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. 1992 Dec;63(6):1500–1505. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(92)81731-9

Ion channels on synaptic vesicle membranes studied by planar lipid bilayer method.

M Sato 1, K Inoue 1, M Kasai 1
PMCID: PMC1262265  PMID: 1283345

Abstract

An anion selective channel and three types of cation selective channels were found in planar lipid bilayers incorporating synaptic vesicles from rat brains. In asymmetric KCl solutions (cis: 300 mM/trans: 150 mM), the anion selective channel showed a single-channel conductance of 94 pS and was inactivated by negative voltages and by 4-acetoamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid disodium salt (SITS). In the same solution, single-channel conductances of three types of cation selective channels were 250 pS (Type 1), 248 pS (Type 2), and 213 pS (Type 3), respectively. These channels resembled one another in single-channel conductances but were different in gating behaviors. Type 1 channel, which was most frequently observed, had a remarkable subconducting state (175 pS). Type 2 channel had a flickering state that increased as the potential became more positive, and a long inactive state that increased as the potentials were more negative. Type 3 channel, which was also sensitive to the potentials, had the open-channel probability increased as the potential became more positive.

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