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1.
Philip J. White 《Planta》1993,191(4):541-551
Plasma-membrane vesicles were purified by aqueous-polymer two-phase partitioning of a microsomal membrane fraction from rye (Secale cereale L.) roots and incorporated into planar 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine bilayers. A high-conductance cation channel (a maxi cation channel) was characterized from single-channel electrical recordings. The channel was incorporated into the bilayer with its cytoplasmic surface facing the trans compartment and voltages were referenced cis with respect to trans. The channel was permeable to both monovalent and divalent cations. The unitary conductance was 451 pS in symmetrical 100 mM KCl and 213 pS in symmetrical 100 mM BaCl2. The permeability ratio PKPBa was 1.002.56. Unitary conductances declined in the order K+Rb+>Cs+>Na+> Li+ (monovalent cations) and Ba2+>Sr2+>Ca2+> Mg2+>Co2+>Mn2+ (divalent cations). The relative permeabilities of monovalent cations mirrored their conductivity sequence, whereas the permeabilities of all divalent cations were similar. The maxi cation channel showed complex kinetics, exhibiting both voltage- and time-dependent inactivation and voltage-dependent gating. The voltage dependence of the kinetics shifted in parallel with changes in the reversal potential of the channel. In symmetrical 100 mM KCl, following a voltage step from zero to the test voltage, the channel inactivated and the active-channel lifetime ( i) shortened exponentially as the test voltage was increased. The channel always opened immediately upon depolarization to zero volts, indicating that inactivation of the channel did not result from the loss of any intrinsic factor. The probability of finding an active channel in the open state (P0) exhibited a bell-shaped relationship with membrane potential. At voltages between -40 and 80 mV, P0 exceeded 0.99, but p0 declined abruptly at more extreme voltages. Under ionic conditions which approximated physiological conditions, in the presence of 100 mM KCl on the trans (cytoplasmic) side and 1 mM KCl plus 2 mM CaCl2 on the cis (extracellular) side, the reversal potential was 15.6 mV and the kinetics approximated those observed in symmetrical 100 mM KCl. Thus, the channel would open upon depolarization of the plasma membrane in vivo. If the channel functioned physiologically as a Ca2+ channel it might be involved in intracellular signalling: the channel could open in response to a variety of environmental, developmental and pathological stimuli which depolarize the plasma membrane, allowing Ca2+ into the cytoplasm and thereby initiating a physiological response.Abbreviations EK Nernst (equilibrium) potential for potassium - Erev zero-current (reversal) potential - I/V current/voltage - c apparent mean lifetime of the activated-channel closed state - i apparent mean lifetime of the activated channel following a voltage step from zero volts - 0 apparent mean lifetime of the activated-channel open state - PE 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylethonlamine - P0 probability of finding the activated channel in an open state - TEA+ tetraethylammonium This work was supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Council and by a grant from the Science and Engineering Research Council Membrane Initiative (GR/F 33971) to Prof. E.A.C. MacRobbie (University of Cambridge, UK).  相似文献   

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Plasma membrane was purified from roots of rye (Secale cereale L. cv. Rheidol) by aqueous-polymer two-phase partitioning and incorporated into planar bilayers of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine by stirring with an osmotic gradient. Since plasmamembrane vesicles were predominantly oriented with their cytoplasmic face internal, when fused to the bilayer the cytoplasmic side of channels faced the trans chamber. In asymmetrical (cis:trans) 280100 mM KCl, five distinct K+-selective channels were detected with mean chord-conductances (between +30 and -30 mV; volyages cis with respect to trans) of 500 pS, 194 pS, 49 pS, 21 pS and 10 pS. The frequencies of incorporation of these K+ channels into the bilayer were 48, 21, 50, 10 and 9%, in the order given (data from 159 bilayers). Only the 49 pS channel was characterized further in this paper, but the remarkable diversity of K+ channels found in this preparation is noteworthy and is the subject of further study. In symmetrical KCl solutions, the 49 pS channel exhibited non-ohmic unitary-current/voltage relationships. The chord-conductance (between +30 and-30 mV) of the channel in symmetrical 100 mM KCl was 39 pS. The unitary current was greater at positive voltages than at corresponding negative voltages and showed considerable rectification with increasing positive and negative voltages. This would represent inward rectification in vivo. Gating of the channel was not voltage-dependent and the channel was open for approx. 80% of the time. Presumably this is not the case in vivo, but we are at present uncertain of the in vivo controls of channel gating. The distribution of channel-open times could be approximated by the sum of two negative exponential functions, yielding two open-state time constants (o, the apparent mean lifetime of the channel-open state) of 1.0 ms and 5.7 s. The distribution of channel-closed times was best approximated by the sum of three negative exponential functions, yielding time constants (c, the apparent mean lifetime of the channel-closed state) of 1.1 ms, 51 ms and 11 s. This indicates at least a five-state kinetic model for the activity of the channel. The selectivity of the 49 pS channel, determined from both reversal potentials under biionic conditions (100 mM KCl100 mM cation chloride) and from conductance measurements in symmetrical 100 mM cation chloride, was Rb+ K+ > Cs+ > Na+ > Li+ > tetraethylammonium (TEA+). The 49 pS channel was reversibly inhibited by quinine (1 mM) but TEA+ (10 mM), Ba2+ (3 mM), Ca2+ (1 mM), 4-aminopyridine (1 mM) and charybdotoxin (3 M) were without effect when applied to the extracellular (cis) surface.Abbreviations and Symbols GHK Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz - I/V current/voltage - PEG polyethyleneglycol - Po probability o f the channel being open - TEA+ tetraethylammonium - c apparent mean lifetime of the channel-closed state - o apparent mean lifetime of the channel-open state P.J.W. was supported by a grant from the Science and Engineering Research Council Membrane Initiative (GR/F 33971) to Professor E.A.C. MacRobbie and M.T. by the Glaxo Junior Research Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge. We thank Dr. D.T. Cooke (AFRC, Long Ashton Research Station, University of Bristol, UK) and Ms. J. Marshall (University of York, UK) for their advice and assistance with the aqueous-polymer two-phase partitioning of plasma membrane from rye roots, Mr. J. Banfield and Miss P. Parmar (University of Cambridge, UK) for technical assistance and Professor E.A.C. MacRobbie, Dr. G. Thiel (University of Cambridge, UK), Dr. M.R. Blatt (Wye College, University of London, UK), Dr. D. Sanders and Dr. E. Johannes (University of York, UK) for helpful discussions.  相似文献   

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Michael R. Blatt 《Planta》1987,170(2):272-287
The membrane electrical characteristics of stomatal guard cells in epidermal strips from Vicia faba L. and Commelina communis L. were explored using conventional electrophysiological methods, but with double-barrelled microelectrodes containing dilute electrolyte solutions. When electrodes were filled with the customary 1–3 M KCl solutions, membrane potentials and resistances were low, typically decaying over 2–5 min to near-30 mV and <0.2 k·cm2 in cells bathed in 0.1 mM KCl and 1 mM Ca2+, pH 7.4. By contrast, cells impaled with electrodes containing 50 or 200 mM K+-acetate gave values of-182±7 mV and 16±2 k·cm2 (input resistances 0.8–3.1 G, n=54). Potentials as high as (-) 282 mV (inside negative) were recorded, and impalement were held for up to 2 h without appreciable decline in either membrane parameter. Comparison of results obtained with several electrolytes indicated that Cl- leakage from the microelectrode was primarily responsible for the decline in potential and resistance recorded with the molar KCl electrolytes. Guard cells loaded with salt from the electrodes also acquired marked potential and conductance responses to external Ca2+, which are tentatively ascribed to a K+ conductance (channel) at the guard cell plasma membrane.Measurements using dilute K+-acetate-filled electrodes revealed, in the guard cells, electrical properties common to plant and fungal cell membranes. The cells showed a high selectivity for K+ over Na+ (permeability ratio PNa/PK=0.006) and a near-Nernstian potential response to external pH over the range 4.5–7.4 (apparent PH/PK=500–600). Little response to external Ca2+ was observed, and the cells were virtually insensitive to CO2. These results are discussed in the context of primary, charge-carrying transport at the guard cell plasma membrane, and with reference to possible mechanisms for K+ transport during stomatal movements. They discount previous notions of Ca2+-and CO2-mediated transport control. It is argued, also, that passive (diffusional) mechanisms are unlikely to contribute to K+ uptake during stomatal opening, despite membrane potentials which, under certain, well-defined conditions, lie negative of the potassium equilibrium potential likely prevailing.Abbreviations and symbols EGTA ethylene glycol-bis(-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N,N-tetraacetic acid - Hepes 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid - Mes 2-(N-morpholino) propanesulfornic acid - E equilibrium potential - Gm membrane conductance - Rin input resistance - Vm membrane potential  相似文献   

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The patch clamp technique has been used to investigate ion permeation and Ca2+-dependent gating of a voltage-sensitive Ca2+ release channel in the vacuolar membrane of sugar beet tap roots. Reversal potential measurements in bi-ionic conditions revealed a sequence for permeability ratios of Ca2+ Sr2+ Ba2+ > Mg2+ K+ which is inversely related to the size of the unitary conductances K+ Mg2+ Ba2+ > Sr2+ Ca2+, suggesting that ion movement is not independent. In the presence of Ca2+, the unitary K+ current is reduced in a concentration- and voltage-dependent manner by Ca2+ binding at a high affinity site (K 0.5 = 0.29 mm at 0 mV) which is located 9% along the electric field of the membrane from the vacuolar side. Comparison of reversal potentials obtained under strictly bi-ionic conditions with those obtained in the presence of mixtures of the two ions indicates that the channel forms a multi-ion pore. Lumenal Ca2+ also has an effect on voltage-dependent channel gating. Stepwise increases of vacuolar Ca2+ from micromolar to millimolar concentrations resulted in a dramatic increase in channel openings over the physiological voltage range via a shift in threshold for channel activation to less negative membrane potentials. The steepness of the concentration dependence of channel activation by Ca2+ at –41 mV predicts that two Ca2+ ions need to bind to open the gate. The implications of the results for ion permeation and channel gating are discussed.We thank Ian Jennings for writing and implementing some of the software used in this study and Anna J. Bate for technical assistance. The work was supported by grants from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to E.J. (PDF/14) and DS (PG87/529).  相似文献   

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High-conductance calcium-activated potassium (maxi-K) channels comprise a specialized family of K+ channels. They are unique in their dual requirement for depolarization and Ca2+ binding for transition to the open, or conducting, state. Ion conduction through maxi-K channels is blocked by a family of venom-derived peptides, such as charybdotoxin and iberiotoxin. These peptides have been used to study function and structure of maxi-K channels, to identify novel channel modulators, and to follow the purification of functional maxi-K channels from smooth muscle. The channel consists of two dissimilar subunits, and . The subunit is a member of theslo Ca2+-activated K+ channel gene family and forms the ion conduction pore. The subunit is a structurally unique, membrane-spanning protein that contributes to channel gating and pharmacology. Potent, selective maxi-K channel effectors (both agonists and blockers) of low molecular weight have been identified from natural product sources. These agents, together with peptidyl inhibitors and site-directed antibodies raised against and subunit sequences, can be used to anatomically map maxi-K channel expression, and to study the physiologic role of maxi-K channels in various tissues. One goal of such investigations is to determine whether maxi-K channels represent novel therapeutic targets.  相似文献   

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This study reports the analysis of K+ channel activity in bovine periaxolemmal-myelin and white matter-derived clathrin-coated vesicles. Channel activity was evaluated by the fusion of membrane vesicles with phospholipid bilayers formed across a patch-clamp pipette. In periaxolemmal myelin spontaneous K+ channels were observed with amplitudes of 25–30, 45–55, and 80–100 pS, all of which exhibited mean open-times of 1–2 msec. The open state probability of the 50 pS channel in periaxolemmal-myelin was increased by 6-methyldihydro-pyran-2-one. Periaxolemmal-myelin K+ channel activity was regulated by Ca2+. Little or no change in activity was observed when Ca2+ was added to thecis side of the bilayer. Addition of 10 M total Ca2+ also resulted in little change in K+ channel activity. However, at 80 M total Ca2+ all K+ channel activity was suppressed along with the activation of a 100 pS Cl channel. The K+ channel activity in periaxolemmal myelin was also regulated through a G-protein. Addition of GTPS to thetrans side of the bilayer resulted in a restriction of activity to the 45–50 pS channel which was present at all holding potentials. Endocytic coated vesicles, form in part through G-protein mediated events; white matter coated vesicles were analyzed for G proteins and for K+ channel activity. These vesicles, which previous studies had shown are derived from periaxolemmal domains, were found to be enriched in the subunits of G0, Gs, and Gi and the low molecular weight G protein,ras. As with periaxolemmal-myelin treated with GTPS, the vesicle membrane exhibited only the 50 pS channel. The channel was active at all holding potentials and had open times of 1–6 msec. Addition of GTPS to the bilayer fused with vesicle membrane appeared to suppress this channel activity at low voltages yet induced a hyperactive state at holding potentials of 45 mV or greater. The vesicle 50 pS K+ channel was also activated by the 6-methyl-dihydropyron-2-one (20 M).Abbreviations CNPase 2–3 cyclic nucleotide phosphohydrolase - EDTA ethylenediamine N,N,N,N-tetraacetic acid - G-protein GTP(guanosine triphosphate) binding protein - GTPS guanosine 5-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) - MAG myelin associated glycoprotein - Na+ K+ ATPase, Na+ and K+ stimulated adenosine triphosphatase - PLP myelin proteolipid protein Special issue dedicated to Dr. Majorie B. Lees.  相似文献   

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Z. Ping  I. Yabe  S. Muto 《Protoplasma》1992,171(1-2):7-18
Summary K+, Cl, and Ca2+ channels in the vacuolar membrane of tobacco cell suspension cultures have been investigated using the patch-clamp technique. In symmetrical 100mM K+, K+ channels opened at positive vacuolar membrane potentials (cytoplasmic side as reference) had different conductances of 57 pS and 24 pS. K+ channel opened at negative vacuolar membrane potentials had a conductance of 43 pS. The K+ channels showed a significant discrimination against Na+ and Cl. The Cl channel opened at positive vacuolar membrane potentials for cytoplasmic Cl influx had a high conductance of 110pS in symmetrical 100mM Cl. When K+ and Cl channels were excluded from opening, no traces were found of Ca2+ channel activity for vacuolar Ca2+ release induced by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate or other events. However, we found a 19pS Ca2+ channel which allowed influx of cytoplasmic Ca2+ into the vacuole when the Ca2+ concentration on the cytoplasmic side was high. When Ca2+ was substituted by Ba2+, the conductance of the 19 pS channel became 30 pS and the channel showed a selectivity sequence of Ba2+Sr2+Ca2+Mg2+=10.60.60.21. The reversal potentials of the channel shifted with the change in Ca2+ concentration on the vacuolar side. The channel could be efficiently blocked from the cytoplasmic side by Cd2+, but was insensitive to La3+, Gd3+, Ni2+, verapamil, and nifedipine. The related ion channels in freshly isolated vacuoles from red beet root cells were also recorded. The coexistence of the K+, Cl, and Ca2+ channels in the vacuolar membrane of tobacco cells might imply a precise classification and cooperation of the channels in the physiological process of plant cells.  相似文献   

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We apply a theoretical approach developed earlier. The interaction ofions that permeate a channel with slowly relaxing charged channel-forminggroups (ion-conformational interaction – ICI) is addressed by thisapproach. One can describe the ion concentration influence (ion regulation)on channel functioning in this manner. A patch-clamp method in awhole-cell configuration is used to study the ICI. For this purpose theinfluence of an external concentration of potassium ions on thepotential-dependent potassium current (IA) in the externalmembrane of GH3 cells was studied. The increase of[K+ out] from 5 mM to 100 mM causes anon-monotonous shift of current-voltage dependencies. The dependence of bothan activation time constant tgrn and a steady-state activation(n) on [K+]out have a minimum andmaximum respectively. The analysis of the results suggests that the observedeffects are caused by ICI. A physical model is developed to describe thedependence of the potassium channel kinetics on the external concentrationof the ions and the membrane potential. The deformation of the closedstate of the gate and the corresponding energy shifts cause the observednon-monotonous dependencies due to ICI. Thus, the general theoreticalapproach has an experimental confirmation and is applied to concreteexamples. Formulas for concentrational dependencies of the channel kineticsare given for practical uses.  相似文献   

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Summary Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles from frog leg muscle were fused with a planar phospholipid bilayer by a method described previously for rabbit SR. As a result of the fusion, K+-selective conduction channels are inserted into the bilayer. Unlike the two-state rabbit channel, the frog channel displays three states: a nonconducting (closed) state and two conducting states and . In 0.1m K+ the single-channel conductances are 50 and 150 pS for and , respectively. The probabilities of appearearance of the three states are voltage-dependent, and transitions between the closed and states proceed through the state. Both open states follow a quantitatively identical selectivity sequence in channel conductance: K+>NH 4 + >Rb+>Na+>Li+>Cs+. Both open states are blocked by Cs+ asymmetrically in a voltage-dependent manner. The zero-voltage dissociation constant for blocking is the same for both open states, but the voltage-dependences of the Cs+ block for the two states differ in a way suggesting that the Cs+ blocking site is located more deeply inside the membrane in the than in the state.  相似文献   

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Low voltage-activated (LVA) Ca2+ channels regulate chemical signaling by their ability to select for Ca2+. Whereas Ca2+ is the main permeating species through Ca2+ channels, Ca2+ permeation may be modified by abundant intra- and extracellular monovalent cations. Therefore, we explored monovalent cation regulation of LVA Ca2+ permeation in the cloned T-type Ca2+ channels 1G (CaV3.1) and 1H (CaV3.2). In physiological [Ca2+], the reversal potential in symmetrical Li+ was 19 mV in 1G and 18 mV in 1H, in symmetrical Cs+ the reversal potential was 36 mV in 1G and 37 mV in 1H, and in the bi-ionic condition with Li+ in the bath and Cs+ in the pipette, the reversal potential was 46 mV in both 1G and 1H. When Cs+ was used in the pipette, replacement of external Cs+ with Li+ (or Na+) shifted the reversal potential positive by 5–6 mV and increased the net inward current in 1G. Taken together the data indicate that in physiological [Ca2+], external Li+ (or Na+) permeates more readily than external Cs+, resulting in a positive shift of the reversal potential. We conclude that external monovalent cations dictate T-type Ca2+ channel selectivity by permeating through the channel. Similar to Li+, we previously reported that external [H+] can regulate T-type Ca2+ channel selectivity. 1Hs selectivity was more sensitive to external pH changes compared to 1G. When Cs+ was used in the pipette and Li+ was used in the bath external acidification from pHo 7.4 to 6.0 caused a negative shift of the reversal by 8 mV in 1H. Replacement of internal Cs+ with Li+ reduced the pH-induced shift of the reversal potential to 2 mV. We conclude that, similar to other external monovalent cations, H+ can modify T-type Ca2+ channel selectivity. However, in contrast to external monovalent ions that readily permeate, H+ regulate T-type Ca2+ channel selectivity by increasing the relative permeability of the internal monovalent cation. Present address: B.P. Delisle, Department of Medicine, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA  相似文献   

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The characteristics of the inhibitory effect of calcium ion (Ca2+)/calmodulin (CaM) on specific [125I]-omega-conotoxin GVIA (125I--CTX) binding and on the labeling of 125I--CTX to crude membranes from chick brain were investigated. The inhibitory effect of Ca2+/CaM depended on the concentrations of free Ca2+ and CaM. The IC50 values for free Ca2+ and CaM were about 2.0 × 10–8 M and 3.0 g protein/ml, respectively. The inhibitory effect of Ca2+/CaM was attenuated by the CaM antagonists W-7, prenylamine and CaM-kinase II fragment (290–309), but not by the calcineurin inhibitor FK506. Ca2+/CaM also inhibited the labeling of a 135-kDa band (which was considered to be part of N-type Ca2+ channel 1 subunits) with 125I--CTX using a cross-linker. These results suggest that Ca2+/CaM affects specific 125I--CTX binding sites, probably N-type Ca2+ channel 1 subunits, in crude membranes from chick whole brain.  相似文献   

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Currents generated by the Na+/K+ ATPase were measured under voltage clamp in oocytes of Xenopus laevis. The dependence of pump current on external [Na+] was investigated for the endogenous Xenopus pump as well as for wild-type and mutated pumps of electroplax of Torpedo californica expressed in the oocytes. The mutants had -subunits truncated before position Lys28 (K28) or Thr29 (T29) of the N-terminus. The currents generated by all variants of pump molecules in the presence of 5 mM K+ show voltage-dependent inhibition by external [Na+]. The apparent K1 values increase with membrane depolarisation, and the potential dependence can be described by the movement of effective charges in the electrical potential gradient across the membrane. Taking into account Na+-K+ competition for external binding to the E2P form, apparent K1 values and effective charges for the interaction of the Na+ ions with the E2P form can be estimated. For the Xenopus pump the effective charge amounts to 1.1 of an elementary charge and the K1 value at 0 mV to 44 mM. For the wild-type Torpedo pump, the analysis yields values of 0.73 of an elementary charge and 133 mM, respectively. Truncation at the N-terminus removing a lysinerich cluster of the a-subunit of the Torpedo pump leads to an increase of the effective charge and decrease of the K1 value. For K28, values of 0.83 of an elementary charge and 117 mM are obtained, respectively. If LyS28 is included in the truncation (·T29), the effective charge increases to 1.5 of an elementary charge and the apparent K1 value is reduced to 107 mM. The K, values for pump inhibition by external Na+, calculated by taking into account Na+-K+ competition, are smaller than the K/12 values determined in the presence of 5 mM [K+]. The difference is more pronounced for those pump variants that have higher Km, values. The variations of the parameters describing inhibition by external [Na+] are qualitatively similar to those described for the stimulation of the pumps by external [K+] in the absence of extracellular [Na+]. The observations may be explained by an acess channel within the membrane dielectric that has to be passed by the external Na+ and K+ ions to reach or leave their binding sites. The potential-dependent access and/or the interaction with the binding sites shows species differences and is affected by cytoplasmic lysine residues in the N-terminus.  相似文献   

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The interactions of eight piperidine derivatives with nicotinic receptor complexes fromTorpedo californica electric organ were studied using [125I]alpha-bungarotoxin ([125I]BGT) as a probe for the acetylcholine binding site and [3H]perhydrohistrionicotoxin ([3H]H12-HTX) as a probe for a site associated with the receptor-gated ion channel.Cis- andtrans-2-methyl-6-n-undecanyl piperidines (MUP), major constituents of fire ant venom, had a high-affinity for [3H]H12-HTX binding sites (Ki=0.08–0.24 M), but had no affect on receptor binding. MUP affinity for [3H]H12-HTX binding sites was approximately doubled in the presence of 1 M carbamylcholine. Introduction of a 2-hydroxyl group to the undecanyl side channel had little effect on activity of the alkaloid. The analog 2,6- (but not 3,5-) dimethylpiperidine was a moderately active inhibitor of [3H]H12-HTX binding (K i-8.8 M). 2-Methylpiperidine was considerably less active (K i=600 M), although it was more potent than either 3- or 4-methylpiperidine. The affinities of 2,6-dimethylpiperidine and 2-methylpiperidine for [3H]H12-HTX binding sites were decreased in the presence of 1 M carbamylcholine. Carbamylcholine affinity for the receptor was increased by up to 7 fold in the presence of 10 and 32 M MUP, but was decreased in the presence of 2,6-dimethylpiperidine and 2-methylpiperidine. Thecis- andtrans-isomers of MUP were equipotent in producing each of its effects. In these actions, MUP resembles a variety of other compounds derived from 2,6-disubstituted piperidines, including histrionicotoxins, gephyrotoxins and pumiliotoxins. These studies establish the importance of alkyl substitutions in theortho position of the piperidine ring in conferring ion channel specificity, and the importance of substantial alkyl side chains in conferring the ability of channel blockers to stabilize the nicotinic receptor complex in high affinity, desensitized conformations.  相似文献   

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U. Homeyer  G. Schultz 《Planta》1988,176(3):378-382
The energy-dependent transport of phenylalanine into isolated vacuoles of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) mesophyll protoplasts has been studied by silicone-layer floatation filtering. The uptake of this aromatic amino acid into the vacuolar compartment is markedly increased by MgATP, showing saturation kinetics; the K m values were 0.5 mM for MgATP and 1.2 mM for phenylalanine. V max for phenylalanine transport was estimated to 140 nmol phenylalanine·(mg·Chl)-1·h-1. The transport shows a distinct pH optimum at 7.3 and is markedly inhibited by 40 mM nitrate. Azide (1 mM) and vanadate (400 M) had no or little effect on rates of transport while p-fluorophenylalanine seemed to be an effective inhibitor, indicating a possible competition at an amino-acid carrier. Ionophores such as valinomycin, nigericin or gramicidin were strong inhibitors of phenylalanine transport, indicating that this process is coupled to both the transmembrane pH gradient (pH) and the transmembrane potential ().Abbreviations and symbols BSA bovine serum albumin - Chl chlorophyll - Hepes 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid - pH transmembrane pH gradient - transmembrane potential  相似文献   

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We have examined the effect of the Ca2+ (Mg2+)-ATPase inhibitors thapsigargin (TG) and vanadate on ATP-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake into IP3-sensitive Ca2+ pools in isolated microsomes from rat pancreatic acinar cells. The inhibitory effect of TG was biphasic. About 40–50% of total Ca2+ uptake was inhibited by TG up to 10 nm (apparent Ki4.2 nm, Ca2+ pool I). An additional increase of inhibition up to 85–90% of total Ca2+ uptake could be achieved at 15 to 20 nm of TG (apparent Ki12.1 nm, Ca2+ pool II). The rest was due to TG-insensitive contaminating plasma membranes and could be inhibited by vanadate (apparent Ki10 m). In the absence of TG, increasing concentrations of vanadate also showed two phases of inhibition of microsomal Ca2+ uptake. About 30–40% of total Ca2+ uptake was inhibited by 100 m of vanadate (apparent Ki18 m, Ca2+ pool II). The remaining 60–70% could be inhibited either by vanadate at concentrations up to 1 mm (apparent Ki300 m) or by TG up to 10 nm (Ca2+ pool I). The amount of IP3-induced Ca2+ release was constant at 25% over a wide range of Ca2+ filling. About 10–20% remained unreleasable by IP3. Reduction of IP3 releasable Ca2+ in the presence of inhibitors showed similar dose-response curves as Ca2+ uptake (apparent Ki 3.0 nm for IP3-induced Ca2+ release as compared to 4.2 nm for Ca2+ uptake at TG up to 10 nm) indicating that the highly TG-sensitive Ca2+ pump fills the IP3-sensitive Ca2+ pool I. At TG concentrations >10 nm which blocked Ca2+ pool II the apparent Ki values were 11.3 and 12.1 nm, respectively. For inhibition by vanadate up to 100 m the apparent Ki values were 18 m for Ca2+ uptake and 7 m for Ca2+ release (Ca2+ pool II). At vanadate concentrations up to 1 mm the apparent Ki values were 300 and 200 m, respectively (Ca2+ pool I). Both Ca2+ pools I and II also showed different sensitivities to IP3. Dose-response curves for IP3 in the absence of inhibitors (control) showed an apparent Km value for IP3 at 0.6 m. In the presence of TG (inhibition of Ca2+ pool I) the curve was shifted to the left with an apparent Km for IP3 at 0.08 m. In the presence of vanadate (inhibition of Ca2+ pool II), the apparent Km for IP3 was 2.1 m. These data allow the conclusion that there are at least three different Ca2+ uptake mechanisms present in pancreatic acinar cells: TG- and IP3 insensitive but highly vanadate-sensitive Ca2+ uptake occurs into membrane vesicles derived from plasma membranes. Two Ca2+ pools with different TG-, vanadate- and IP3-sensitivities are most likely located in the endoplasmic reticulum at different cell sites, which could have functional implications for hormonal stimulation of pancreatic acinar cells.This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Sonderforschungsbereich 246. The authors wish to thank Dr. KlausDieter Preuß for valuable discussions and Mrs. Gabriele Mörschbächer for excellent secretarial help.  相似文献   

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Summary We have investigated muscarinic receptor-operated Ca2+ mobilization in a salivary epithelial cell line, HSG-PA, using an experimental approach which allows independent evaluation of intracellular Ca2+ release and extracellular Ca2+ entry. The carbachol (Cch) dose response of intracellular Ca2+ release indicates the involvement of a single, relatively low-affinity, muscarinic receptor site (K 0.510 or 30 m, depending on the method for [Ca2+] i determination). However, similar data for Ca2+ entry indicate the involvement of two Cch sites, one consistent with that associated with Ca2+ release and a second higher affinity site withK 0.52.5 m. In addition, the Ca2+ entry response observed at lower concentrations of Cch (2.5 m) was completely inhibited by membrane depolarization induced with high K+ (>55mm) or gramicidin D (1 m), while membrane depolarization had little or no effect on Ca2+ entry induced by 100 m Cch. Another muscarinic agonist, oxotremorine-M (100 m; Oxo-M), like Cch, also induced an increase in the [Ca2+] i of HSG-PA cells (from 72±2 to 104±5nm). This response was profoundly blocked (75%) by the inorganic Ca2+ channel blocker La3+ (25–50 m) suggesting that Oxo-M primarily mobilizes Ca2+ in these cells by increasing Ca2+ entry. Organic Ca2+ channel blockers (verapamil or diltiazem at 10 m, nifedipine at 1 m), had no effect on this response. The Oxo-M induced Ca2+ mobilization response, like that observed at lower doses of Cch, was markedly inhibited (70–90%) by membrane depolarization (high K+ or gramicidin D). At 100 m Cch the formation of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) was increased 55% above basal levels. A low concentration of carbachol (1 m) elicited a smaller change in IP3 formation (25%), similar to that seen with 100 m Oxo-M (20%). Taken together, these results suggest that there are two modes of muscarinic receptor-induced Ca2+ entry in HSG-PA cells. One is associated with IP3 formation and intracellular Ca2+ release and is independent of membrane potential; the other is less dependent on IP3 formation and intracellular Ca2+ release and is modulated by membrane potential. This latter pathway may exhibit voltage-dependent gating.  相似文献   

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Summary This report details preliminary findings for ion channels in the plasma membrane of protoplasts derived from the cotyledons ofAmaranthus seedlings. The conductance properties of the membrane can be described almost entirely by the behavior of two types of ion channel observed as single channels in attached and detached patches. The first is a cation-selective outward rectifier, and the second a multistate anion-selective channel which, under physiological conditions, acts as an inward rectifier.The cation channel has unit conductance of approx. 30 pS (symmetrical 100 K+) and relative permeability sequence K+>Na+>Cl (10.160.03); whole-cell currents activate in a time-dependent manner, and both activation and deactivation kinetics are voltage dependent. The anion channel opens for hyperpolarized membrane potentials, has a full-level conductance of approx. 200 pS and multiple subconductance states. The number of sub-conductances does not appear to be fixed. When activated the channel is open for long periods, though shuts if the membrane potential (V m ) is depolarized; at millimolar levels of [Ca2+]cyt this voltage dependency disappears. Inward current attributable to the anion channel is not observed in whole-cell recordings when MgATP (2mm) is present in the intracellular solution. By contrast the channel is active in most detached patches, whether MgATP is present or not on the cytoplasmic face of the membrane. The anion channel has a significant permeability to cations, the sequence being NO 3 >Cl>K+>Aspartate (2.0410.18 to 0.090.04). The relative permeability for K+ decreased at progressively lower conductance states. In the absence of permeant anions this channel could be mistaken for a cation inward rectifier. The anion and cation channels could serve to clampV m at a preferred value in the face of events which would otherwise perturbV m .  相似文献   

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Summary Rapid mixing-vesicle ion flux and planar lipid bilayer-single channel measurements have shown that a high-conductance, ligand-gated Ca2+ release channel is present in heavy, junctional-derived membrane fractions of skeletal and cardiac muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. Using the release channel-specific probe, ryanodine, a 30S protein complex composed of polypeptides of Mr 400 000 has been isolated from cardiac and skeletal muscle. Reconstitution of the complex into planar lipid bilayers has revealed a Ca2+ conductance with properties characteristic of the native Ca2+ release channel.  相似文献   

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The Ca2+ channel 1B subunit is a pore-forming component capable of generating N-type Ca2+ channel activity. Although N-type Ca2+ channel plays a role in a variety of neuronal functions, 1B-deficient mice exhibit normal life span without apparent abnormalities of behavior, histology or plasma norepinephrine level, presumably owing to compensation by some other Ca2+ channel 1 or subunit. In this study, we studied the levels of 1A, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1, 2, 3 and 4 mRNAs in adrenal gland of 1B-deficient mice. The 1A mRNA in homozygous mice was expressed at higher level than in wild or heterozygous mice, but no difference in the expression levels of 1C, 1D, 1E, 1, 2, 3 and 4 was found among wild, heterozygous and homozygous mice. The protein level of 1A in homozygous mice was also expressed at higher level than in wild or heterozygous mice. To examine whether increased expression is induced by cis-regulatory element within 5-upstream region of 1A gene, we examined lacZ expression in 1B-deficient × 1A6.3-lacZ mice (carrying a 6.3-kb 5-upstream fragment of 1A gene fused to E. coli lacZ reporter gene), which express lacZ in medullar chromaffin cells, but not in cortex. The levels of lacZ expression in homozygous 1B-deficient × 1A6.3-lacZ mice were higher than in wild or heterozygous mice. Therefore, a possible explanation of the normal behavior and plasma norepinephrine level of 1B-deficient mice is that compensation by 1A subunit occurs and that 6.3-kb 5-upstream region of 1A gene contains enhancer cis-element(s) for compensation in adrenal medulla chromaffin cells. (Mol Cell Biochem 271: 91–99, 2005)  相似文献   

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Summary The gigaohm seal technique was used to study ion permeation through acetylcholine-activated channels in cell-attached patches of the extrajunctional membrane of chronically denervated, enzyme-treated cells from the sartorius muscle of the toadBufo marinus. The most frequently occurring channel type (>95% of channel openings), provisionally classified as extrajunctional, had a chord conductance of approximately 25 pS under normal conditions (–70 mV, 11°C, Normal Toad Ringer's). The less frequently observed channel type (<5% of channel openings), classified as a junctional type, had a conductance of 35 pS under the same conditions, and a similar null potential. In many patches, a small percentage (usually <2%) of openings of the extrajunctional channel displayed a lower conductance state. The shape of theI–V curves obtained for the extrajunctional channel dependend on the predominant extracellular cation. For Cs and K, theI–V curves were essentially linear over the voltage range +50 to –150 mV across the patch, suggesting that the potential independent component of the energy profile within the channel was symmetrical. For Li, theI–V curve was very nonlinear, displaying a significant sublinearity at hyperpolarized potentials. Both an electrodiffusion and a symmetrical uniform four-barrier, three-site rate-theory model provided reasonable fits to the data, whereas symmetrical two-barrier, single-site rate-theory models did not. For the alkali cations examined, the relative permeability sequence wasP Cs>P K>P Na>P Li—a proportional selectivity sequence. This was different from the single channel conductance sequence which was found to be K> Cs> Na> Li implying that ions do not move independently through the channel. The relative binding constant sequence for the channel sites was found to be a polarizability sequence, i.e.,K Li>K Cs>K Na>K K There was an inverse relationship for the cations examined. Under conditions when the single-channel conductance was relatively high, the conductance at depolarized potentials was lower than that predicted by both electrodiffusion and rate theory models, suggesting that there was a rate-limiting access step for ions, from the intracellular compartment into the channel.  相似文献   

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