PMID: 3746679Apr 1, 1986Paper

Effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid on isolated cone photoreceptors of the turtle retina

The Journal of Physiology
A Kaneko, M Tachibana

Abstract

Isolated cones dissociated from the retina of the freshwater turtle were voltage clamped using a single 'patch' pipette electrode. gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) applied ionophoretically to the axon terminal evoked an inward current in cells held at -66 mV when they were recorded with patch pipettes filled with the 'control' pipette solution containing 120 mM-Cl-. Polarity of the GABA-induced current reversed near 0 mV when examined with the pipette filled with the control pipette solution. The reversal potential depended strongly on both external and intrapipette Cl- concentrations ([Cl-]o, and [Cl-]p). The reversal potential agreed with the equilibrium potential for Cl- calculated by the Nernst equation with given [Cl-]o and [Cl-]p. The reversal potential was not affected by concentrations of either external Na or K ions. Voltage responses evoked by GABA were hyperpolarizing from its resting level of about -50 mV immediately after the rupture of the patch membrane. The response polarity reversed into depolarization in a few seconds when [Cl-]p was greater than 24 mM, while hyperpolarizing responses persisted when [Cl-]p was less than 12 mM. Thus, the intracellular Cl- concentration of undisturbed isolated cones was estimated ...Continue Reading

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