Biophysical properties of gap junction channels formed by mouse connexin40 in induced pairs of transfected human HeLa cells

Biophysical Journal
F F BukauskasR Weingart

Abstract

A clone of human HeLa cells stably transfected with mouse connexin40 DNA was used to examine gap junctions. Two separate cells were brought into physical contact with each other ("induced cell pair") to allow insertion of gap junction channels and, hence, formation of a gap junction. The intercellular current flow was measured with a dual voltage-clamp method. This approach enabled us to study the electrical properties of gap junction channels (cell pairs with a single channel) and gap junctions (cell pairs with many channels). We found that single channels exhibited multiple conductances, a main state (gamma j(main state)), several substates (gamma j(substates)), a residual state (gamma j (residual state)), and a closed state (gamma j(closed state)). The gamma j(main state) was 198 pS, and gamma j(residual state) was 36 pS (temperature, 36-37 degrees C; pipette solution, potassium aspartate). Both properties were insensitive to transjunctional voltage, Vj. The transitions between the closed state and an open state (i.e., residual state, substate, or main state) were slow (15-45 ms); those between the residual state and a substate or the main state were fast (1-2 ms). Under steady-state conditions, the open channel probability,...Continue Reading

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