The cardiac Na-Ca exchanger in giant membrane patches
The cardiac Na-Ca exchanger in giant membrane patches
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb44783.x
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1996-01-01
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Hilgemann, DW
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Hilgemann, DW
Many techniques have contributed to progress in Na-Ca exchange research. They include isotope flux methods, 1-3 voltage optical methods, 6 and molecular bi~ logy.~ The giant membrane patch technique* was developed to study cardiac Na-Ca exchange currents with improved control of ion concentrations on both membrane sides, free access to the cytoplasmic membrane side, and faster control of membrane potential. At the time of the Second International Meeting on Sodium-Calcium Exchange in 1991, these methodological advantages had already led to several new in~ ights.~First, it was discovered that exchanger activity is modulated by complex autoinhibitory reactions which can move the exchanger out of an active transport cycle. I0, I1 These reactions can be analyzed as ‘inactivation’processes, analogous to a greater or lesser extent to channel inactivation reactions. Second, in agreement with others,‘*.” the apparent ion affinities of the exchanger depend on ion concentrations on the opposite membrane side as expected for a ‘consecutive’exchange cycle (ie, moving first 3 Na in one direction and then 1 Ca in the other direction across the membrane). 14, 15 Third, current transients (or ‘charge movements’) were identified for sodium translocation in the absence of calcium, but not for calcium translocation in the absence of~ 0diurn. I~ These results, together with improved data on the voltage-and ion-dependencies of exchanger currents, suggested that ion binding sites may have a net charge of close to-2. Thus, approximately one net positive charge would be moved across the membrane electrical field during the translocation of three sodium ions, while calcium translocation can be largely electroneutral.