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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 89, 629-644, Copyright © 1987 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Negative surface charge density near heart calcium channels. Relevance to block by dihydropyridines

RS Kass and DS Krafte

We have measured the density of negative surface charges near the voltage sensor for inactivation gating of (L-type) Ca channels in intact calf Purkinje fibers and in isolated myocytes from guinea pig and rat ventricles. Divalent cation-induced changes in the half-maximal voltage for inactivation were determined and were well described by curves predicted by surface potential theory. We measured shifts in inactivation induced by Ca, Sr, and Ba in the single cells, and by Sr in the Purkinje fibers. All of the data were consistent with an estimated negative surface charge density of 1 electronic charge per 250 A2. In addition, the data suggest that Ca, but neither Ba nor Sr, binds to the negative charges with an association constant on the order of 1 M-1. We find that divalent ion-induced changes in surface potential can account for most of the antagonism between these ions and Ca channel block by 1,4-dihydropyridines.
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