Dimensions of the narrow portion of a recombinant NMDA receptor channel

Biophysical Journal
A VillarroelB Sakmann

Abstract

Glutamate-activated single-channel and ensemble currents were recorded from Xenopus laevis oocytes and HEK 293 cells expressing a recombinant NMDA receptor, assembled from NR1 and NR2A subunits. Cesium was the main charge carrier, and organic cations were used to determine the presence of vestibules of this channel and to estimate its pore diameter. The large organic cations tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane (Tris), N-methyl-glucamine (NMG), arginine (NMG), arginine (Arg), choline, and tetramethylammonium (TMA), when added in millimolar concentrations to the extracellular or cytoplasmic side, produced a voltage-dependent blockade of single-channel Cs+ currents. These molecules behaved as impermeant ions that only partially traverse the channel from either side. The smaller cations trimethylammonium (TriMA) and dimethylammonium (DMA) produced a small and nearly voltage-independent reduction in current amplitude, suggesting that they are permeant. In biionic experiments with Cs+ as the reference ion, the large blocking cations NMG, Arg, Tris, TMA, choline, hexamethonium (Hme), triethylammonium (TriEA), and tetraethylammonium (TEA) showed no measurable permeability. TriMA and smaller ammonium derivatives were permeant. Both the pe...Continue Reading

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