ISSN:
1432-1424
Keywords:
Key words: NMDA receptor channel — Ion permeation — Current-voltage relation — Eyring-Läuger model — Surface charge — One-ion pore
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract. Ion permeation properties of the mouse e2/ζ1 NMDA receptor channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes were studied using the outside-out patch-clamp technique. In symmetrical Na+ solutions, the single-channel I-V relations were almost linear at low electrolyte concentrations, but rectified inwardly for Na+ concentrations above 50 mm. In symmetrical Na+ solutions, the ``zero-current conductance'' increased with Na+ concentration and saturated according to a hyperbolic curve, the half-maximal saturating activity, K M (Na), being 14.2 mm and the maximal conductance, G max(Na), 53.9 pS. When Ca2+ was present with Na+ in the external solution, the single-channel current was lower than in pure Na+, although the reversal potential indicated a higher permeability for Ca2+ than for Na+. Using ion activities, PCa/PNa was found to be about 17. The I-V data were fitted with a model based on the Eyring's rate theory, assuming a one-ion pore with three energy barriers and two sites. The K M (Ca) and G max (Ca) were 76.5 μm and 21.2 pS, respectively. According to the estimated rate constants, K M for Ca2+ is mainly determined by the binding strength of a site located 80% away from the channel opening at the external membrane-solution interface, a position similar to that postulated previously for the Mg2+ blocking site.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002329900166
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