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Single-channel properties of BK-type calcium-activated potassium channels at a cholinergic presynaptic nerve terminal
Ist Teil von
The Journal of physiology, 1999-08, Vol.518 (3), p.639-651
Ort / Verlag
Oxford, UK: The Physiological Society
Erscheinungsjahr
1999
Quelle
Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
A high-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel (BK K Ca ) was characterized at a cholinergic presynaptic nerve terminal using the calyx synapse isolated from the chick ciliary ganglion.
The channel had a conductance of 210 pS in a 150 mM:150 mM K + gradient, was highly selective for K + over Na + , and was sensitive to block by external charybdotoxin or tetraethylammonium (TEA) and by internal Ba 2+ . At +60 mV it was activated by cytoplasmic calcium [Ca 2+ ] i with a K d of â0.5 μM and a Hill coefficient of â2.0. At 10 μM [Ca 2+ ] i the channel was 50 % activated ( V ½ ) at -8.0 mV with a voltage dependence (Boltzmann slope-factor) of 32.7 mV. The V ½ values hyperpolarized with an increase in [Ca 2+ ] i while the slope factors decreased. There were no overt differences in conductance or [Ca 2+ ] i sensitivity between BK channels from the transmitter release face and the non-release face.
Open and closed times were fitted by two and three exponentials, respectively. The slow time constants were strongly affected
by both [Ca 2+ ] i and membrane potential changes.
In cell-attached patch recordings BK channel opening was enhanced by a prepulse permissive for calcium influx through the
patch, suggesting that the channel can be activated by calcium ion influx through neighbouring calcium channels.
The properties of the presynaptic BK channel are well suited for rapid activation during the presynaptic depolarization and
Ca 2+ influx that are associated with transmitter release. This channel may play an important role in terminating release by rapid
repolarization of the action potential.