Nucleotides Provide a Voltage-sensitive Gate for the Rapid Anion Channel of Arabidopsis Hypocotyl Cells*

The rapid anion channel ofArabidopsis hypocotyl cells is highly voltage-dependent. At hyperpolarized potentials, the channel is closed, and membrane depolarization is required for channel activation. We have previously shown that channel gating is regulated by intracellular nucleotides. In the present study, we further analyze the channel gating, and we propose a mechanism to explain its regulation by voltage. In the absence of intracellular nucleotides, closure at hyperpolarized voltages is abolished. Structure-function studies of adenyl nucleotides show that the apparent gating charge of the current increases with the negative charge carried by nucleotides. We propose that the fast anion channel is gated by the voltage-dependent entry of free nucleotides into the pore, leading to a voltage-dependent block at hyperpolarized potentials. In agreement with this mechanism in which intracellular nucleotides need to be recruited to the channel pore, kinetic analyses of whole-cell and single-channel currents show that the rate of closure is faster when intracellular nucleotide concentration is increased, whereas the rate of channel activation is unchanged. Furthermore, decreasing the concentration of extracellular chloride enhances the intracellular nucleotide block. This result supports the hypothesis of a mechanism in which blocking nucleotides and permeant anions interact within the channel pore.

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