POTASSIUM FLUXES IN VOLTAGE CLAMPED PURKINJE FIBRES
POTASSIUM FLUXES IN VOLTAGE CLAMPED PURKINJE FIBRES
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00362653
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
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KERN, R
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作者:
HAAS, HG;KERN, R
1. Isolated strands of sheep Purklnje fibers have been used to measure K42 efflux under voltage clamp conditions. K efflux data were obtained as steady-state values i.e. as a function of membrane potential but not of time. 2. From the K efflux data the corresponding values of K influx and K net current IK were calculated using the flux relation of Hodgkin and Keynes (1955). 3. The steady-state K current-voltage relationship is a monotonous S-shaped curve. The slope [delta]IK/[delta]V is always positive and reaches a minimum between V =[long dash]50 and[long dash]90 mV. 4. From the K current-voltage relationship the K chord conductance gK was calculated. Starting from the resting potential the conductance-voltage relationship shows a decrease (increase) in case of depolarization (hyperpolarlzation) with a minimum at V =[long dash]50 mV and a maximum at V =[long dash]110 mV. 5. The K current-voltage relationship is in qualitative agreement with the membrane current-voltage relationships obtained from electrical measurements in Na-free solutions (Hall, Hutter, and Noble, 1963; Deck and Trautwein, 1964). In the range of depolarization, the membrane current as determined by electrical methods appears to be smaller than the K current. 6. The time course of membrane conductance G during a cardiac action potential (Weidmann, 1951, 1956) was compared with the gK values corresponding to the instantaneous membrane potential. A sufficient agreement was found for the final repolarization and the slow diastolic depolarization.