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The effects of angiotensin II (100 nm) on the electrical membrane properties of zona fasciculata cells isolated from calf adrenal gland were studied using the whole cell patch recording method. In current-clamp condition, angiotension II induced a biphasic membrane response which began by a transient hyperpolarization followed by a depolarization more positive than the control resting potential. These effects were abolished by Losartan (10−5 m), an antagonist of angiotensin receptors of type 1. The angiotensin II-induced transient hyperpolarization was characterized in voltage-clamp condition from a holding potential of −10 mV. Using either the perforated or the standard recording method, a transient outward current accompanied by an increase of the membrane conductance was observed in response to the hormonal stimulation. This outward current consisted of an initial fast peak followed by an oscillating or a slowly decaying plateau current. In Cl-free solution, the outward current reversed at −78.5 mV, a value close to E K. It was blocked by external TEA (20 mm) and by apamin (50 nm). In K+-free solution, the transient outward current, sensitive to Cl channel blocker DPC (400 μm), reversed at −52 mV, a more positive potential than E Cl. Its magnitude changed in the same direction as the driving force for Cl. The hormone-induced transient outward current was never observed when EGTA (5 mm) was added to the pipette solution. The plateau current was suppressed in nominally Ca2+-free solution (47% of cells) and was reversibly blocked by Cd2+ (300 μm) but not by nisoldipine (0.5–1 μm) which inhibited voltage-gated Ca2+ currents identified in this cell type. The present experiments show that the transient hyperpolarization induced by angiotensin II is due to Ca2+-dependent K+ and Cl currents. These two membrane currents are co-activated in response to an internal increase of [Ca2+] i originating from intra- and extracellular stores. Received: 29 May 1997/Revised: 4 November 1997  相似文献   

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Quantitative time-resolved measurements of cytosolic Ca2+ release by photolysis of caged InsP3 have been made in single rat submandibular cells using patch clamp whole-cell recording to measure the Ca2+-activated Cl and K+ currents. Photolytic release of InsP3 from caged InsP3 at 100 Joules caused transient inward (VH = 60 mV) and outward (VH = 0 mV) currents, which were nearly symmetric in their time course. The inward current was reduced when pipette Cl concentration was decreased, and the outward current was suppressed by K+ channel blockers, indicating that they were carried by Cl and K+, respectively. Intracellular pre-loading of the InsP3 receptor antagonist heparin or the Ca2+ chelator EGTA clearly prevented both inward and outward currents, indicating that activation of Ca2+-dependent Cl and K+ currents underlies the inward and the outward currents. At low flash intensities, InsP3 caused Ca2+ release which normally activated the K+ and Cl currents in a mono-transient manner. At higher intensities, however, InsP3 induced an additional delayed outward K+ current (IK(delay)). IK(delay) was independent of the initial K+ current, independent of extracellular Ca2+, inhibited by TEA, and gradually prolongated by repeated flashes. The photolytic release of Ca2+ from caged Ca2+ did not mimic the IK(delay). It is suggested that Ca2+ releases from the InsP3-sensitive pools in an InsP3 concentration-dependent manner. Low concentrations of InsP3 induce the transient Ca2+-dependent Cl and K+ currents, which reflects the local Ca2+ release, whereas high concentrations of InsP3 induce a delayed Ca2+-dependent K+ current, which may reflect the Ca2+ wave propagation. J. Cell. Physiol. 174:387–397, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.  相似文献   

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UV irradiation has multiple effects on mammalian cells, including modification of ion channel function. The present study was undertaken to investigate the response of membrane currents in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes to the type A (355, 380 nm) irradiation commonly used in Ca2+ imaging studies. Myocytes configured for whole-cell voltage clamp were generally held at −80 mV, dialyzed with K+-, Na+-free pipette solution, and bathed with K+-free Tyrode’s solution at 22°C. During experiments that lasted for ≈ 35 min, UVA irradiation caused a progressive increase in slowly-inactivating inward current elicited by 200-ms depolarizations from −80 to −40 mV, but had little effect on background current or on L-type Ca2+ current. Trials with depolarized holding potential, Ca2+ channel blockers, and tetrodotoxin (TTX) established that the current induced by irradiation was late (slowly-inactivating) Na+ current (INa). The amplitude of the late inward current sensitive to 100 μM TTX was increased by 3.5-fold after 20–30 min of irradiation. UVA modulation of late INa may (i) interfere with imaging studies, and (ii) provide a paradigm for investigation of intracellular factors likely to influence slow inactivation of cardiac INa.  相似文献   

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Melanoma cells are transformed melanocytes of neural crest origin. K+ channel blockers have been reported to inhibit melanoma cell proliferation. We used whole-cell recording to characterize ion channels in four different human melanoma cell lines (C8161, C832C, C8146, and SK28). Protocols were used to identify voltage-gated (KV), Ca2+-activated (KCa), and inwardly rectifying (KIR) K+ channels; swelling-sensitive Cl channels (Clswell); voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (CaV) and Ca2+ channels activated by depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores (CRAC); and voltage-gated Na+ channels (NaV). The presence of Ca2+ channels activated by intracellular store depletion was further tested using thapsigargin to elicit a rise in [Ca2+] i . The expression of K+ channels varied widely between different cell lines and was also influenced by culture conditions. KIR channels were found in all cell lines, but with varying abundance. Whole-cell conductance levels for KIR differed between C8161 (100 pS/pF) and SK28 (360 pS/pF). KCa channels in C8161 cells were blocked by 10 nm apamin, but were unaffected by charybdotoxin (CTX). KCa channels in C8146 and SK28 cells were sensitive to CTX (K d = 4 nm), but were unaffected by apamin. KV channels, found only in C8146 cells, activated at ∼−20 mV and showed use dependence. All melanoma lines tested expressed CRAC channels and a novel Clswell channel. Clswell current developed at 30 pS/sec when the cells were bathed in 80% Ringer solution, and was strongly outwardly rectifying (4:1 in symmetrical Cl). We conclude that different melanoma cell lines express a diversity of ion channel types. Received: 2 April 1996/Revised: 22 August 1996  相似文献   

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Summary Patch-clamp studies of whole-cell ionic currents were carried out in parietal cells obtained by collagenase digestion of the gastric fundus of the guinea pig stomach. Applications of positive command pulses induced outward currents. The conductance became progressively augmented with increasing command voltages, exhibiting an outwardly rectifying current-voltage relation. The current displayed a slow time course for activation. In contrast, inward currents were activated upon hyperpolarizing voltage applications at more negative potentials than the equilibrium potential to K+ (E K). The inward currents showed time-dependent inactivation and an inwardly rectifying current-voltage relation. Tail currents elicited by voltage steps which had activated either outward or inward currents reversed at nearE K, indicating that both time-dependent and voltagegated currents were due to K+ conductances. Both outward and inward K+ currents were suppressed by extracellular application of Ba2+, but little affected by quinine. Tetraethylammonium inhibited the outward current without impairing the inward current, whereas Cs+ blocked the inward current but not the outward current. The conductance of inward K+ currents, but not outward K+ currents, became larger with increasing extracellular K+ concentration. A Ca2+-mobilizing acid secretagogue, carbachol, and a Ca2+ ionophore, ionomycin, brought about activation of another type of outward K+ currents and voltage-independent cation currents. Both currents were abolished by cytosolic Ca2+ chelation. Quinine preferentially inhibited this K+ current. It is concluded that resting parietal cells of the guinea pig have two distinct types of voltage-dependent K+ channels, inward rectifier and outward rectifier, and that the cells have Ca2+-activated K+ channels which might be involved in acid secretion under stimulation by Ca2+-mobilizing secretagogues.  相似文献   

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The outer sulcus epithelium was recently shown to absorb cations from the lumen of the gerbil cochlea. Patch clamp recordings of excised apical membrane were made to investigate ion channels that participate in this reabsorptive flux. Three types of channel were observed: (i) a nonselective cation (NSC) channel, (ii) a BK (large conductance, maxi K or K Ca ) channel and (iii) a small K+ channel which could not be fully characterized. The NSC channel found in excised insideout patch recordings displayed a linear current-voltage (I-V) relationship (27 pS) and was equally conductive for Na+ and K+, but not permeable to Cl or N-methyl-d-glucamine. Channel activity required the presence of Ca2+ at the cytosolic face, but was detected at Ca2+ concentrations as low as 10−7 m (open probability (P o ) = 0.11 ± 0.03, n= 8). Gadolinium decreased P o of the NSC channel from both the external and cytosolic side (IC50∼ 0.6 μm). NSC currents were decreased by amiloride (10 μm− 1 mm) and flufenamic acid (0.1 mm). The BK channel was also frequently (38%) observed in excised patches. In symmetrical 150 mm KCl conditions, the I-V relationship was linear with a conductance of 268 pS. The Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz equation for current carried solely by K+ could be fitted to the I-V relationship in asymmetrical K+ and Na+ solutions. The channel was impermeable to Cl and N-methyl-d-glucamine. P o of the BK channel increased with depolarization of the membrane potential and with increasing cytosolic Ca2+. TEA (20 mm), charybdotoxin (100 nm) and Ba2+ (1 mm) but not amiloride (1 mm) reduced P o from the extracellular side. In contrast, external flufenamic acid (100 μm) increased P o and this effect was inhibited by charybdotoxin (100 nm). Flufenamic acid inhibited the inward short-circuit current measured by the vibrating probe and caused a transient outward current. We conclude that the NSC channel is Ca2+ activated, voltage-insensitive and involved in both constitutive K+ and Na+ reabsorption from endolymph while the BK channel might participate in the K+ pathway under stimulated conditions that produce an elevated intracellular Ca2+ or depolarized membrane potential. Received: 14 October 1999/Revised: 10 December 1999  相似文献   

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The resting potassium current (I KI ) in gerbil dissociated type I vestibular hair cells has been characterized under various ionic conditions in whole cell voltage-clamp. When all K+ in the patch electrode solution was replaced with Na+, (Na+) in or Cs+, (Cs+) in , large inward currents were evoked in response to voltage steps between −90 and −50 mV. Activation of these currents could be described by a Hodgkin-Huxley-type kinetic scheme, the order of best fit increasing with depolarization. Above ∼−40 mV currents became outward and inactivated with a monoexponential time course. Membrane resistance was inversely correlated with external K+ concentration. With (Na+) in , currents were eliminated when K+ was removed from the external solution or following extracellular perfusion of 4-aminopyridine, indicating that currents flowed through I KI channels. Also, reduction of K+ entry through manipulation of membrane potential reduced the magnitude of the outward current. Under symmetrical Cs+, 0 K+ conditions I KI is highly permeable to Cs+. However, inward currents were reduced when small amounts of external K+ were added. Higher concentrations of K+ resulted in larger currents indicating an anomalous mole fraction effect in mixtures of external Cs+ and K+. Received: 23 June 1999/Revised: 27 September 1999  相似文献   

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A voltage-dependent but Ca2+-independent regulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor outward activity was studied at the single channel level using outside-out patches of cultured mouse cortical neurons. Unlike the inward activity associated with Ca2+ and Na+ influx, the NMDA receptor outward K+ conductance was unaffected by changes in Ca2+ concentration. Following a depolarizing pre-pulse, the single channel open probability (NP o), amplitude, and open duration of the NMDA inward current decreased, whereas the same pre-depolarization increased those parameters of the NMDA outward current (pre-pulse facilitation). The outward NP o was increased by the pre-pulse facilitation, disregarding Ca2+ changes. The voltage–current relationships of the inward and outward currents were shifted by the pre-depolarization toward opposite directions. The Src family kinase inhibitor, PP1, and the Src kinase antibody, but not the anti-Fyn antibody, blocked the pre-pulse facilitation of the NMDA outward activity. On the other hand, a hyperpolarizing pre-pulse showed no effect on NMDA inward currents but inhibited outward currents (pre-pulse depression). Application of Src kinase, but not Fyn kinase, prevented the pre-pulse depression. We additionally showed that a depolarization pre-pulse potentiated miniature excitatory synaptic currents (mEPSCs). The effect was blocked by application of the NMDA receptor antagonist AP-5 during depolarization. These data suggest a voltage-sensitive regulation of NMDA receptor channels mediated by Src kinase. The selective changes in the NMDA receptor-mediated K+ efflux may represent a physiological and pathophysiological plasticity at the receptor level in response to dynamic changes in the membrane potential of central neurons.  相似文献   

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Large Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels in Human Meningioma Cells   总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2  
Cells from ten human meningiomas were electrophysiologically characterized in both living tissue slices and primary cultures. In whole cells, depolarization to voltages higher than +80 mV evoked a large K+ outward current, which could be blocked by iberiotoxin (100 nm) and TEA (half blocking concentration IC50= 5.3 mm). Raising the internal Ca2+ from 10 nm to 2 mm shifted the voltage of half-maximum activation (V 1/2) of the K+ current from +106 to +4 mV. Respective inside-out patch recordings showed a voltage- and Ca2+-activated (BK Ca ) K+ channel with a conductance of 296 pS (130 mm K+ at both sides of the patch). V 1/2 of single-channel currents was +6, −12, −46, and −68 mV in the presence of 1, 10, 100, and 1000 μm Ca2+, respectively, at the internal face of the patch. In cell-attached patches the open probability (P o ) of BK Ca channels was nearly zero at potentials below +80 mV, matching the activation threshold for whole-cell K+ currents with 10 nm Ca2+ in the pipette. Application of 20 μm cytochalasin D increased P o of BK Ca channels in cell-attached patches within minutes. These data suggest that the activation of BK Ca channels in meningioma cells does not only depend on voltage and internal Ca2+ but is also controlled by the cytoskeleton. Received 18 June 1999/Revised: 18 January 2000  相似文献   

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Using the voltage-clamp technique, we investigated transmembrane ion currents in isolated smooth muscle cells of the guinea pigtaenia coli. In our study, we identified and studied a charibdotoxin-sensitive component of Ca2+-dependent K+ current carried through the channels of high conductance (in most publications called “big conductance,”I BK(Ca)). This component was completely blocked by 100 nM charibdotoxin and by tetraethylammonium in concentrations as low as 1 mM.I BK(Ca) demonstrated fast kinetics of inactivation, which nearly coincided with that of Ca2+ current. In addition to the dependence on Ca2+ concentration, this current also showed voltage-dependent properties: with a rise in the level of depolarization its amplitude increased. In many cells, depolarizing shifts in the membrane potential evoke spontaneous outward currents. Such currents probably represent the secondary effect of cyclic Ca2+ release from the caffeine-sensitive intracellular stores that result in short-term activation of charibdotoxin-sensitive Ca2+-dependent K+ channels.  相似文献   

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Properties of large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels were studied in the soma of motoneurones visually identified in thin slices of neonatal rat spinal cord. The channels had a conductance of 82 ± 5 pS in external Ringer solution (5.6 mm K+ o //155 mm K+ i ) and 231 ± 4 pS in external high-K o solution (155 mm K+ o //155 mm K+ i ). The channels were activated by depolarization and by an increase in internal Ca2+ concentration. Potentials of half-maximum channel activation (E50) were −13, −34, −64 and −85 mV in the presence of 10−6, 10−5, 10−4 and 10−3 m internal Ca2+, respectively. Using an internal solution containing 10−4 m Ca2+, averaged KCa currents showed fast activation within 2–3 msec after a voltage step to +50 mV. Averaged KCa currents did not inactivate during 400 msec voltage pulses. External TEA reduced the apparent single-channel amplitude with a 50% blocking concentration (IC50) of 0.17 ± 0.02 mm. KCa channels were completely suppressed by externally applied 100 mm charybdotoxin. It is concluded that KCa channels activated by Ca2+ entry during the action potential play an important role in the excitability of motoneurones. Received: 7 November 1996/Revised: 29 October 1997  相似文献   

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We used whole-cell patch-clamp recording techniques to investigate G protein-activated currents in cultured rat retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Using 140 mm KCl intracellular and 130 mm NaCl extracellular solutions, rat RPE cells possessed both inward and outward K+ currents. Upon addition of the nonhydrolyzable guanine triphosphate analogue, guanosine-5′-O-(3-thiophosphate) (GTPγS, 0.1 mm), to the recording electrode, a nonspecific cation (NSC) current was elicited. The NSC current had a mean reversal potential of +5.7 mV in 130 mm extracellular NaCl with Cs+-aspartate in the pipette, and was not affected by alterations in the extracellular Ca2+ or Cl concentration. The GTPγS-activated current was found to be permeable to several monovalent cations (K+, Na+, choline, TRIS, and NMDG). Addition of fluoroaluminate, an activator of large molecular weight heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins (G proteins), to the intracellular recording solution activated the NSC current. The G protein involved was pertussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive, since GTPγS failed to activate the NSC current in cells pretreated with PTX. Further investigation of second messenger molecules suggested that activation of the NSC current was not affected by alterations in intracellular Ca2+ or ATP. From these results, we conclude that a G protein-regulated NSC current is present in rat RPE cells. Activation of the NSC current may sufficiently depolarize RPE cells to activate outward K+ currents. This would provide a mechanism by which these cells could rid themselves of accumulated K+. Received: 25 January 1996/Revised: 24 April 1996  相似文献   

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A large conductance, Ca2+-activated K+ channel of the BK type was examined in cultured pituitary melanotrophs obtained from adult male rats. In cell-attached recordings the slope conductance for the BK channel was ≈190 pS and the probability (P o ) of finding the channel in the open state at the resting membrane potential was low (<<0.1). Channels in inside-out patches and in symmetrical 150 mm K+ had a conductance of ≈260 pS. The lower conductance in the cell-attached recordings is provisionally attributed to an intracellular K+ concentration of ≈113 mm. The permeability sequence, relative to K+, was K+ > Rb+ (0.87) > NH+ 4 (0.17) > Cs+≥ Na+ (≤0.02). The slope conductance for Rb+ was much less than for K+. Neither Na+ nor Cs+ carried measurable currents and 150 mm internal Cs+ caused a flickery block of the channel. Internal tetraethylammonium ions (TEA+) produced a fast block for which the dissociation constant at 0 mV (K D (0 mV)) was 50 mm. The K D (0 mV) for external TEA+ was much lower, 0.25 mm, and the blocking reaction was slower as evidenced by flickery open channel currents. With both internal and external TEA+ the blocking reaction was bimolecular and weakly voltage dependent. External charybdotoxin (40 nm) caused a large and reversible decrease of P o . The P o was increased by depolarization and/or by increasing the concentration of internal Ca2+. In 0.1 μm Ca2+ the half-maximal P o occurred at ≈100 mV; increasing Ca2+ to 1 μm shifted the voltage for the half-maximal P o to −75 mV. The Ca2+ dependence of the gating was approximated by a fourth power relationship suggesting the presence of four Ca2+ binding sites on the BK channel. Received: 23 October/Revised: 15 December 1995  相似文献   

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In an attempt to understand the processes mediating ion transport within the root, the patch clamp technique was applied to protoplasts isolated from the cortex and stele of maize roots and their plasma membrane conductances investigated. In the whole-cell configuration, membrane hyperpolarization induced a slowly activating inwardly rectifying conductance in most protoplasts isolated from the root cortex. In contrast, most protoplasts isolated from the stele contained a slowly activating outwardly rectifying conductance upon plasma membrane depolarization. The reversal potential of the inward current indicated that it was primarily due to the movement of K+; the outwardly rectifying conductance was comparatively less selective for K+. Membrane hyperpolarization beyond a threshold of about ?70 mV induced inward currents. When EK was set negative of this threshold, inward currents activated negative of EK and no outward currents were observed positive of EK. Outward currents in the stelar protoplasts activated at potentials positive of ?85 mV. However, when EK was set positive of ?85 mV a small inward current was also observed at potentials negative (and slightly positive) of the equilibrium potential for K+. Inwardly and outwardly rectifying K+ channels were observed in outside-out patches from the plasma membrane of cortical and stelar cells, respectively. Characterization of these channels showed that they were likely to be responsible for the macroscopic ‘whole-cell’ currents. Inward and outward currents were affected differently by various K+ channel blockers (TEA+, Ba2+ and Cs+). In addition, Ca2+ above 1 mM partially blocked the inward current in a voltage-dependent manner but had little effect on the outward current. It is suggested that the inwardly rectifying conductance identified in protoplasts isolated from the cortex probably represents an important component of the low-affinity K+ uptake mechanism (mechanism II) identified in intact roots. The outwardly rectifying conductance identified in protoplasts isolated from the stele could play a role in the release of cations into the xylem vessels for transport to the shoot.  相似文献   

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A Ca2+-activated Cl conductance in rat submandibular acinar cells was identified and characterized using whole-cell patch-clamp technique. When the cells were dialyzed with Cs-glutamate-rich pipette solutions containing 2 mm ATP and 1 μm free Ca2+ and bathed in N-methyl-d-glucamine chloride (NMDG-Cl) or Choline-Cl-rich solutions, they mainly exhibited slowly activating currents. Dialysis of the cells with pipette solutions containing 300 nm or less than 1 nm free Ca2+ strongly reduced the Cl currents, indicating the currents were Ca2+-dependent. Relaxation analysis of the ``on' currents of slowly activating currents suggested that the channels were voltage-dependent. The anion permeability sequence of the Cl channels was: NO 3 (2.00) > I (1.85) ≥ Br (1.69) > Cl (1.00) > bicarbonate (0.77) ≥ acetate (0.70) > propionate (0.41) ≫ glutamate (0.09). When the ATP concentration in the pipette solutions was increased from 0 to 10 mm, the Ca2+-dependency of the Cl current amplitude shifted to lower free Ca2+ concentrations by about two orders of magnitude. Cells dialyzed with a pipette solution (pCa = 6) containing ATP-γS (2 mm) exhibited currents of similar magnitude to those observed with the solution containing ATP (2 mm). The addition of the calmodulin inhibitors trifluoperazine (100 μm) or calmidazolium (25 μm) to the bath solution and the inclusion of KN-62 (1 μm), a specific inhibitor of calmodulin kinase, or staurosporin (10 nm), an inhibitor of protein kinase C to the pipette solution had little, if any, effect on the Ca2+-activated Cl currents. This suggests that Ca2+/Calmodulin or calmodulin kinase II and protein kinase C are not involved in Ca2+-activated Cl currents. The outward Cl currents at +69 mV were inhibited by NPPB (100 μm), IAA-94 (100 μm), DIDS (0.03–1 mm), 9-AC (300 μm and 1 mm) and DPC (1 mm), whereas the inward currents at −101 mV were not. These results demonstrate the presence of a bicarbonate- and weak acid-permeable Cl conductance controlled by cytosolic Ca2+ and ATP levels in rat submandibular acinar cells. Received: 9 January 1996/Revised: 20 May 1996  相似文献   

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This paper provides the first study of voltage-sensitive membrane currents present in heart myocytes from cephalopods. Whole cell patch clamp recordings have revealed six different ionic currents in myocytes freshly dissociated from squid cardiac tissues (branchial and systemic hearts). Three types of outward potassium currents were identified: first, a transient outward voltage-activated A-current (IA), blocked by 4-aminopyridine, and inactivated by holding the cells at a potential of −40 mV; second, an outward, voltage-activated, delayed rectifier current with a sustained time course (IK); and third, an outward, calcium-dependent, potassium current (IK(Ca)) sensitive to Co2+ and apamin, and with the characteristic N-shaped current voltage relationship. Three inward voltage-activated currents were also identified. First, a rapidly activating and inactivating, sodium current (INa), blocked by tetrodotoxin, inactivated at holding potentials more positive than −40 mV, and abolished when external sodium was replaced by choline. Second, an L-type calcium current (ICa,L) with a sustained time course, suppressed by nifedipine or Co2+, and enhanced by substituting Ca2+ for Ba2+ in the external medium. The third inward current was also carried by calcium ions, but could be distinguished from the L-type current by differences in its voltage dependence. It also had a more transient time course, was activated at more negative potentials, and resembled the previously described low-voltage-activated, T-type calcium current. Accepted: 24 September 1999  相似文献   

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Purinergic signalling in rat GFSHR-17 granulosa cells was characterised by Ca2+-imaging and perforated patch-clamp. We observed a resting intracellular Ca2+-concentration ([Ca2+]i) of 100 nM and a membrane potential of −40 mV. This was consistent with high K+− and Cl permeability and a high intracellular Cl concentration of 40 mM. Application of ATP for 5–15 s every 3 min induced repeated [Ca2+]i increases and a 30 mV hyperpolarization. The phospholipase C inhibitor U73122 or the IP3-receptor antagonist 2-aminoethoethyl diphenyl borate suppressed ATP responses. Further biochemical and pharmacological experiments revealed that ATP responses were related to stimulation of P2Y2 and P2Y4 receptors and that the [Ca2+]i increase was a prerequisite for hyperpolarization. Inhibitors of Ca2+-activated channels or K+ channels did not affect the ATP-evoked responses. Conversely, inhibitors of Cl channels hyperpolarized cells to −70 mV and suppressed further ATP-evoked hyperpolarization. We propose that P2Y2 and P2Y4 receptors in granulosa cells modulate Cl permeability by regulating Ca2+-release.  相似文献   

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Summary Electrical membrane properties of solitary spiking cells during newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster) retinal regeneration were studied with whole-cell patch-clamp methods in comparison with those in the normal retina.The membrane currents of normal spiking cells consisted of 5 components: inward Na+ and Ca++ currents and 3 outward K+ currents of tetraethylammonium (TEA)-sensitive, 4-aminopyridine (4-AP)-sensitive, and Ca++-activated varieties. The resting potential was about -40mV. The activation voltage for Na+ and Ca++ currents was about -30 and -17 mV, respectively. The maximum Na+ and Ca++ currents were about 1057 and 179 pA, respectively.In regenerating retinae after 19–20 days of surgery, solitary cells with depigmented cytoplasm showed slowrising action potentials of long duration. The ionic dependence of this activity displayed two voltage-dependent components: slow inward Na+ and TEA-sensitive outward K+ currents. The maximum inward current (about 156 pA) was much smaller than that of the control. There was no indication of an inward Ca++ current.During subsequent regeneration, the inward Ca++ current appeared in most spiking cells, and the magnitude of the inward Na+, Ca++, and outward K+ currents all increased. By 30 days of regeneration, the electrical activities of spiking cells became identical to those in the normal retina. No significant difference in the resting potential and the activation voltage for Na+ and Ca++ currents was found during the regenerating period examined.  相似文献   

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The primo-vascular (Bonghan) tissue has been identified in most tissues in the body, but its structure and functions are not yet well understood. We characterized electrophysiological properties of the cells of the primo-nodes (PN) on the surface of abdominal organs using a slice patch clamp technique. The most abundant were small round cells (~10 μm) without processes. These PN cells exhibited low resting membrane potential (−36 mV) and did not fire action potentials. On the basis of the current–voltage (I–V) relationships and kinetics of outward currents, the PN cells can be grouped into four types. Among these, type I cells were the majority (69%); they showed strong outward rectification in I–V relations. The outward current was activated rapidly and sustained without decay. Tetraethylammonium (TEA) dose-dependently blocked both outward and inward current (IC50, 4.3 mM at ±60 mV). In current clamp conditions, TEA dose-dependently depolarized the membrane potential (18.5 mV at 30 mM) with increase in input resistance. The tail current following a depolarizing voltage step was reversed at −27 mV, and transient outward current like A-type K+ current was not expressed at holding potential of −80 mV. Taken together, the results demonstrate for the first time that the small round PN cells are heterogenous, and that, in type I cells, TEA-sensitive current with limited selectivity to K+ contributed to resting membrane potential of these cells.  相似文献   

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Summary Whole-cell sealed-on pipettes have been used to measure electrical properties of the plasmalemma surrounding protoplasts isolated from Black Mexican sweet corn shoot cells from suspension culture. In these protoplasts the membrane resting potential (V m ) was found to be –59±23 mV (n=23) in 1mm K o . The meanV m became more negative as [K] o decreased, but was more positive than the K+ equilibrium potential. There was no evidence of electrogenic pump activity. We describe four features of the current-voltage characteristic of the plasmalemma of these protoplasts which show voltagegated channel activity. Depolarization of the whole-cell membrane from the resting potential activates time- and voltage-dependent outward current through K+-selective channels. A local minimum in the outward current-voltage curve nearV m =150 mV suggests that these currents are mediated by two populations of K+-selective channels. The absence of this minimum in the presence of verapamil suggests that the activation of one channel population depends on the influx of Ca2+ into the cytoplasm. We identify unitary currents from two K+-selective channel populations (40 and 125 pS) which open when the membrane is depolarized; it is possible that these mediate the outward whole-cell current. Hyperpolarization of the membrane from the resting potential produces time- and voltage-dependent inward whole-cell current. Current activation is fast and follows an exponential time course. The current saturates and in some cases decreases at membrane potentials more negative than –175 mV. This current is conducted by poorly selective K+ channels, whereP Cl/P K=0.43±0.15. We describe a low conductance (20 pS) channel population of unknown selectivity which opens when the membrane is hyperpolarized. It is possible that these channels mediate inward whole-cell current. When the membrane is hyperpolarized to potentials more negative than –250 mV large, irregular inward current is activated. A third type of inward whole-cell current is briefly described. This activates slowly and with a U-shaped current-voltage curve over the range of membrane potentials –90<V m <0 mV.  相似文献   

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