Inwardly rectifying current-voltage relationship of small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels rendered by intracellular divalent cation blockade

Biophysical Journal
Heun Soh, C S Park

Abstract

Small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (SK(Ca) channels) are a group of K+-selective ion channels activated by submicromolar concentrations of intracellular Ca2+ independent of membrane voltages. We expressed a cloned SK(Ca) channel, rSK2, in Xenopus oocytes and investigated the effects of intracellular divalent cations on the current-voltage (I-V) relationship of the channels. Both Mg2+ and Ca2+ reduced the rSK2 channel currents in voltage-dependent manners from the intracellular side and thus rectified the I-V relationship at physiological concentration ranges. The apparent affinity of Mg2+ was changed as a function of both transmembrane voltage and intracellular Ca2+ concentration. Extracellular K+ altered the voltage dependence as well as the apparent affinities of Mg2+ binding from intracellular side. Thus, the inwardly rectifying I-V relationship of SK(Ca) channels is likely due to the voltage-dependent blockade of intracellular divalent cations and that the binding site is located within the ion-conducting pathway. Therefore, intracellular Ca2+ modulates the permeation characteristics of SK(Ca) channels by altering the I-V relationship as well as activates the channel by interacting with the gating machinery, calmo...Continue Reading

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