Pharmacology of the human red cell voltage-dependent cation channel. Part II: inactivation and blocking
Pharmacology of the human red cell voltage-dependent cation channel. Part II: inactivation and blocking
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bcmd.2004.07.001
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发表时间:
2004-11-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Christophersen, P
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作者:
Bennekou, P;Barksmann, TL;Christophersen, P
Pharmacological modulation of the nonselective voltage-dependent cation (NSVDC) channel from human erythrocytes was studied. Using the inorganic cations ruthenium red and La3+, as well as the organic thiol group reagents iodoacetamide (IAA) and N-ethylmaleimide (NEM), it was possible to demonstrate a concentration-dependent decrease in the voltage-activated conductance, reflecting an inhibition or inactivation of the channel. Initial voltage activation was achieved by injecting human red cells into sucrose-substituted Ringers with a low chloride concentration, which causes a strongly positive membrane potential to develop, initially determined by the equilibrium potential for Cl- (approximate to +100 mV). Due to the voltage- and time-dependent activation of the cation channel, net effluxes, minimized by addition of a chloride conductance blocker, occurred and V-m gradually decreased and stabilized at a value less positive than E-Cl, reflecting the increased cation conductance, g(+), reaching 1.5-2.0 muS/cm(2). In the presence of inhibitors of the NSVDC channel, both the membrane potential repolarization and the cation efflux were diminished. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.