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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 60, 499-518, Copyright © 1972 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Active Transport of Chloride by the Giant Neuron of the Aplysia Abdominal Ganglion

J. M. Russell 1 and A. M. Brown 1

1 From the Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

Internal chloride activity, aiCl, and membrane potential, Em, were measured simultaneously in 120 R2 giant neurons of Aplysia californica. aiCl was 37.0 ± 0.8 mM, Em was -49.3 ± 0.4 mv, and ECl calculated using the Nernst equation was -56.2 ± 0.5 mv. Such values were maintained for as long as 6 hr of continuous recording in untreated neurons. Cooling to 1°–4°C caused aiCl to increase at such a rate that 30–80 min after cooling began, ECl equalled Em. The two then remained equal for as long as 6 hr. Rewarming to 20°C caused aiCl to decline, and ECl became more negative than Em once again. Exposure to 100 mM K+-artificial seawater caused a rapid increase of aiCl. Upon return to control seawater, aiCl declined despite an unfavorable electrochemical gradient and returned to its control values. Therefore, we conclude that chloride is actively transported out of this neuron. The effects of ouabain and 2,4-dinitrophenol were consistent with a partial inhibitory effect. Chloride permeability calculated from net chloride flux using the constant field equation ranged from 4.0 to 36 x 10-8 cm/sec.

Submitted on March 27, 1972


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