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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
Isolated nerve cells from Lymnaea stagnalis were studied using the internal-perfusion and patch-clamp techniques. Patch excision frequently activated a voltage-independent Ba2+-permeable channel with a slope conductance of 27 pS at negative potentials (50 mM Ba2+). This channel is not seen in patches on healthy cells and, unlike the voltage-dependent Ca channel, is not labile in isolated patches. The activity of the channel in inside-out patches is unaffected by intracellular ATP, Ca2+ below 1 mM or the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase but is reversibly blocked by millimolar intracellular Ca2+ or Ba2+. The channel can be activated in on-cell patches by either internal perfusion with high Ca2+ or the long-term internal perfusion of low Ca2+ solutions not containing ATP. These channels may carry the inward Ca2+ current which causes a regenerative increase in intracellular Ca+ when snail neurons are perfused with high Ca2+ solutions. High internal Ca2+, or long periods of internal perfusion with ATP-free solutions, induces an increase in a resting (-50 mV) whole-cell Ba2+ conductance. This conductance can be turned off by returning the intracellular perfusate to a low Ca2+ solution containing ATP and Mg2+. The activity of this channel appears to have an opposite dependence on intracellular conditions to that of the voltage-dependent Ca channel.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-2631
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
63-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Voltage-independent barium-permeable channel activated in Lymnaea neurons by internal perfusion or patch excision.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-0371.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.