Voltage gated channels
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Voltage gated channelsMolecular structureNa+, K+, Ca++Cl-Voltage sensingAction potentialCalcium signaling
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Core voltage-gating functional unit6 transmembrane segmentsOne chargedPore facingIon selectivity & V-dependenceTetrameric organization4x separate, 6 pass proteins1 protein with 4, 6 pass domainsTransmembrane domainPDB: 2r9rPotassium channel has 4 separate subunits
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Voltage gated sodium channelIon selectivity and voltage sensitivity from S4 helicesLong cytoplasmic loops btw domainsIntracellular domains subject to modificationConductivityOpen probabilitySodium channel has 4 functional domains
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Domain organizationCommon prokaryotic ancestorS5-S64 subunit/domainPore forming motifOrganizationS1S2S3S4S5-6Canonical subunitK+ structure
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Voltage sensingTransmembrane potential stabilizes S4S4 moves S5/S6Pore open/close213456
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Chloride ChannelDouble barreled, 2 subunit channelEach subunit has 3 charged helices with anti-parallel arrangement forming V-sensorPDB: 1kpl
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Whole cell recordingClamp voltage Record currentAggregate channel activity & densityG=1/R=I/VDerived I-VDerived ConductanceRectification:Current diverges from straight-line conductanceCOVState Model
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Channel InactivationFeedback mechanismMembrane depolarizationReduces driving forceSecondary conformational change
DepolarizationVoltage stepsPreconditionedDepolarizedChannel opens with depolarizationChannel becomes refractory with depolarizationCOVIState Model
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State transitions with voltage clamp
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Characteristics of voltage gated channelConductanceIon selectivityThresholdOpen timeInactivation time
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Anatomy of Action potentialVoltage gated channels selectively drive intracellular potential between different ionic equilibrium potentialsK+ -90mVNa+ +60mVThreshold for V-gated Na+ channelsNeural APCardiac AP
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Ionic currents in APStep voltage to increasing depolarizationNet currentNa+ currentK+ currentSub-thresholdDepolarizing currentInactivatesLarge depolarization opens new K+ channelsDelayed rectifier
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Ionic currents in APCurrent declines over time, even though potential remains constant
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Ionic contributions to APKleak (Kir) set resting potentialInactivate at thresholdNaVOpen at thresholdRapid, large gKVOpen at thresholdDelayed rectifier (slow)Large g
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Anatomy of Cardiac APLeaky membranes (7) give slow depolarization toThreshold opens CaV (3) & NaV (1)KV (4) and KCa repolarizeProlonged AP vs neuronCa currentMuch delayed K+
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NaV causes local depolarizationMembrane capacitance of 10-6 F/cm210-6 (p r2)Na influx: n (1.6 10-19 C)Threshold ~-40mVV=Q/C
20-30 channels/micron2~ 400 ions/channel to depolarize neighborsNa+r-90 mV-40 mV104 ions/mm2
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Equivalent CircuitBorrowed from cable theoryBreak cell into parallel compartmentsPropagation depends on resistance/capacitanceExtracellularCmCmRmRmRiIntracellular
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Neural cable theoryNeuron size vs conduction velocityLarge diameter, low internal resistanceMyelinated/UnmyelinatedInsulates membraneIncreases RMDecreases CMIncrease VNode of Ranvier
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NaV Modulation10 genesAlternative splicingPhosphorylationProtein binding
AltersThresholdConductivityKineticsSelectivityCnRPTPPKAPKCPKAPKCCnRPTPPhosphatases increase conductionKinases decrease conduction-28 identified binding partnersCytoskeletalAdhesionSignaling
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Calcium channelMost common effector of APSame basic structure as other VG channelsMajor classesN-type NeuronalL-Type LongT-Type Tiny
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NeuronsIonotropic = channelsMetabotropic = receptorsNeurotransmitter release depends on [Ca2+]IMultiple inputsNerve terminals & presynaptic vessicles
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N-type calcium channelsNeurotransmitter release (presynaptic)Calcium dynamics same time scale as firing (10 ms)Highly localized changes (50-5000 nm)Post-synaptic, Ca-dependent remodeling
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Striated MuscleCardiacSkeletalTwitch force50-200 msAll-or-noneTension depends on [Ca2+]ISpontaneousNeural
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L-type calcium channelsExcitation contraction couplingLong open time (100 ms)ModulationCalcium dependent inhibitionOxidationPhosphorylation
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T-Type calcium channelsTiny conductance (6 vs 25 pS)Low threshold (-50 vs -30 mV)Regulatory roleCell differentiationModulation of phenotypeNeuronal bursting
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Smooth muscleTonicVascularRespiratoryPhasicGIBladderTension depends on [Ca2+]IHormonalMechanicalNeuralSmooth muscle cells in vasculature, gut, sphincter
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Smooth Muscle CalciumLigand gated Ca channelsVoltage gated Ca channelsSecond messengers