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Voltage dependence of Na channel blockage by amiloride: Relaxation effects in admittance spectra

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Amiloride, present in the mucosal solution, causes the appearance of a distinct additional dispersion in the admittance spectrum of the apical membrane of toad urinary bladder. The parameters of this dispersion (characteristic frequency. amplitude) change with amiloride concentration and with membrane voltage. They allow the calculation of the overall rate constants for Na channel blockage by the positively charged form of amiloride. and the voltage dependence of these rate constants. The on-rate of blockage increases and the off-rate decreases when the membrane surface to which cationic amiloride has access, is made more positive. This result is suggestive of a blocking model where the cationic amidino group of amiloride, depending on its charge, senses 10 to 13% of the membrane voltage while invading the channel entrance by a single-step process, and rests at an electrical distance corresponding to 24 to 30% of membrane voltage while occupying the blocking position.

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Warncke, J., Lindemann, B. Voltage dependence of Na channel blockage by amiloride: Relaxation effects in admittance spectra. J. Membrain Biol. 86, 255–265 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01870605

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