PMID: 752726Dec 29, 1978Paper

Effects of conditioning polarization on the membrane ionic currents in rat myometrium

The Journal of Membrane Biology
I MuramatsuM Fujiwara

Abstract

Membrane ionic currents were measured in pregnant rat uterine smooth muscle under voltage clamp conditions by utilizing the double sucrose gap method, and the effects of conditioning pre-pulses on these currents were investigated. With depolarizing pulses, the early inward current was followed by a late outward current. Cobalt (1 mM) abolished the inward current and did not affect the late outward current per se, but produced changes in the current pattern, suggesting that the inward current overlaps with the initial part of the late outward current. After correction for this overlap, the inward current reached is maximum at about +10 mV and its reversal potential was estimated to be +62 mV. Tetraethylammonium (TEA) suppressed the outward currents and increased the apparent inward current. The increase in the inward current by TEA thus could be due to a suppression of the outward current. The reversal potential for the outward current was estimated to be -87 mV. Conditioning depolarization and hyperpolarization both produced a decrease in the inward current. Complete depolarization block occurred at membrane potential of -20 mV. Conditioning hyperpolarization experiments in the presence of cobalt and/or TEA revealed that the de...Continue Reading

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