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. 1992 Mar;448:355–382. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp019046

Characterization of large-conductance chloride channels in rabbit colonic smooth muscle.

X P Sun 1, S Supplisson 1, R Torres 1, G Sachs 1, E Mayer 1
PMCID: PMC1176204  PMID: 1375640

Abstract

1. A large-conductance Cl- channel was characterized in cell-free membrane patches from the rabbit longitudinal colonic smooth muscle using the patch clamp technique. In addition, the regulation of these channels by neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor agonists and G proteins was studied. 2. No spontaneous channel activity was observed in cell-attached patches at the cell resting potential, or in excised patches at pipette potentials (Vp) between -20 and 20 mV. In excised patches, channel activity could be induced in thirty-six out of ninety-six patches by holding the patch at Vp values more negative than -60 mV or more positive than 60 mV. Once induced, the channel showed a bell-shaped voltage activation curve in high symmetric [Cl-], with maximal open probability between 20 and -5 mV. Varying cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]) between 5 x 10(-8) M and 1.0 mM had no effect on the voltage activation of the channel. 3. In inside-out and outside-out patches, when pipette and bath solutions contained equal [Cl-] (130 mM), the anion channel showed a linear current-voltage (I-V) relationship between -60 and 60 mV with a slope conductance of 309 +/- 20 pS (n = 13). Reversal potential measurements indicated that the channel was selective for Cl- over Na+ and K+ (PCl/PNa = 6:1). 4. Channel openings from the closed state to the full open state as well as transitions through smaller conductance states were observed. The smallest detectable substate had a conductance of 15.6 pS. Based on the similarities in selectivity and linearity of the I-V curve of the smaller conductances with the full open state, and kinetic analysis of channel activity, it is concluded that the large conductance channel is composed of multiple substates which can either open and close independently, or simultaneously via a main gate. 5. The stilbene derivative diiso-thiocyanato-stilbene-disulphonic acid (DIDS) and the diphenylamine-2-carboxylate analogue 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoate (NPPB) caused a dose-dependent, reversible flicker block of the small conductance and significantly reduced the macroscopic current flow through the channel. 6. In quiescent outside-out patches, when the pipette contained a 140 mM-CsCl solution with 10(-6) M-CaCl2, 1.2 mM-MgCl2 and 1 mM-GTP, and the bath contained Ringer solution, addition of the NK-1 receptor antagonists substance P methylester resulted in activation of the full conductance state and of smaller substates.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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