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Negative surface charge density near heart calcium channels. Relevance to block by dihydropyridines.

The Journal of general physiology ·Vol. 89 ·No. 4 ·1987-04-00 ·Pages 629-44

Kass RS, Krafte DS

Abstract

We have measured the density of negative surface charges near the voltage sensor for inactivation gating of (L-type) Ca channels in intact calf Purkinje fibers and in isolated myocytes from guinea pig and rat ventricles. Divalent cation-induced changes in the half-maximal voltage for inactivation were determined and were well described by curves predicted by surface potential theory. We measured shifts in inactivation induced by Ca, Sr, and Ba in the single cells, and by Sr in the Purkinje fibers. All of the data were consistent with an estimated negative surface charge density of 1 electronic charge per 250 A2. In addition, the data suggest that Ca, but neither Ba nor Sr, binds to the negative charges with an association constant on the order of 1 M-1. We find that divalent ion-induced changes in surface potential can account for most of the antagonism between these ions and Ca channel block by 1,4-dihydropyridines.

MeSH Terms
Animals Barium/pharmacology Calcium/physiology Cattle Electric Conductivity Guinea Pigs Heart/physiology Ion Channels/drug effects,physiology Membrane Potentials Nifedipine/analogs & derivatives,antagonists & inhibitors,pharmacology Nisoldipine Purkinje Fibers/physiology Rats Sarcolemma/physiology Strontium/pharmacology
Chemicals
Ion Channels Barium Nisoldipine Nifedipine Calcium Strontium
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Kass R S
Krafte D S
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of general physiology
Abbr.
J Gen Physiol
ISSN
0022-1295
Published
1987-04-00
Pages
629-44
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985110R
PMCID
PMC2215915
Subset
IM
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