Basolateral K channels in an insect epithelium. Channel density, conductance, and block by barium.
Basolateral K channels in an insect epithelium. Channel density, conductance, and block by barium.
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昆虫上皮的基底外侧 K 通道。
DOI:
10.1085/jgp.87.3.443
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发表时间:
1986
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Lewis,SA
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作者:
Hanrahan,JW;Wills,NK;Phillips,JE;Lewis,SA
ABSTRACT K channels in the basolateral membrane of insect hindgut were studied using current fluctuation analysis and microelectrodes. Locust recta were mounted in Ussing-type chambers containing Cl-free saline and cyclic AMP (CAMP). A transepithelial K current was induced by raising serosal [K] under short-circuit conditions. Adding Ba to the mucosal (luminal) side under these conditions had no effect; however, serosal Ba reversibly inhibited the short-circuit current (IK), increased transepithelial resistance (R,), and added a Lorentzian component to power density spectra of the I.. A nonlinear relationship between corner frequency and serosal [Ba] was observed, which suggests that the rate constant for Ba association with basolateral channels increased as [Ba] was elevated. Microelectrode experiments revealed that the basolateral membrane hyperpolarized when Ba was added: this change in membrane potential could explain the nonlinearity of the 21rfc vs.[Ba] relationship if external Ba sensed about three-quarters of the basolateral membrane field. Conventional microelectrodes were used to determine the correspondence between transepithelially measured current noise and basolateral membrane conductance fluctuations, and ion-sensitive microelectrodes were used to measure intracellular K activity (aK). From the relationship between the net electrochemical potential for Kacross the basolateral membrane and the single channel current calculated from noise analysis, we estimate that the conductance of basolateral K channels is-60 pS, and that there are-180 million channels per square centimeter of tissue area.