VOLTAGE CLAMP EXPERIMENTS ON INTERNALLY PERFUSED GIANT AXONS
VOLTAGE CLAMP EXPERIMENTS ON INTERNALLY PERFUSED GIANT AXONS
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1965.sp007732
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发表时间:
1965-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
MEVES, H
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作者:
CHANDLER, WK;MEVES, H
Voltage clamp experiments were carried out on internally perfused giant axons. Early outward currents were observed with large depolarizations with KC1 + sucrose (no Na) inside the fibre and either sodium or choline artificial sea water outside. These currents were similar to those generally associated with movement of Na ions. They were decreased when the internal KC1 was replaced with RbCl, CsCl or sucrose. The early outward current was turned on and was inactivated in a manner quantitatively similar to that for the early sodium conductance. Potassium can go through the sodium channel but much less readily than sodium. The relative Na:K selectivity was not changed by lowering internal pH, by replacing chloride with sulphate or deterioration; the selectivity appeared to be lowered by diluting the internal KC1 with sucrose. Replacement of internal KC1 with Nacl changed the equilibrium potential of the early current in a manner consistent with a sodium electrode of selectivity PNa/pK = 12. Equilibrium potentials were measured with external lithium and with internal rubidium and caesium; the selectivity to cations followed the sequence Li [>] Na [>] Rb[>] Cs. On the assumption that only monovalent cations go through the sodium channel the relative permeabilities of Li:Na:K:Rb:Cs were 1.1:1/12:1/40:1/61. Replacement of internal potassium with either choline, sodium, rubidium or cesium decreased the late currents below the values expected from the independence principle.