CA-2+-DEPENDENT ADAPTIVE PROPERTIES IN THE SOLITARY OLFACTORY RECEPTOR CELL OF THE NEWT
CA-2+-DEPENDENT ADAPTIVE PROPERTIES IN THE SOLITARY OLFACTORY RECEPTOR CELL OF THE NEWT
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(90)90605-b
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发表时间:
1990-05-07
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
SHIBUYA, T
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作者:
KURAHASHI, T;SHIBUYA, T
The time-dependent decay of the olfactory receptor potential was analyzed with a solitary cell preparation by using the whole-cell patch clamp technique. During prolonged stimulation by 10 mM N-amylacetate under standard conditions, 17 out of 63 isolated olfactory cells responded with slow depolarization. Of these 17 cells, response amplitudes in 14 cells (''phasic/tonic'' response) gradually decayed within 9 s, with a half-decay time of 1.71 .+-. 1.10 s (mean .+-. S.D.). The relative amplitude (ratio of tonic component to peak amplitude, Vtonic/Vmax) was 0.29 .+-. 0.10. The response decay was attributed to the inactivation of the odorant-activated conductance. The recovery after inactivation, which was determined with double pulse experiments, was dependent on the resting interval. The inactivation of the odorant-activated conductance was found to be observed only when the external medium contained Ca2+. In addition, it was found that the odorant-activated conductance was capable of permeating Ca2+ (PCa/PNa = 6.5), and a rise in the internal EGTA concentration (to 50 mM) inhibited the inactivation. These observations suggest that the decay of the olfactory response to prolonged stimulation is mediated by Ca2+ influx.