scholarly journals Ion conduction and selectivity in acid-sensing ion channel 1

2014 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Yang ◽  
Lawrence G. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Single Channel ◽  
Divalent Cations ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Xenopus Laevis Oocytes ◽  
Acid Sensing Ion Channels ◽  
Outer Vestibule ◽  
Na Currents ◽  
Ion Substitution ◽  
A Site

The ability of acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) to discriminate among cations was assessed based on changes in conductance and reversal potential with ion substitution. Human ASIC1a was expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, and acid-induced currents were measured using two-electrode voltage clamp. Replacement of extracellular Na+ with Li+, K+, Rb+, or Cs+ altered inward conductance and shifted the reversal potentials consistent with a selectivity sequence of Li ∼ Na > K > Rb > Cs. Permeability decreased more rapidly than conductance as a function of atomic size, with PK/PNa = 0.1 and GK/GNa = 0.7 and PRb/PNa = 0.03 and GRb/GNa = 0.3. Stimulation of Cl− currents when Na+ was replaced with Ca2+, Sr2+, or Ba2+ indicated a finite permeability to divalent cations. Inward conductance increased with extracellular Na+ in a hyperbolic manner, consistent with an apparent affinity (Km) for Na+ conduction of 25 mM. Nitrogen-containing cations, including NH4+, NH3OH+, and guanidinium, were also permeant. In addition to passing through the channels, guanidinium blocked Na+ currents, implying competition for a site within the pore. The role of negative charges in an external vestibule of the pore was evaluated using the point mutation D434N. The mutant channel had a decreased single-channel conductance, measured in excised outside-out patches, and a macroscopic slope conductance that increased with hyperpolarization. It had a weakened interaction with Na+ (Km = 72 mM) and a selectivity that was shifted toward larger atomic sizes. We conclude that the selectivity of ASIC1 is based at least in part on interactions with binding sites both within and internal to the outer vestibule.

scholarly journals Ion permeation through light-activated channels in rhabdomeric photoreceptors. Role of divalent cations.

1996 ◽  
Vol 107 (6) ◽  
pp. 715-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
M D Gomez ◽  
E Nasi
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Light Adaptation ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Divalent Cations ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Receptor Potential ◽  
Equilibrium Potential ◽  
Positive Equilibrium ◽  
Kinetics Of

The receptor potential of rhabdomeric photoreceptors is mediated primarily by a Na influx, but other ions must also permeate through light-dependent channels to account for some properties of the photoresponse. We examined ion conduction in macroscopic and single-channel light-induced currents of slug and scallop photoreceptors. In the absence of Na, a fivefold change in extracellular K shifted the reversal voltage of the photocurrent (Vrev) by approximately 27 mV. Because the dependency of Vrev on [K]o was sub-Nernstian, and Vrev in each condition was more positive than Ek, some other ion(s) with a positive equilibrium potential must be implicated, in addition to K. We assessed the participation of calcium, an important candidate because of its involvement in light adaptation. Three strategies were adopted to minimize the impairments to cytosolic Ca homeostasis and loss of responsiveness that normally result from the required ionic manipulations: (a) Internal dialysis with Na-free solutions, to prevent reverse operation of the Na/Ca exchanger. (b) Rapid solution changes, temporally limiting exposure to potentially detrimental ionic conditions. (c) Single-channel recording, exposing only the cell-attached patch of membrane to the test solutions. An inward whole-cell photocurrent could be measured with Ca as the only extracellular charge carrier. Decreasing the [Ca]o to 0.5 mM reduced the response by 43% and displaced the reversal potential by -4.3 mV; the shift was larger (delta Vrev = -44 mV) when intracellular permeant cations were also removed. In all cases, however, the current carried by Ca was < 5% of that measured with normal [Na]o. Unitary light-activated currents were reduced in a similar way when the pipette contained only divalent cations, indicating a substantial selectivity for Na over Ca. The fall kinetics of the photoresponse was slower when external Ca was replaced by Ba, or when the membrane was depolarized; however, dialysis with 10 mM BAPTA failed to antagonize this effect, suggesting that mechanisms other than the Ca influx participate in the modulation of the time course of the photocurrent.

scholarly journals MEC-2 and MEC-6 in the Caenorhabditis elegans Sensory Mechanotransduction Complex: Auxiliary Subunits that Enable Channel Activity

2008 ◽  
Vol 131 (6) ◽  
pp. 605-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin L. Brown ◽  
Zhiwen Liao ◽  
Miriam B. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Divalent Cations ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Homologous Proteins ◽  
Auxiliary Subunits ◽  
Single Channel Currents ◽  
Cholesterol Binding

The ion channel formed by the homologous proteins MEC-4 and MEC-10 forms the core of a sensory mechanotransduction channel in Caenorhabditis elegans. Although the products of other mec genes are key players in the biophysics of transduction, the mechanism by which they contribute to the properties of the channel is unknown. Here, we investigate the role of two auxiliary channel subunits, MEC-2 (stomatin-like) and MEC-6 (paraoxonase-like), by coexpressing them with constitutively active MEC-4/MEC-10 heteromeric channels in Xenopus oocytes. This work extends prior work demonstrating that MEC-2 and MEC-6 synergistically increase macroscopic current. We use single-channel recordings and biochemistry to show that these auxiliary subunits alter function by increasing the number of channels in an active state rather than by dramatically affecting either single-channel properties or surface expression. We also use two-electrode voltage clamp and outside-out macropatch recording to examine the effects of divalent cations and proteases, known regulators of channel family members. Finally, we examine the role of cholesterol binding in the mechanism of MEC-2 action by measuring whole-cell and single-channel currents in MEC-2 mutants deficient in cholesterol binding. We suggest that MEC-2 and MEC-6 play essential roles in modulating both the local membrane environment of MEC-4/MEC-10 channels and the availability of such channels to be gated by force in vivo.

scholarly journals The light-sensitive conductance of hyperpolarizing invertebrate photoreceptors: a patch-clamp study.

1994 ◽  
Vol 103 (6) ◽  
pp. 939-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
M P Gomez ◽  
E Nasi
Keyword(s):  
Single Channel ◽  
Light Stimulus ◽  
Divalent Cations ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Outward Current ◽  
Membrane Conductance ◽  
Resting Potential ◽  
Light Stimulation ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
Single Channel Currents

Tight-seal recording was employed to investigate membrane currents in hyperpolarizing ciliary photoreceptors enzymatically isolated from the eyes of the file clam (Lima scabra) and the bay scallop (Pecten irradians). These two organisms are unusual in that their double retinas also possess a layer of depolarizing rhabdomeric cells. Ciliary photoreceptors from Lima have a rounded soma, 15-20 microns diam, and display a prominent bundle of fine processes up to 30 microns long. The cell body of scallop cells is similar in size, but the ciliary appendages are modified, forming small spherical structures that protrude from the cell. In both species light stimulation at a voltage near the resting potential gives rise to a graded outward current several hundred pA in amplitude, accompanied by an increase in membrane conductance. The reversal potential of the photocurrent is approximately -80 mV, and shifts in the positive direction by approximately 39 mV when the concentration of extracellular K is increased from 10 to 50 mM, consistent with the notion that light activates K-selective channels. The light-activated conductance increases with depolarization in the physiological range of membrane voltages (-30 to -70 mV). Such outward rectification is greatly reduced after removal of divalent cations from the superfusate. In Pecten, cell-attached recordings were also obtained; in some patches outwardly directed single-channel currents could be activated by light but not by voltage. The unitary conductance of these channels was approximately 26 pS. Solitary ciliary cells also gave evidence of the post stimulus rebound, which is presumably responsible for initiating the "off" discharge of action potentials at the termination of a light stimulus: in patches containing only voltage-dependent channels, light stimulation suppressed depolarization-induced activity, and was followed by a strong burst of openings, directly related to the intensity of the preceding photostimulation.

scholarly journals Patch recordings from the electrocytes of Electrophorus electricus. Na currents and PNa/PK variability.

1991 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 1013-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Shenkel ◽  
F J Sigworth
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Fluctuation Analysis ◽  
Open Probability ◽  
Na Currents ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Steady State Inactivation ◽  
K Current ◽  
Reversal Potentials

Sodium currents were recorded in cell-attached and inside-out patches from the innervated membrane of Electrophorus electrocytes. Electrocytes from Sachs and main electric organs were prepared as described by Pasquale et al. (1986. J. Membr. Biol. 93:195.). Maximal currents in the Sachs organ, measured with 1-2 microns diameter patch pipettes and at room temperature, were in the range of 20 to 300 pA (27 patches) and were obtained near +10 mV. This range of current corresponds to approximately 70 to 1,300 channels in a patch. Maximal current in main organ cells also occurred near +10 mV and were in the range of 100 to 400 pA. Delayed K current was observed in a few patches. The inactivation phase of the currents during maintained depolarizations appears to be a single-exponential relaxation. The time constant decreases from 1 ms near -55 mV to a minimum of 0.3 ms near 0 mV, and then gradually increases with stronger depolarization. The mean currents are half inactivated near -90 mV with an apparent voltage dependence of e-fold per 6 mV. No apparent differences were observed in the decay time course or steady-state inactivation of the currents in the same patch before and after excision. From ensemble fluctuation analysis the peak open probability was found to be approximately 0.5 at +25 mV and increased only gradually with larger depolarizations. The single channel conductances were approximately 20 pS with 200 mM Na outside and 200 mM K inside, and 40 pS in 400 mM solutions. Reversal potentials in the 200 Na parallel 200 K solutions ranged from +51 to +94 mV in multichannel patches, corresponding to selectivity ratios PNa/PK from 8 to 43. Large differences in reversal potentials were seen even among patches from the same cell. Several controls rule out obvious sources of error in the reversal potential measurements. It is concluded that there is heterogeneity in the selectivity properties of the Na channels.

KCNA10: a novel ion channel functionally related to both voltage-gated potassium and CNG cation channels

2000 ◽  
Vol 278 (6) ◽  
pp. F1013-F1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Lang ◽  
George Lee ◽  
Weimin Liu ◽  
Shulan Tian ◽  
Hamid Rafi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Channel ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Cation Channels ◽  
K Channel ◽  
Xenopus Laevis Oocytes ◽  
Selectivity Ratio ◽  
Channel Blockers ◽  
Voltage Gated ◽  
Single Channel Currents

Our laboratory previously cloned a novel rabbit gene ( Kcn1), expressed in kidney, heart, and aorta, and predicted to encode a protein with 58% amino acid identity with the K channel Shaker Kv1.3 (Yao X et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92: 11711–11715, 1995). Because Kcn1 did not express well (peak current in Xenopus laevis oocytes of 0.3 μA at +60 mV), the human homolog (KCNA10) was isolated, and its expression was optimized in oocytes. KCNA10 mediates voltage-gated K+currents that exhibit minimal steady-state inactivation. Ensemble currents of 5–10 μA at +40 mV were consistently recorded from injected oocytes. Channels are closed at the holding potential of −80 mV but are progressively activated by depolarizations more positive than −30 mV, with half-activation at +3.5 ± 2.5 mV. The channel displays an unusual inhibitor profile because, in addition to being blocked by classical K channel blockers (barium tetraethylammonium and 4-aminopyridine), it is also sensitive to inhibitors of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) cation channels (verapamil and pimozide). Tail-current analysis shows a reversal potential shift of 47 mV/decade change in K concentration, indicating a K-to-Na selectivity ratio of at least 15:1. The phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, an activator of protein kinase C, inhibited whole cell current by 42%. Analysis of single-channel currents reveals a conductance of ∼11 pS. We conclude KCNA10 is a novel human voltage-gated K channel with features common to both K-selective and CNG cation channels. Given its distribution in renal blood vessels and heart, we speculate that KCNA10 may be involved in regulating the tone of renal vascular smooth muscle and may also participate in the cardiac action potential.

Role of nonselective cation current in muscarinic responses of canine colonic muscle

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (6) ◽  
pp. C1463-C1471 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. K. Lee ◽  
O. Bayguinov ◽  
K. M. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Divalent Cations ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Outward Current ◽  
Cell Voltage ◽  
Isolated Cells ◽  
Cation Current ◽  
Cation Conductance ◽  
Voltage Dependent ◽  
Patch Technique

The mechanism of muscarinic excitation was studied in colonic muscle strips and isolated cells. In whole cell voltage-clamp studies performed at 33 degrees C utilizing the permeabilized patch technique, acetylcholine (ACh) reduced an L-type Ca2+ current. With K+ currents blocked, depolarization to positive potentials in the presence of ACh elicited outward current. Difference currents showed that ACh activated a voltage-dependent current that reversed at about -8 mV; this current (IACh) had properties similar to the nonselective cation conductance found in other smooth muscle cells. The reversal potential of IACh shifted toward negative potentials when external Na+ was reduced, and the inward current elicited at -70 mV decreased when external Na+ was reduced. IACh was facilitated by internal Ca2+. After the current was activated at a holding potential of -70 mV, depolarizations to -30 to 0 mV elicited influx of Ca2+ via voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. After repolarization to the holding potential, a large inward tail current was observed. IACh was blocked by Ni2+ and Cd2+ at concentrations of 100 microM or less. Quinine (0.5 mM) also blocked IACh. With the use of the sensitivity of IACh to reduced external Na+ and divalent cations, the role of IACh in responses of intact muscles to ACh was examined. When external Na+ was reduced, ACh failed to increase slow-wave duration, and Ni2+ (50 microM) reversed the depolarization caused by ACh. These data suggest an important role for IACh in the electrical responses of colonic muscles. The contribution of IACh appears to prolong slow waves, which would allow greater entry of Ca2+ and increased force development.

scholarly journals Evidence for a population of sleepy sodium channels in squid axon at low temperature.

1982 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 739-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
D R Matteson ◽  
C M Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Current Amplitude ◽  
Na Channel ◽  
Na Current ◽  
Current Increase ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Na Currents ◽  
Steady State Current

We have studied the effects of temperature changes on Na currents in squid giant axons. Decreases in temperature in the 15-1 degrees C range decrease peak Na current with a Q10 of 2.2. Steady state currents, which are tetrodotoxin sensitive and have the same reversal potential as peak currents, are almost unaffected by temperature changes. After removal of inactivation by pronase treatment, steady state current amplitude has a Q10 of 2.3. Na currents generated at large positive voltages sometimes exhibit a biphasic activation pattern. The first phase activates rapidly and partially inactivates and is followed by a secondary slow current increase that lasts several milliseconds. Peak Na current amplitude can be increased by delivering large positive prepulses, an effect that is more pronounced at low temperatures. The slow activation phase is eliminated after a positive prepulse. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that there are two forms of the Na channel: (a) rapidly activating channels that completely inactivate, and (b) slowly activating "sleepy" channels that inactivate slowly if at all. Some fast channels are assumed to be converted to sleepy channels by cooling, possibly because of a phase transition in the membrane. The existence of sleepy channels complicates the determination of the Q10 of gating parameters and single-channel conductance.

scholarly journals Inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate (InsP3)-gated Ca channels from cerebellum: conduction properties for divalent cations and regulation by intraluminal calcium.

1994 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 821-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Bezprozvanny ◽  
B E Ehrlich
Keyword(s):  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Divalent Cations ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Ca Channel ◽  
Ca Channels ◽  
Ca Current ◽  
Open Probability ◽  
Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphosphate ◽  
Conduction Properties

The conduction properties of inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate (InsP3)-gated calcium (Ca) channels (InsP3R) from canine cerebellum for divalent cations and the regulation of the channels by intraluminal Ca were studied using channels reconstituted into planar lipid bilayers. Analysis of single-channel recordings performed with different divalent cations present at 55 mM on the trans (intraluminal) side of the membrane revealed that the current amplitude at 0 mV and the single-channel slope conductance fell in the sequence: Ba (2.2 pA, 85 pS) > Sr (2.0 pA, 77 pS) > Ca (1.4 pA, 53 pS) > Mg (1.1 pA, 42 pS). The mean open time of the InsP3R recorded with Ca (2.9 ms) was significantly shorter than with other divalent cations (approximately 5.5 ms). The "anomalous mole fraction effect" was not observed in mixtures of divalent cations (Mg and Ba), suggesting that these channels are single-ion pores. Measurements of InsP3R activity at different intraluminal Ca levels demonstrated that Ca in the submillimolar range did not potentiate channel activity, and that very high levels of intraluminal Ca (> or = 10 mM) decreased channel open probability 5-10-fold. When InsP3R were measured with Ba as a current carrier in the presence of 110 mM cis potassium, a PBa/PK of 6.3 was estimated from the extrapolated value for the reversal potential. When the unitary current through the InsP3R at 0 mV was measured as a function of the permeant ion (Ba) concentration, the half-maximal current occurred at 10 mM trans Ba. The following conclusions are drawn from these data: (a) the conduction properties of InsP3R are similar to the properties of the ryanodine receptor, another intracellular Ca channel, and differ dramatically from the properties of voltage-gated Ca channels of the plasma membrane. (b) The estimated size of the Ca current through the InsP3R under physiological conditions is 0.5 pA, approximately four times less than the Ca current through the ryanodine receptor. (c) The potentiation of InsP3R by intraluminal Ca in the submillimolar range remains controversial. (d) A quantitative model that explains the inhibitory effects of high trans Ca on InsP3R activity was developed and the kinetic parameters of InsP3R gating were determined.

Ca2+ influx through the osteoclastic plasma membrane ryanodine receptor

2002 ◽  
Vol 282 (5) ◽  
pp. F921-F932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baljit S. Moonga ◽  
Sun Li ◽  
Jameel Iqbal ◽  
Robert Davidson ◽  
Vijai S. Shankar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Divalent Cation ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Divalent Cations ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Basal Membrane ◽  
Ruthenium Red ◽  
Membrane Potentials ◽  
Excised Patches

We predict that the type 2 ryanodine receptor isoform (RyR-2) located in the osteoclastic membrane functions as a Ca2+ influx channel and as a divalent cation (Ca2+) sensor. Cytosolic Ca2+ measurements revealed Ca2+ influx in osteoclasts at depolarized membrane potentials. The cytosolic Ca2+ change was, as expected, not seen in Ca2+-free medium and was blocked by the RyR modulator ryanodine. In contrast, at basal membrane potentials (∼25 mV) ryanodine triggered extracellular Ca2+ influx that was blocked by Ni2+. In parallel, single-channel recordings obtained from inside-out excised patches revealed a divalent cation-selective ∼60-pS conductance in symmetric solutions of Ba-aspartate [Ba-Asp; reversal potential ( E rev) ∼0 mV]. In the presence of a Ba2+ gradient, i.e., with Ba-Asp in the pipette and Na-Asp in the bath, channel conductance increased to ∼120 pS and E rev shifted to 21 mV. The conductance was tentatively classified as a RyR-gated Ca2+ channel as it displayed characteristic metastable states and was sensitive to ruthenium red and a specific anti-RyR antibody, Ab34. To demonstrate that extracellular Ca2+ sensing occurred at the osteoclastic surface rather than intracellularly, we performed protease protection assays using pronase. Preincubation with pronase resulted in markedly attenuated cytosolic Ca2+ signals triggered by either Ni2+(5 mM) or Cd2+ (50 μM). Finally, intracellular application of antiserum Ab34 potently inhibited divalent cation sensing. Together, these results strongly suggest the existence of 1) a membrane-resident Ca2+ influx channel sensitive to RyR modulators; 2) an extracellular, as opposed to intracellular, divalent cation activation site; and 3) a cytosolic CaM-binding regulatory site for RyR. It is likely therefore that the surface RyR-2 not only gates Ca2+ influx but also functions as a sensor for extracellular divalent cations.

Na+ current through KATP channels: consequences for Na+ and K+ fluxes during early myocardial ischemia

2004 ◽  
Vol 286 (1) ◽  
pp. H283-H295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Bollensdorff ◽  
Andreas Knopp ◽  
Christoph Biskup ◽  
Thomas Zimmer ◽  
Klaus Benndorf
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Ischemia ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Reversal Potential ◽  
Katp Channels ◽  
Ischemic Myocardium ◽  
Xenopus Laevis Oocytes ◽  
Channel Conductance ◽  
Permeability Ratio ◽  
Isolated Cardiomyocytes

During early myocardial ischemia, the myocytes are loaded with Na+, which in turn leads to Ca2+ overload and cell death. The pathway of the Na+ influx has not been fully elucidated. The aim of the study was to quantify the Na+ inward current through sarcolemmal KATP channels ( IKATP,Na) in anoxic isolated cardiomyocytes at the actual reversal potential ( Vrev) and to estimate the contribution of this current to the Na+ influx in the ischemic myocardium. IKATP,Na was determined in excised single channel patches of mouse ventricular myocytes and macropatches of Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing SUR2A/Kir6.2 channels. In the presence of K+ ions, the respective permeability ratios for Na+ to K+ ions, PNa/ PK, were close to 0.01. Only in the presence of Na+ ions on both sides of the membrane was IKATP,Na similarly large to that calculated from the permeability ratio PNa/ PK, indicative of a Na+ influx that is largely independent of the K+ efflux at Vrev. With the use of a peak KATP channel conductance in anoxic cardiomyocytes of 410 nS, model simulations for a myocyte within the ischemic myocardium showed that the amplitude of the Na+ influx and K+ efflux is even larger than the respective fluxes by the Na+-K+ pump and all other background fluxes. These results suggest that during early ischemia the Na+ influx through KATP channels essentially contributes to the total Na+ influx and that it also balances the K+ efflux through KATP channels.

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