Inward rectification of the IRK1 K+ channel reconstituted in lipid bilayers.
AUTOR(ES)
Aleksandrov, A
RESUMO
Inwardly rectifying potassium (K+) channels (IRK1) were incorporated into lipid bilayers to test the relative contributions of various mechanisms to inward rectification. IRK1 channels were expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and oocyte membrane vesicles containing the channels were fused with lipid bilayers. The major properties of the IRK1 channel were similar whether measured in the oocyte membrane or lipid bilayer; the single channel conductance was 21 pS in 140 mM symmetrical [K+] and varied as a square root of external [K+]. Importantly, IRK1 channels display voltage-dependent inward rectification in the absence of divalent ions or charged regulators such as spermine, indicating that they possess an intrinsic rectification mechanism. Although rectification was significantly increased by either Mg2+ or spermine added to the cytoplasmic face of the channel, their effects could not be explained by simple block of the open pore. The Hille and Schwartz (1978) model, originally proposed to explain inward rectification by singly charged blocking particles, cannot be used to explain rectification by multiply charged blocking particles. As an alternative, we propose that in addition to a slow gating mechanism producing long lasting open and closed states, there is a distinct, intrinsic fast gating process amplified by cytoplasmic Mg2+ and/or polyamine binding to the channel.
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