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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 65, 797-816, Copyright © 1975 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Conductance increases produced by bath application of cholinergic agonists to Electrophorus electroplaques

HA Lester, JP Changeux and RE Sheridan

When solutions containing agonists are applied to the innervated face of an Electrophorus electroplaque, the membrane's conductance increases. The agonist-induced conductance is increased at more negative membrane potentials. The "instantaneous" current-voltage curve for agonist-induced currents is linear and shows a reversal potential near zero mV; chord conductances, calculated on the basis of this reversal potential, change epsilon-fold for every 62-mV change in potential when the conductance is small. Conductance depends non- linearly on small agonist concentrations; at all potentials, the dose- response curve has a Hill coefficient of 1.45 for decamethonium (Deca) and 1.90 for carbamylcholine (Carb). With agonist concentrations greater than 10(-4) M Carb or 10(-%) M Deca, the conductance rises to a peak 0.5-1.5 min after introduction of agonist, then declines with time; this effect resembles the "desensitization" reported for myoneural junctions. Elapid alpha-toxin, tubocurarine, and desensitization reduce the conductance without changing the effects of potential; the apparent dissociation constant for tubocurarine is 2 X 10(-7) M. By contrast, procaine effects a greater fractional inhibition of the conductance at high negative potentials.
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