title: Voltage-dependent inactivation of volume-regulated Cl- current in human T84 colonic and B-cell myeloma cell lines.
abstract: The voltage-dependent inactivation of a volume-regulated Cl- current (VRChlC) in an epithelial (T84), and a B cell myeloma (RPMI-8226) cell lines were compared. Both cell types exhibited similar time and voltage-dependent current inactivation when recorded using standard whole cell patch technique, with a NaCl external solution that was approximately 90 mOsm hypotonic to the Cs-Glutamate internal solution. The time course of voltage-dependent current inactivation was fit by the sum of a slow, dominant voltage-dependent and a faster voltage-independent components. Recovery from inactivation was approximated by a single exponential process and was dependent on the recovery voltage. The major difference was that the voltage-dependent current inactivation in myeloma cells was shifted to a approximately 30mV more depolarized value than that in T84 cells although the effective charge movement of inactivation was similar. These results indicate that the macroscopic volume-regulated Cl- current in these two cell lines is functionally similar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical Collage of PA, Philadelphia 19129, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Levitan
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Garber
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D048429:Cell Size / Q000502:physiology; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000378:metabolism*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018118:Chloride Channels