EFFECT OF CHANGES IN INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR-SODIUM ON THE INWARD (ANOMALOUS) RECTIFICATION IN SALAMANDER PHOTORECEPTORS
EFFECT OF CHANGES IN INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR-SODIUM ON THE INWARD (ANOMALOUS) RECTIFICATION IN SALAMANDER PHOTORECEPTORS
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1984.sp015086
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
BERTRAND, D
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作者:
BADER, CR;BERTRAND, D
Solitary rod inner segments were obtained by enzymic dissociation of the tiger salamander retina. Ih, an inward current activated by membrane hyperpolarization, was studied using the single-pipette voltage-clamp technique with patch pipettes. In order to investigate Ih in isolation from voltage-dependent K and Ca currents, it was necessary to superfuse with a solution containing TEA [tetraethylammonium] and Co. When the solution in the patch pipette contained 45 mM KCl and 50 mM NaCl, the characteristics of Ih were indistinguishable from those previously described with fine-tip microelectrodes: the reversal potential was near -30 mV and Ih was blocked by extracellular caesium and enhanced by an increase in the extracellular K concentration. The increase in Ih observed when the extracellular K concentration is raised is due to an increase in conductance and in driving force. Replacement of N in the patch pipettes, replacement of extracellular Na displaced the reversal potential for Ih to -74 mV, a value in the range of the K equilibrium potential in solitary inner segments. Intracellular or intra- and extracellular Na substitution affected neither the activation range of Ih nor the maximum conductance. Points 3-6 showed that Ih is carried mainly, if not exclusively, by Na and K and that the channel responsible for Ih is insensitive to modifications of the intra- or extracellular sodium concentration. The results of long-term hyperpolarization, of partial block with Cs and of total N substitution are consistent with Na and K permeating the same type of channel.