Modeling the current-voltage characteristics of charophyte membranes.: II.: The effect of salinity on membranes of Lamprothamnium papulosum
Modeling the current-voltage characteristics of charophyte membranes.: II.: The effect of salinity on membranes of Lamprothamnium papulosum
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DOI:
10.1007/pl00020977
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发表时间:
2001-05-15
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Shepherd, VA
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作者:
Beilby, MJ;Shepherd, VA
Lamprothamnium is a salt-tolerant charophyte that inhabits a broad range of saline environments. The electrical characteristics of Lamprothamnium cell membranes were modeled in environments of different salinity: full seawater (SW), 0.5 SW, 0.4 SW, and 0.2 SW. The cells were voltage-clamped to obtain the IN (current-voltage) and GN (conductance-voltage) profiles of the cell membranes. Cells growing at the different salinities exhibited one of three types of IN profiles (states), pump-, background- and K+-states. This study concentrates on the pump- and background-states. Curved (pump-dominated) I/V characteristics were found in cells with resting membrane PDs (potential differences) of -219 +/- 12 mV tin 0.2 SW: 6 cells, 16 profiles), -161 +/- 12 mV tin 0.4 SW: 6 cells, 7 profiles), -151 +/- 12 mV tin 0.5 SW: 6 cells, 12 profiles) and -137 +/- 12 mV tin full SW: 8 cells, 13 profiles). The linear I/V charac- teristics of the background-state were found in cells with resting PDs of -107 +/- 12 mV tin 0.4 SW: 7 cells, 12 profiles), -108 +/- 12 mV tin 0.5 SW: 7 cells, 10 profiles) and -104 +/- 12 mV tin full SW: 3 cells, 5 profiles). The resting conductance (G) of the cells progressively increased with salinity, from 0.5 S.m(-2) (in 0.2 SW) to 22.0 S.m(-2) tin full SW). The pump peak conductance only rose from 2 S.m(-2) (0.2 SW) to 5 S.m(-2) (full SW), accounting for the increasingly depolarized resting PD observed in cells in more saline media.Upon exposure to hypertonic medium, both the pump and an inward K+ rectifier were stimulated. The modeling of the I/V profiles identified the inward K+ rectifier as an early electrical response to hypertonic challenge.