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. 1988 May;53(5):747–757. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(88)83155-2

Inward rectifier K+-channel kinetics from analysis of the complex conductance of Aplysia neuronal membrane.

H Hayashi 1, H M Fishman 1
PMCID: PMC1330252  PMID: 2455551

Abstract

Conduction in inward rectifier, K+-channels in Aplysia neuron and Ba++ blockade of these channels were studied by rapid measurement of the membrane complex admittance in the frequency range 0.05 to 200 Hz during voltage clamps to membrane potentials in the range -90 to -40 mV. Complex ionic conductances of K+ and Cl- rectifiers were extracted from complex admittances of other membrane conduction processes and capacitance by vector subtraction of the membrane complex admittance during suppressed inward K+ current (near zero-mean current and in zero [K+]0) from complex admittances determined at other [K+]0 and membrane potentials. The contribution of the K+ rectifier to the admittance is distinguishable in the frequency domain above 1 Hz from the contribution of the Cl- rectifier, which is only apparent at frequencies less than 0.1 Hz. The voltage dependence (-90 to -40 mV) of the chord conductance (0.2 to 0.05 microS) and the relaxation time (4-8 ms) of K+ rectifier channels at [K+]0 = 40 mM were determined by curve fits of admittance data by a membrane admittance model based on the linearized Hodgkin-Huxley equations. The conductance of inward rectifier, K+ channels at a membrane potential of -80 mV had a square-root dependence on external K+ concentration, and the relaxation time increased from 2 to 7.5 ms for [K+]0 = 20 and 100 mM, respectively. The complex conductance of the inward K+ rectifier, affected by Ba++, was obtained by complex vector subtraction of the membrane admittance during blockage of inward rectifier, K+ channels (at -35 mV and [Ba++]0 = 5 mM) from admittances determined at -80 mV and at other Ba++ concentrations. The relaxation time of the blockade process decreased with increases in Ba++ concentration. An open-closed channel state model produces the inductive-like kinetic behavior in the complex conductance of inward rectifier, K+ channels and the addition of a blocked channel state accounts for the capacitive-like kinetic behavior of the Ba++ blockade process.

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