THE EFFECT OF LOCAL-ANESTHETICS ON THE COMPONENTS OF THE ASYMMETRY CURRENT IN THE SQUID GIANT-AXON
THE EFFECT OF LOCAL-ANESTHETICS ON THE COMPONENTS OF THE ASYMMETRY CURRENT IN THE SQUID GIANT-AXON
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1984.sp015315
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
NEUMCKE, B
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作者:
BEKKERS, JM;GREEFF, NG;NEUMCKE, B
The effects of local anesthetics and holding potential on Na and asymmetry currents were studied in intracellularly dialyzed squid giant axons. The asymmetry currents were fractionated into their inactivating and non-inactivating components, and the charge displacements Qi and Qn of the 2 components were determined for pulse potentials between -20 and +40 mV. The charged local anesthetic RAD 366, a quaternary derivative of lidocaine, applied internally at a concentration in the dialysis solution of 1 mM, did not change Qn, but reduced Qi about 3-fold. The neutral local anesthetic benzocaine, applied externally at a concentration in the bathing solution of 1 mM, had effects very similar to RAD 366. It did not change Qn, but reduced Qi and the Na current about 2.5-fold. Unlike local anesthetics, steady membrane depolarization had essentially equal effects on Qn, Qi and Na current. Lowering the holding potential from -98 to -60 mV for several minutes reduced all 3 variables to about half. Models of Na channel voltage-gating are discussed which implicate both Qn and Qi, and which account for the selective blockage of Qi by Na inactivation and local anesthetics.