Schauf C L, Davis F A
J Gen Physiol. 1976 Feb;67(2):185-95. doi: 10.1085/jgp.67.2.185.
Myxicola giant axons were studied using standard voltage-clamp techniques in solutions whose pH values ranged from 3.9 to 10.2. Buffer concentrations of 50 mM or greater were necessary to demonstrate the full effect of pH. In acidic solutions the axon underwent a variable depolarization, and both the sodium and potassium conductances were reversibly depressed with approximate pKa's of 4.8 and 4.4, respectively. The voltage dependence of GNa was only slightly altered by acidic conditions, whereas there occurred large shifts in GK along the voltage axis consistent with a substantial decrease in net negative surface charge in the vicinity of the K+ channels. The sodium and potassium activation rate constants were decreased by acidic conditions, but the results could not be described as a simple translation along the voltage axis.
使用标准电压钳技术,在pH值范围为3.9至10.2的溶液中研究了黏液虫巨轴突。需要50 mM或更高的缓冲液浓度才能证明pH的全部作用。在酸性溶液中,轴突经历了可变的去极化,钠电导和钾电导均被可逆性抑制,其近似pKa分别为4.8和4.4。酸性条件对钠电导的电压依赖性影响较小,而钾电导沿电压轴发生了较大偏移,这与钾通道附近净负表面电荷的大幅减少一致。酸性条件会降低钠和钾的激活速率常数,但结果不能简单地描述为沿电压轴的平移。