Surface charge and lanthanum block of calcium current in bullfrog sympathetic neurons
Surface charge and lanthanum block of calcium current in bullfrog sympathetic neurons
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(98)77937-8
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发表时间:
1998-05-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Jones, SW
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作者:
Block, BM;Stacey, WC;Jones, SW
The density of surface charge associated with the calcium channel pore was estimated from the effect of extracellular ionic strength on block by La3+. Currents carried by 2 mM Ba2+ were recorded from isolated frog sympathetic neurons by the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. In normal ionic strength (120 mM N-methyl-D-glucamine, NMG), La3+ blocked the current with high affinity (IC50 = 22 nM at 0 mV). La3+ block was relieved by strong depolarization in a time- and voltage-dependent manner. After unblocking, open channels reblocked rapidly at 0 mV, allowing estimation of association and dissociation rates for La3+: k(on) = (7.2 +/- 0.7) x 10(8) M-1 s(-1), k(off) = 10.0 +/- 0.5 s(-1), To assess surface charge effects, La3+ block was also measured in low ionic strength (12.5 mM NMG) and high ionic strength (250 mM NMG), La3+ block was higher affinity and faster by two-to threefold in 12.5 mM NMG, with little effect of 250 mM NMG, The data could be described by Gouy-Chapman theory with a surface charge density of similar to 1 e(-)/3000-4000 Angstrom(2). These results indicate that there is a small but detectable surface charge associated with the pore of voltage-dependent calcium channels.