title: Potassium channels of adult locust (Schistocerca gregaria) muscle.
abstract: Two types of K+ channels have been identified in patches of plasma membrane of metathoracic extensor tibiae muscle fibres of adult locust, Schistocerca gregaria. One channel had a maximum conductance of 170 pS, fast open-closed kinetics, and a linear current/ voltage relationship. In inside-out patches it was activated by "internally applied" Ca2+, but at unexpectedly low levels (between 10(-10) and 10(-9)M). The other channel had a maximum conductance of 35 pS, slower open-closed kinetics, and was not activated by Ca2+. In cell-attached patches, its channel conductance measured in symmetrical salines was about three times greater for hyperpolarisations than for depolarisations. This inward rectification was proved to be due to block by intracellular Mg2+. For both channels, open probability (Po) and mean open time increased during depolarisations and decreased during hyperpolarisations, resulting in outward rectifications in terms of net current (I n, product of the single-channel current and Po). For both channels, the K+ conductance was 10 times greater than that for Na+. Internally applied tetraethylammonium or tetramethylammonium ions blocked both channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gorczynska
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Huddie
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Mellor
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vais
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ramsey
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Usherwood
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002586:Cesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D006110:Grasshoppers; D007700:Kinetics; D051036:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D051036:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024681:Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds; D002586:Cesium; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D012964:Sodium; C027917:tetramethylammonium; D008274:Magnesium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium