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J Membr Biol
1995 Dec 01;1483:263-75. doi: 10.1007/bf00235044.
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The Ca(2+)-induced leak current in Xenopus oocytes is indeed mediated through a Cl- channel.
Weber WM
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Liebold KM
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Reifarth FW
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Clauss W
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Defolliculated oocytes of Xenopus laevis responded to removal of external divalent cations with large depolarizations and, when voltage clamped, with huge currents. Single channel analysis revealed a Cl- channel with a slope conductance of about 90 pS at positive membrane potentials with at least four substates. Single channel amplitudes and mean channel currents had a reversal potential of approximately -15 mV as predicted by the Nernst equation for a channel perfectly selective for Cl-. Readdition of Ca2+ immediately inactivated the channel and restored the former membrane potential or clamp current. The inward currents were mediated by a Ca2+ inactivated Cl- channel (CaIC). The inhibitory potency of Ca2+ was a function of the external Ca2+ concentration with a half maximal blocker concentration of about 20 microM. These channels were inhibited by the Cl- channel blockers flufenamic acid, niflumic acid and diphenylamine-2-carboxylate (DPC). In contrast, 4,4'-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2, 2'-disulfonicacid (SITS), another Cl- channel blocker, led to activation of this Cl- channel. Like other Cl- channels, the CaIC was activated by cytosolic cAMP. Extracellular ATP inhibited the channel while ADP was without any effect. Injection of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a protein kinase C activating phorbol ester, stimulated the Cl- current. Cytochalasin D, an actin filament disrupting compound, reversibly decreased the clamp current demonstrating an influence of the cytoskeleton. The results indicate that removal of divalent cations activates Cl- channels in Xenopus oocytes which share several features with Cl- channels of the CLC family. The former so-called leak current of oocytes under divalent cation-free conditions is nothing else than an activation of Cl- channels.
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