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RT-PCR showed the presence of KCNMA1, KCNMB1, KCNMB2, KCNMB3, and KCNMB4 subunits. The BK channel was voltage dependent, with a mean unitary conductance of 228.8 pS ( n = 10) in cell-attached patches (140 mM K<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\/140 mM K<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>) and a conductance of 142.5 pS ( n = 16) in excised outside-out and 155 pS ( n = 6) in inside-out patches in 3 mM K<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\/140 mM K<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>. The selectivity ratio (ratio of K<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> to Na<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> permeability) was 15:1. The channel was blocked by tetraethylammonium (TEA, 0.3 mM), iberiotoxin (5\u201360 nM), tetrandrine (5\u201330 \u03bcM), and paxilline (10 \u03bcM) and activated by isopimaric acid (20 \u03bcM). BK channel modulators affected MG63 cell numbers: TEA and tetrandrine significantly increased cell numbers at low concentrations (3 mM and 3 \u03bcM, respectively) and reduced cell numbers at higher concentrations (&gt;10 mM and &gt;10 \u03bcM, respectively). Neither iberiotoxin (20\u2013300 nM) nor slotoxin (300 nM) affected cell numbers. The increase in cell numbers by TEA was blocked by isopimaric acid. TEA (0.1\u20133.0 mM) significantly increased mineralization in primary osteoblasts. 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