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Channels and Transporters Lec04 Flashcards

1
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what 3 things did hodgkin and huxleys voltage clamp experiement predict?

A
  1. sepearete na and k channels
  2. voltage sensors in channels
  3. high conductance of channels to specific ions
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what happens once the patch clampvoltage reaches + 52 mv

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early inward Na current is missing

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what happens once the patch clampvoltage reaches + 65+ mv

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early inward Na reverses to outward instead of inward

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4
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outward K current increases in magnitudie as the the voltage becomes more

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positive

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5
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patch clamp technieque records

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microscopic currents (current flowing through a single membrane channel due to depolarization)

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6
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what are macroscopic currents due to?

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current flow through may channels

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7
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what did patch clamp recording show?

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provided evidence for single channels

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8
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in channels, there is a fast switch between

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open and close states

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9
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In response to depolarizing effect from the pipette, single channels open and close in a ____ fashion

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_ all or none_ fashion that is random or stochastic in nature

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10
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what does the probability of opening a channel depend on?

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the stimulus

depolarization increases the proability a channel will be opened

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11
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what is gating? what does it involve?

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gating is the transition between open and closed states

involves a temporary conformational change in the channels structure

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12
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what does macroscropic current arise from?

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the aggregate effects of THOUSANDS of microscopic currents

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13
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there is a close correlation of the____ of macroscopic and the sum of many trials of microscopic currents

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time course

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14
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what is different about K channel and Na channel properties?

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K channels have longer latency time and longer duration

also obviously different dierection

(Na on left, K on right)

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15
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on average the K+ channels tend to be an ____ state while the membrane is depolarized

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open state (this results in a more sustained response)

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16
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most cns neurons ahve multiple ___ channels with different characteristics

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potassium

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17
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charactersitics that vary with K channels

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  1. low voltage vs. high voltage activation (voltage dependence)
  2. how fast the population reaches maximum conductance (rate of activation)
  3. how fast they inactivate (some dont even inactivate)
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18
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what is important about the varying rates of K channel inactivation

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inactivation properties

produce a diversity of spike waveforms and spike patterns for different cells

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19
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Fast AHP ____ action potential

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shortens

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20
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FAST AHP involves ___ repolarization

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fast

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21
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when does fast AHP affect the early spike frequency

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at very high frequencies

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22
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what does medium AHP control

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controls early interspike interval

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23
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what does medium AHP control

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  1. early spike frequency adaption (slowly activating by Ca entry)
  2. late spike frequency adaption
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24
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BK K+ channels have ___ inactivation

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fast

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25
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___ and ___ are nonainactivating K channels

26
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what do slow AHP do?

A

limits firing frequency by an unkwnon channels

27
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order of channel activation

28
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what is the order of K channel activation

A
  1. Ka and Kdr channels first open
  2. Kbk channels open

3/ other known and unknown K channels open

29
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large number of ion channel genes create neurons with diverse ___

A

electrical properties

30
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fast AHP occurs in ___ seconds

31
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medium AHP occurs in ___ seconds

32
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slow AHP occurs in ___ seconds

A

100-3000 ms

33
Q

inactivation pattern of Kv2.1 channels?

A

show little inactivation

34
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inactivation pattern of Kv4.1 channels?

A

inactivate rapdily after depolarization

35
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when do inward rectifers allow more current flow?

A

during hyperpolarization

36
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why do so many genes encode K+ channels?

A

activation, gating, inactivation

37
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shape complex electrical responses influence

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  1. duration of AP
  2. resting membrane potential
38
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TheC a++ activated K+ channel opens in response to

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increasedintracellularCa++ and sometimes to membrane depolarization.

39
Q

the ___ of ion channels is key to developing new therapeutics for CNS disorders

40
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what do channelpathies result from?

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they happen due to mutations in channel genes

41
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channelpathies in voltage gated Ca channels

A

congential stationary night blindness

familial hemiplegic migraine

episodic ataxia type 2

42
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channelpathies in Na channels

A

generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures

43
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channelpathies in K channels

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benign familial neonatal convulsion

44
Q

channelpathy that causes_ congential stationary night blindness_

45
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channelpathy that causes_ generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures_

46
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channelpathy that causes_ familial hemiplegic migraine_

A

Ca channel

47
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channelpathy that causes benign familial neonatal convulsion

48
Q

what toxins block Na channels?

A

ttx and saxitoxin

49
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what toxins inactivate Na channels?

A

Batrachotoxin (frogs)

50
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what does a-toxin do?

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prolongs the duration of Na channels

51
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what does b-toxins do?

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shift voltage activation of Na channels

52
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which toxins blod K channels?

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apaminin (bees) and dendrotoxin (wasps)

53
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what does TEA block?

A

K channels and AcH receptors

54
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What blocks Ca channels?

A

ω-conotoxins (cone snails) and ω-agatoxin (spiders) block Ca channels

55
Q

active ion transports work ___ a electrochemical gradient

56
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how do active ion transporters and channels differ?

A

active ion transporters having slow binding and unbinding

also are slower transport than channels

57
Q

w-conotoxins blocks ___ channels

58
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w-agatoxin blocks ___ channels

A

P/Q type Ca channels

59
Q

____ form a compelx with the ion they transport

A

active ion transporters

60
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how do ion exchangers work?

A

they don’t use energy

but trade an intracellular ion for an extracellular one

61
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how do ion co-transporters work?

A

transport two or more moelcules in the SAME DIRECTION ACROSS A MEMBRANE

62
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methods in determining channel type?

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  1. patch clamp technique
  2. gene cloning
  3. x ray crsytallography

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