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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 263: G786-G794, 1992;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 263, Issue 5 786-G794, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Cation channels in basolateral membranes of sheep parotid secretory cells

E. A. Wegman, T. Ishikawa, J. A. Young and D. I. Cook
Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

We observed 240-pS K+ channels in 63% of cell-attached patches, and 30-pS K+ channels were observed in 95% of cell-attached patches. The 240-pS K+ channel had the relative permeability sequence of K+ (1) = Rb+ (1) > Cs+ (0.3) >> Na+ (0.03) and the relative conductance sequence of K+ (1) > Rb+ (0.22) > Cs+ (0.05) > Na+ (0). It was activated by intracellular free Ca2+ and by depolarization. It was blocked by 10 mmol/l tetraethylammonium (TEA) applied extracellularly. The 30-pS K+ channel had the relative permeability sequence of K+ (1) = Rb+ (1) > Cs+ (> Na+ (< 0.09) and the relative conductance sequence of K+ (1) > Rb+ (0.45) > Cs+ (0) = Na+ (0). Its activity was not sensitive to cytosolic free Ca2+ or membrane potential, and it was not blocked by 10 mmol/l TEA extracellularly. Acetylcholine (10 mumol/l) activated the 240-pS voltage-activated and Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels but did not activate the 30-pS K+ channels. We conclude that the 30-pS K+ channel probably determines the properties of the basolateral membrane in unstimulated sheep parotid secretory cells, whereas the 240-pS voltage-activated and Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel may be important during parasympathomimetic stimulation.


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