Ionic Channels of the Sugar Beet Tonoplast are Regulated by a Multi-ion Single-file Permeation Mechanism

Abstract. Ionic channels of the sugar beet tonoplast were studied using the patch-clamp technique. At micromolar concentrations of cytosolic calcium, several (at least four) distinct single-channel current levels were routinely identified. On the basis of channel voltage dependence, kinetic properties and conductance of single openings, the largest channel (103 ± 2 pS in symmetric 150 mm KCl) corresponds to the slow vacuolar (SV) channel already identified by Hedrich and Neher (1987). The majority of the whole-vacuole current was ascribed to this time-dependent slow-activating channel elicited by positive vacuolar potentials. The channel of intermediate amplitude (41 ± 1 pS in 150 mm KCl) did not show any voltage dependence and delay in the activation upon the application of voltage steps to both positive and negative transmembrane potentials. Owing to its voltage independence this channel was denominated FV1. The opening probability of the SV-type channel increased by increasing the cytoplasmic calcium concentration, while the activity of the FV1 channel did not increase appreciably by changing the calcium concentration in the range from 6 μm to 1 mm. All the channels identified showed a linear current-voltage characteristic in the range ±100 mV and at least the three most conductive ones displayed potassium selectivity properties. Substitution of potassium with tetramethylammonium (TMA) on the cytosolic side demonstrated that both the SV and FV1 channels are impermeable to TMA influx into the vacuole and support the potassium selectivity properties of these two channels. Moreover, the single channel conductances of all the channels identified increased as a function of the potassium concentration and reached a maximum conductivity at [K+] ∼0.5 m. This behavior can be explained by a multi-ion occupancy single-file permeation mechanism.

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