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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
A nonselective cation current activated by depolarization (Ic) is present in the nonjunctional membrane of Xenopus oocytes. This current shares a number of properties with hemi-gap-junctional currents induced by exogenous gap-junctional proteins in oocytes and with a nonjunctional current seen in teleost retinal horizontal cells including nonselective permeability to small cations, block by external divalent cations, and slow activation kinetics. Here we study the effects of depleting or overexpressing Cx38 on Ic. Antisense depletion of Cx38 caused a marked reduction in Ic and blocked endogenous gap-junctional coupling in oocyte pairs. Conversely, expression of cloned Cx38 in oocytes increased the amplitude of Ic and enhanced gap-junctional coupling. Furthermore, there appeared to be a close correlation between the temperature sensitivity of Ic and the temperature sensitivity of assembly of endogenous gap-junctional channels in oocyte pairs. These results suggest that Xenopus connexin38 is involved in the generation of Ic.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
742-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Xenopus connexin38 forms hemi-gap-junctional channels in the nonjunctional plasma membrane of Xenopus oocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, Illinois 60064, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.