Assessment of swelling-activated Cl- channels using the halide-sensitive fluorescent indicator 6-methoxy-N-(3-sulfopropyl)quinolinium.
Assessment of swelling-activated Cl- channels using the halide-sensitive fluorescent indicator 6-methoxy-N-(3-sulfopropyl)quinolinium.
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使用卤化物敏感荧光指示剂 6-甲氧基-N-(3-磺基丙基)喹啉鎓评估膨胀激活的 Cl-通道。
DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(98)77499-5
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1998
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Hughes,BA
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作者:
Srinivas,SP;Bonanno,JA;Hughes,BA
This study describes a quantitative analysis of the enhancement in anion permeability through swelling-activated Cl−channels, using the halide-sensitive fluorescent dye 6-methoxy-N-(3-sulfopropyl)quinolinium (SPQ). Cultured bovine corneal endothelial monolayers perfused with NO3−Ringer's were exposed to I−pulses under isosmotic and, subsequently, hyposmotic conditions. Changes in SPQ fluorescence due to I−influx were significantly faster under hyposmotic than under isosmotic conditions. Plasma membrane potential (Em) was −58 and −32mV under isosmotic and hyposmotic conditions, respectively. An expression for the ratio of I−permeability under hyposmotic condition to that under isosmotic condition (termed enhancement ratio or ER) was derived by combining the Stern-Volmer equation (for modeling SPQ fluorescence quenching by I−) and the Goldman flux equation (for modeling the electrodiffusive unidirectional I−influx). The fluorescence values and slopes at the inflection points of the SPQ fluorescence profile during I−influx, together withEmunder isosmotic and hyposmotic conditions, were used to calculate ER. Based on this approach, endothelial cells were shown to express swelling-activated Cl−channels with ER=4.9 when the hyposmotic shock was 110±10 mosM. These results illustrate the application of the SPQ-based method for quantitative characterization of swelling-activated Cl−channels in monolayers.