CATION CHANNEL BLOCKED BY EXTRACELLULAR CA2+ IN THE APICAL MEMBRANE OF THE CHICK EMBRYONIC ECTODERM
CATION CHANNEL BLOCKED BY EXTRACELLULAR CA2+ IN THE APICAL MEMBRANE OF THE CHICK EMBRYONIC ECTODERM
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00374311
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发表时间:
1994-12-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
KUCERA, P
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作者:
LI, JQ;PRODHOM, B;KUCERA, P
In the chick embryo (20 h incubation, gastrula stage), the apical membrane of the ectodermal cells shows a high density of a non-selective cation channel which is blocked by very low extracellular Ca2+ concentrations. Properties of this channel were studied at the single-channel level using the patch-clamp technique in the cell-attached mode.With 1 mmol/l Ca2+ in the pipette, only outward current was present and the channel conductance measured at +120 mV was 25.5 pS. In the absence of Ca2+, also inward current through the channel was observed. The conductances measured at -50 mV were 49.5 pS with Na+ as the charge carrier, 72.5 pS with K+, 49.1 pS with Cs+, and 18.5 pS with Li+. The conductance measured at +80 mV was around 23 pS in all four cases. The reversal potential was similar (around 25 mV) for all four ions, which indicates a poor selectivity of the channel. In the absence of Ca2+ and the presence of 1 mmol/l ethylenebis(oxonitrilo)tetraacetate (EGTA), the kinetics of the channel were characterized by bursts of the order of seconds. During a burst, the channel flickered between one open and one closed level. The open time was constant between -30 mV and -80 mV, while the closed time decreased with hyperpolarization. The open time varied according to the permeant ion (K+