ACTION OF TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM ON CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS IN PIG PANCREATIC ACINAR-CELLS STUDIED BY PATCH-CLAMP SINGLE-CHANNEL AND WHOLE-CELL CURRENT RECORDING
ACTION OF TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM ON CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS IN PIG PANCREATIC ACINAR-CELLS STUDIED BY PATCH-CLAMP SINGLE-CHANNEL AND WHOLE-CELL CURRENT RECORDING
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01870780
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
PETERSEN, OH
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作者:
IWATSUKI, N;PETERSEN, OH
The effects of tetraethylammonium ions [TEA] on currents through high-conductance voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ channels were studied with the help of patch-clamp single-channel and whole-cell current recording on pig pancreatic acinar cells. In excised outside-out membrane patches TEA (1-2 mM) added to the bath solution virtually abolishes unitary current activity except at very positive membrane potentials when unitary currents corresponding to a markedly reduced conductance are observed. TEA in a lower concentration (0.2 mM) markedly reduces the open-state probability and causes some reduction of the single-channel conductance. In inside-out membrane patches bath application of TEA in concentrations up to 2 mM has no effect on single-channel currents. At a higher concentration (10 mM) slight reductions in single-channel conductance occur. In whole-cell current recording experiments TEA (1-2 mM) added to the bath solution completely suppresses the outward currents associated with depolarizing voltage jumps to membrane potentials of 0 mV and blocks the major part (70-90%) of the outward currents even at very positive membrane potentials (30-40 mV). In contrast TEA (2 mM) added to the cell interior (pipette solution) has no effect on the outward K+ current. TEA in low concentrations (1-2 mM) acts specifically on the outside of the plasma membrane to block current through the high-conductance Ca2+ and voltage-activated K+ channels.