Biophysical Journal 73: 168-178 (1997)
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Single-channel properties of a rat brain endoplasmic reticulum anion channel.

Department of Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT

Many intracellular membranes contain ion channels, although their physiological roles are often poorly understood. In this study we incorporated single anion channels colocalized with rat brain endoplasmic reticulum (ER) ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+)-release channels into planar lipid bilayers. The channels opened in bursts, with more activity at negative (cytoplasm-ER lumen) membrane potentials, and they occupied four open conductance levels with frequencies well described by the binomial equation. The probability of a protomer being open decreased from approximately 0.7 at -40 mV to approximately 0.2 at +40 mV, and the channels selected between different anions in the order PSCN > PNO3 > PBr > PCl > PF. They were also permeant to cations, including the large cation Tris+ (PTris/PCl = 0.16). Their conductance saturated at 170 pS in choline Cl. The channels were inactivated by 15 microM 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) and blocked with low affinity (KD of 1-100 microM) by anthracene-9-carboxylic acid, ethacrynic acid, frusemide (furosemide), HEPES, the indanyloxyacetic acid derivative IAA-94, 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoate (NPPB), and Zn2+. Unlike protein translocation pores, the channels were unaffected by high salt concentrations or puromycin. They may regulate ER Ca2+ release, or be channel components en route to their final cellular destinations. Alternatively, they may contribute to the fusion machinery involved in intracellular membrane trafficking.

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