title: Membrane potential of rat calvaria bone cells: dependence on temperature.
abstract: The membrane potentials of bone cells derived from calvaria of new born rats was shown to be strongly dependent on temperature. When we lowered the temperature from 36 degrees C to 26 degrees C, cells with spontaneous resting membrane potentials (MP) of -80 to -50 mV depolarized (mean amplitude 8 mV; n = 33), and the membrane resistance increased by approximately 80% (n = 20). The temperature response depended on the actual MP, the reversal potential being in the range of -80 to -90 mV. With the application of ouabain (0.1-1 mmol/liter; n = 12), cells depolarized. Simultaneously, the reversal potential of the temperature response was shifted towards more positive values and approached the actual MP level of the cells. Consequently, the depolarization amplitudes induced by lowering temperature were reduced at spontaneous MP levels. The rise of the membrane resistance during cooling was unaffected. When the extracellular chloride concentration was reduced from 133 to 9 mmol/liter, temperature-dependent depolarizations persisted at spontaneous MP values (n = 5). The findings indicate that the marked effects of temperature changes on the MP of bone-derived cells are mainly determined by changes of the potassium conductance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Massass
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bingmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korenstein
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tetsch
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects*; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D010042:Ouabain; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D011188:Potassium