DISTRIBUTION AND KINETICS OF MEMBRANE DIELECTRIC POLARIZATION .1. LONG-TERM INACTIVATION OF GATING CURRENTS
DISTRIBUTION AND KINETICS OF MEMBRANE DIELECTRIC POLARIZATION .1. LONG-TERM INACTIVATION OF GATING CURRENTS
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DOI:
10.1085/jgp.79.1.21
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
FERNANDEZ, JM
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作者:
BEZANILLA, F;TAYLOR, RE;FERNANDEZ, JM
Gating currents were measured by subtracting the linear component of the capacitative current recorded at very positive or very negative potentials. When the membrane is depolarized for a few minutes, repolarized to the usual holding potential (HP) of --70 mV for 1 ms, and then pulsed to 0 mV, the charge transferred in 2--4 ms is approximately 50% of that which was transferred during the same pulse holding at --70 mV. This charge decrease, called slow inactivation of the gating current, was found to be consistent with a shift of the charge vs. potential (Q-V) curve to more hyperpolarized potentials. When the HP is 0 mV, the total charge available to move is the same as the total charge available when the HP is --70 mV. The time constants of the fast component of the ON gating current are smaller at depolarized holding potentials than at --70 mV. When the HP is --70 mV and a prepulse of 50 ms duration is given to 0 mV, the Q-V curve is also shifted to more hyperpolarized potentials (charge immobilization), but the effect is not as pronounced as the one obtained by holding at 0 mV. When the HP is 0 mV, a prepulse to --70 mV for 50 ms partially shifts back the Q-V curve, indicating that fast inactivation of the gating charge may be recovered in the presence of slow inactivation. A physical model consisting of a gating particle that interacts with a fast inactivating particle, and a slow inactivating particle, reproduces most of the experimental results.