Two calcium-activated chloride conductances in Xenopus laevis oocytes permeabilized with the ionophore A23187

The Journal of Physiology
R BotonY Lass

Abstract

1. Currents evoked by elevated intracellular free Ca2+ in Xenopus laevis oocytes were studied using the two-electrode voltage clamp technique. The elevation in Ca2+ concentration was achieved in three ways: by the use of the divalent cation ionophore A23187; by application of Ca2+-mobilizing neurotransmitters serotonin and acetylcholine (ACh); by the entry of Ca2+ through voltage-dependent channels. 2. In most experiments, the membrane was permeabilized to Ca2+ by a 15 min pretreatment with A23187 in a Ca2+-free solution. Exposure of the ionophore-treated oocytes to external Ca2+ elicited an inward current (at holding potentials of -40 to -60 mV). At external Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]) between 0.1 and 1 mM, the current had a time-to-peak of at least 10 s, and slowly decayed over tens of seconds. At [Ca2+] greater than 2 mM, the inward current had two distinct kinetic components, a fast and transient one (Ifast) and a slow one (Islow). 3. The main carrier of the Ca2+-evoked inward current was Cl-. Several data indicate the existence of a tetraethylammonium (TEA)-sensitive K+ conductance. No evidence for a Na+ current was found. 4. The two components of the Ca2+-evoked inward current in ionophore-permeabilized oocytes, and the ...Continue Reading

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