Figure 2.
Estimation of the unitary LDCV capacitance increase. (A) P2X2 receptor–mediated TICs (top) and increase in whole-cell capacitance (bottom) recorded simultaneously in the same cell. Exocytosis was elicited by inclusion of 230 nM free Ca2+ in the pipette solution. Each segment (5 s) was preceded by a brief prepulse with a sine wave to measure the cell capacitance. (B) Plot of the cumulative number (ΣN) of purinergic TICs vs. membrane capacitance (Cm) from the same experiment. A linear fit (dotted line) with a slope of 3.18 fF/event is superimposed.