Patch-clamp recordings from ventricular myocytes of neonatal rats identified ionic channels that open in response to membrane stretch caused by negative pressures (1 to 6 cm Hg) in the electrode. The stretch response, consisting of markedly increased channel opening frequency, was maintained, with some variability, during long (>40 seconds) stretch applications. The channels have a conductance averaging 120 pS in isotonic KCl, have a mean reversal potential 31 mV depolarized from resting membrane potential, and do not require external Ca++ for activation. The channels appear to be relatively non-selective for cations. Since they are gated by physiological levels of tension, stretch-activated channels may represent, a cellular control system wherein beat-to-beat tension and/or osmotic balance modulate a portion of membrane conductance.
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Stretch activated ion channels in ventricular myocytes
William Craelius;
William Craelius
1Department of Cardiology, State University of New York, Brooklyn, USA NY 11209
3Department of Cardiology, Veterans' Administration Medical Center, 800 Poly Place, Brooklyn, NY 11209, USA
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Victor Chen;
Victor Chen
2Department of Biophysics, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Nabil El-Sherif
Nabil El-Sherif
1Department of Cardiology, State University of New York, Brooklyn, USA NY 11209
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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May 16 1988
Online ISSN: 1573-4935
Print ISSN: 0144-8463
© 1988 Plenum Publishing Corporation
1988
Biosci Rep (1988) 8 (5): 407–414.
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May 16 1988
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William Craelius, Victor Chen, Nabil El-Sherif; Stretch activated ion channels in ventricular myocytes. Biosci Rep 1 October 1988; 8 (5): 407–414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01121637
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