BLOCKING EFFECTS OF BARIUM AND HYDROGEN-IONS ON POTASSIUM CURRENT DURING ANOMALOUS RECTIFICATION IN STARFISH EGG
BLOCKING EFFECTS OF BARIUM AND HYDROGEN-IONS ON POTASSIUM CURRENT DURING ANOMALOUS RECTIFICATION IN STARFISH EGG
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1978.sp012338
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
PATLAK, J
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作者:
HAGIWARA, S;MIYAZAKI, S;PATLAK, J
The blocking effects of Ba+ and H+ on the inward K current during anomalous rectification of the giant egg membrane of the starfish Mediaster aequalis, were studied using voltage clamp techniques. External Ba2+ at a low concentration (10-100 .mu.M) suppresses the inward K current; the extent of suppression, expressed as the ratio of currents with and without Ba2+, can be described by a conventional bimolecular adsorption isotherm, K/(K + [Ba2+]o) K being an apparent dissociation constant. The dissociation constant, K, decreases as the membrane potential V becomes more negative and can be expressed by K(V) = K(0) exp (z.mu.FV/RT) where K(0) is the K at V = 0, z is the charge of the blocking ion, and .mu. is a parameter for the membrane potential dependence of Ba2+ blockage. The value of .mu. ranges between 0.64 and 0.68. Upon a sudden change in membrane potential the change in the blocking effect of Ba2+ follows 1st order kinetics; the forward rate constant is membrane-potential-dependent whereas the backward constant is potential-independent. The blocking effect of Ba2+ appears independent of K channels activation during anomalous rectification. The blocking effect of Ba2+ depends on V alone, in contrast to the activation of the K channel during anomalous rectification which depends on V-VK. In these respects, the effect of Ba2+ is equivalent to the introduction of inactivation into the anomalous rectification. Sr2+ and Ca2+ show small but observable blocking effects only at much higher concentrations (about 10-20 mM). The inward K current is suppressed when the external pH is reduced below 6.0. The blocking effect of H+ shows no significant potential dependence. The concentration dependence suggests that three H+ simultaneously titrate the acidic groups of each channel (pK = 5.3-5.4). The implications of these results are discussed in terms of molecular models of the K channel of anomalous rectification and possible mechanisms of K channel inactivation.