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. 1986 Jul;50(1):5-9.
doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(86)83433-6.

Sodium-conducting channels in cardiac membranes in low calcium

R Levi, L J DeFelice

Sodium-conducting channels in cardiac membranes in low calcium

R Levi et al. Biophys J. 1986 Jul.

Abstract

With no Ca in the patch electrode, two kinds of channels conduct Na in spontaneously beating embryonic chick heart cells. One channel conducts Na primarily during the upstroke of the action potential and is blocked by tetrodotoxin (TTX). The other channel conducts Na primarily during the late plateau and early repolarization phase of the action potential, but only in Ca concentrations below 10(-6) M. This second channel is TTX-insensitive and has a conductance of 50 to 90 pS, depending upon the interpretation of open-channel flickering. These two Na-conducting channels correspond to the channels that normally carry the fast Na current (INa) and the slow Ca current (Isi).

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