Homann Ulrike, Thiel Gerhard
Institute of Botany, Technical University of Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jul 23;99(15):10215-20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.152324399. Epub 2002 Jul 2.
The activity of the two dominant K(+) channels in the plasma membrane of Vicia faba guard cell protoplasts was examined during pressure-driven swelling. For this purpose, the K(+) currents and the membrane capacitance (C(m)) of guard cell protoplasts were recorded in parallel. A rise in C(m), reflecting an increase of the membrane surface area, was coupled to a proportional rise in conductance of both the K(+) inward and K(+) outward rectifier. The activation kinetics of the K(+) channels were not affected during this process. The quantitative and temporal coupling of C(m) and K(+) conductance can hence be interpreted as the result of the addition of active inward and outward rectifier K(+) channels to the plasma membrane during an increase in surface area.
在压力驱动的蚕豆保卫细胞原生质体肿胀过程中,检测了质膜中两种主要钾离子通道的活性。为此,同时记录了保卫细胞原生质体的钾离子电流和膜电容(C(m))。反映膜表面积增加的C(m)升高,与钾离子内向整流器和外向整流器的电导率成比例升高相关联。在此过程中,钾离子通道的激活动力学未受影响。因此,C(m)与钾离子电导率的定量和时间耦合,可以解释为在表面积增加期间,质膜上添加了活性内向和外向整流钾离子通道的结果。