Voltage clamping single cells in intact Malpighian tubules of mosquitoes
Voltage clamping single cells in intact Malpighian tubules of mosquitoes
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DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.2000.279.4.f747
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发表时间:
2000-10-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Beyenbach, KW
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作者:
Masia, R;Aneshansley, D;Beyenbach, KW
Principal cells of the Malpighian tubule of the yellow fever mosquito were studied with the methods of two-electrode voltage clamp (TEVC). Intracellular voltage (V(pc)) was -86.7 mV, and input resistance (R(pc)) was 388.5 k Omega (n = 49 cells). In six cells, Ba(2+) (15 mM) had negligible effects on V(pc), but it increased R(pc) from 325.3 to 684.5 k Omega (P < 0.001). In the presence of Ba(2+), leucokinin-VIII (1 mu M) increased V(pc) to 2101.8 mV (P < 0.001) and reduced R(pc) to 340.2 k Omega (P < 0.002). Circuit analysis yields the following: basolateral membrane resistance, 652.0 k Omega; apical membrane resistance, 340.2 k Omega; shunt resistance (R(sh)), 344.3 k Omega; transcellular resistance, 992.2 k Omega. The fractional resistance of the apical membrane (0.35) and the ratio of transcellular resistance and R(sh) (3.53) agree closely with values obtained by cable analysis in isolated perfused tubules and confirm the usefulness of TEVC methods in single principal cells of the intact Malpighian tubule. Dinitrophenol (0.1 mM) reversibly depolarized V(pc) from -94.3 to -10.7 mV (P < 0.001) and reversibly increased R(pc) from 412 to 2,879 k Omega (P < 0.001), effects that were duplicated by cyanide (0.3 mM). Significant effects of metabolic inhibition on voltage and resistance suggest a role of ATP in electrogenesis and the maintenance of conductive transport pathways.