Properties of the Na+/K+ pump current in small neurons from adult rat dorsal root ganglia
Properties of the Na+/K+ pump current in small neurons from adult rat dorsal root ganglia
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.bjp.0705170
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发表时间:
2003-04-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Yasuda, H
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作者:
Hamada, L;Matsuura, H;Yasuda, H
1 The present investigation was undertaken to characterize the Na+/K+ pump current in small (less than or equal to 25 mum in soma diameter) dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons isolated from lumbar L4-6 segments of adult rats.2 The Na+/K+ pump current was identified as an ouabain-sensitive current during square voltage steps to membrane potentials between + 40 and - 120 mV, using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique in which Ca2+ and K+ channel currents and Na+/Ca2+ exchange currents were minimized. The Na+/K+ pump current was practically time-independent over the entire voltage range examined and exhibited a voltage-dependence; its current - voltage (I-V) relationship displayed a positive slope at potentials between - 120 and 0 mV but nearly plateau levels at positive membrane potentials.3 The concentration-dependent block of Na+/K+ pump current (activated by 30 mM pipette Na+) by ouabain at concentrations between 0.1 mum and 5 mM was biphasic and was well described using a two-binding site model with dissociation constants for high- and low-affinity binding sites of 0.20 and 140.1 muM, respectively. The relative amplitude of the Na+/K+ pump current produced by low- and high-affinity sites (probably alpha1beta1 and alpha3beta1 isozymes, respectively) was estimated to be 13: 1 in the presence of 30 mM Na+ in the pipette solution.4 Additionally, the activation of Na+/K+ pump current by pipette Na+ at concentrations ranging from 5 to 100 mM also exhibited a biphasic concentration dependence which can be reasonably well fitted by assuming the existence of two isozymes having high and low affinities for Na+ (6.7 and 67.6 mM, respectively).5 Thus, the present investigation provides functional evidence to suggest that the Na+/K+ ATPase comprises two functionally distinct isozymes as expected for a alpha1beta1 and alpha3beta1 in rat small DRG neurons.