rat skeletal muscle (2005) British Journal of Pharmacology, 145 (6), pp. 785-791. DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706214

Moghimi, S.M., Symonds, P., Murray, J.C., Hunter, A.C., Debska, G., Szewczyk, A. A two-stage poly(ethylenimine)-mediated cytotoxicity: Implications for gene transfer/therapy (2005) Molecular Therapy, 11 (6), pp. 990-995. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2005.02.010

Bednarczyk, P., Dołowy, K., Szewczyk, A. Matrix Mg2+ regulates mitochondrial ATP-dependent potassium channel from heart (2005) FEBS Letters, 579 (7), pp. 1625-1632. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.01.077

Kulawiak B, Bednarczyk P. Reconstitution of brain mitochondria inner membrane into planar lipid bilayer (2005) Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars). 65(3):271-6.

2004

Hordejuk, R., Lobanov, N.A., Kicinska, A., Szewczyk, A., Dolowy, K. pH modulation of large conductance potassium channel from adrenal chromaffin granules (2004) Molecular Membrane Biology, 21 (5), pp. 307-313. DOI: 10.1080/10647440400003899

Bednarczyk, P., Kicińska, A., Kominkova, V., Ondrias, K., Dolowy, K., Szewczyk, A. Quinine inhibits mitochondrial ATP-regulated potassium channel from bovine heart (2004) Journal of Membrane Biology, 199 (2), pp. 63-72. DOI: 10.1007/s00232-004-0676-9

Moghimi, S.M., Hunter, A.C., Murray, J.C., Szewczyk, A., Savić, R., Luo, L., Eisenberg, A., Maysinger, D. Cellular Distribution of Nonionic Micelles (2004) Science, 303 (5658), pp. 626-628. DOI: 10.1126/science.303.5658.626

Kicinska, A., Skalska, J., Szewczyk, A. Mitochondria and Big-Conductance Potassium Channel Openers (2004) Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, 14 (1-2), pp. 63-65. DOI: 10.1080/15376520490257491

Kicinska, A., Szewczyk, A. Large-Conductance Potassium Cation Channel Opener NS1619 Inhibits Cardiac Mitochondria Respiratory Chain (2004) Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, 14 (1-2), pp. 59-61. DOI: 10.1080/15376520490257482

2003

Debska, G., Kicinska, A., Dobrucki, J., Dworakowska, B., Nurowska, E., Skalska, J., Dolowy, K., Szewczyk, A. Large-conductance K+ channel openers NS1619 and NS004 as inhibitors of mitochondrial function in glioma cells (2003) Biochemical Pharmacology, 65 (11), pp. 1827-1834. DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(03)00180-1

2002

Debska, G., Kicinska, A., Skalska, J., Szewczyk, A., May, R., Elger, C.E., Kunz, W.S. Opening of potassium channels modulates mitochondrial function in rat skeletal muscle (2002) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics, 1556 (2-3), pp. 97-105. DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(02)00340-7

Szewczyk, A., Wojtczak, L. Mitochondria as a pharmacological target (2002) Pharmacological Reviews, 54 (1), pp. 101-127. DOI: 10.1124/pr.54.1.101

2001

Debska, G., May, R., Kicińska, A., Szewczyk, A., Elger, C.E., Kunz, W.S. Potassium channel openers depolarize hippocampal mitochondria (2001) Brain Research, 892 (1), pp. 42-50. DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)03187-5

Golczak, M., Kicinska, A., Bandorowicz-Pikula, J., Buchet, R., Szewczyk, A., Pikula, S. Acidic pH-induced folding of annexin VI is a prerequisite for its insertion into lipid bilayers and formation of ion channels by the protein molecules. (2001) The FASEB Journal, 15 (6), pp. 1083-1085. DOI: 10.1096/fj.00-0523fje

Mak, P., Szewczyk, A., Mickowska, B., Kicinska, A., Dubin, A. Effect of antimicrobial apomyoglobin 56-131 peptide on liposomes and planar lipid bilayer membrane (2001) International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 17 (2), pp. 137-142. DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(00)00328-9

1999

Szewczyk, A., Wójcik, G., Lobanov, N.A., Nalecz, M.J. Modification of the mitochondrial sulfonylurea receptor by thiol reagents (1999) Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 262 (1), pp. 255-258. DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1190

Szewczyk, A., Marbán, E. Mitochondria: A new target for K+ channel openers (1999) Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 20 (4), pp. 157-161. DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(99)01301-2