Membrane currents and the resting membrane potential in cultured bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells

The Journal of Physiology
T VoetsB Nilius

Abstract

1. We have used the whole-cell patch-clamp technique to characterize the ionic conductances that determine the resting membrane potential in cultured endothelial cells from calf pulmonary artery (CPAE cells). 2. Resting membrane potentials were scattered between -88 and +5 mV with a mean +/- S.E.M. of -26 +/- 3 mV (n = 104). 3. The most prominent membrane current in resting cells was an inwardly rectifying K+ current. This current showed Na(+)-dependent inactivation and was efficiently blocked by external Ba2+ (EC50 = 2.2 microM), but was relatively insensitive to quinine, quinidine and TEA. 4. Hypertonic cell shrinkage inhibited an outwardly rectifying Cl- current, which was also efficiently blocked by 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoate (NPPB; 100 microM), quinine (500 microM) and quinidine (500 microM). 5. A linear, time-independent background current remained after elimination of these two currents. This current was dependent on extracellular monovalent cations with a permeability sequence of Cs+ > Na+ > Li+ > N-methyl-D-glucamine. It was partially blocked by millimolar concentrations of the divalent cations Ca2+, Ni2+ and Ba2+. Gd3+ (200 microM) had no significant effect on this background current. 6. Continuous measu...Continue Reading

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