title: Effects of D2O on permeation and gating in the Ca(2+)-activated potassium channel from Chara.
abstract: We studied the effects of H2O/D2O substitution on the permeation and gating of the large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels in Chara gymnophylla droplet membrane using the patch-clamp technique. The selectivity sequence of the channel was: K+ > Rb+ >> Li+, Na+, Cs+ and Cl-. The conductance of this channel in symmetric 100 mM KCl was found to be 130 pS. The single channel conductance was decreased by 15% in D2O as compared to H2O. The blockade of channel conductance by cytosolic Ca2+ weakened in D2O as a result of a decrease in zero voltage Ca2+ binding affinity by a factor of 1.4. Voltage-dependent channel gating was affected by D2O primarily due to the change in Ca2+ binding to the channel during the activation step. The Hill coefficient for Ca2+ binding was 3 in D2O and around 1 in H2O. The values of the Ca2+ binding constant in the open channel conformation were 0.6 and 6 microM in H2O and D2O, respectively, while the binding in the closed conformation was much less affected by D2O. The H2O/D2O substitution did not produce a significant change in the slope of channel voltage dependence but caused a shift as large as 60 mV with 1 mM internal Ca2+.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region.
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Pottosin
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Andjus
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vucelić
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Berestovsky
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects*; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000502:physiology; D017666:Deuterium Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004553:Electric Conductivity / Q000187:drug effects; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D017666:Deuterium Oxide; D002118:Calcium