Permeability and interaction of Ca2+ with cGMP-gated ion channels differ in retinal rod and cone photoreceptors

Biophysical Journal
Arturo Picones, Juan I Korenbrot

Abstract

We studied the ionic permeability of cGMP-dependent currents in membrane patches detached from the outer segment of retinal cone and rod photoreceptors. Reversal potentials measured in membranes exposed to symmetric Na+ but with varying cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentrations reveal that the permeability ratio, PCa/PNa, is higher in the cGMP-gated channels of cones (7.6 +/- 0.8) than in those of rods (3.1 +/- 1.0). Ca2+ blocks both channels in a voltage-dependent manner. At any Ca2+ concentration, the channel block is maximal near the ionic reversal potential. The maximal block is essentially identical in channels of cones and rods with respect to its extent and voltage and Ca2+ dependence. The Ca2+ block is relieved by voltage, but the features of this relief differ markedly between rods and cones. Whereas the Boltzmann distribution function describes the relief of block by hyperpolarizing voltages, any given voltage is more effective in relieving the Ca2+ block in cones than in rods. Similarly, depolarizing voltages more effectively relieve Ca2+ block in cones than in rods. Our results suggest that channels contain two binding sites for Ca2+, one of which is similar in the two receptor types. The second site either interacts more str...Continue Reading

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