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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
1999 Nov 09;9623:13530-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.23.13530.
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Nuclear hourglass technique: an approach that detects electrically open nuclear pores in Xenopus laevis oocyte.
Danker T
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Schillers H
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Storck J
,
Shahin V
,
Krämer B
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Wilhelmi M
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Oberleithner H
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) mediate both active transport and passive diffusion across the nuclear envelope (NE). Determination of NE electrical conductance, however, has been confounded by the lack of an appropriate technical approach. The nuclear patch clamp technique is restricted to preparations with electrically closed NPCs, and microelectrode techniques fail to resolve the extremely low input resistance of large oocyte nuclei. To address the problem, we have developed an approach for measuring the NE electrical conductance of Xenopus laevis oocyte nuclei. The method uses a tapered glass tube, which narrows in its middle part to 2/3 of the diameter of the nucleus. The isolated nucleus is sucked into the narrow part of the capillary by gentle fluid movement, while the resulting change in electrical resistance is monitored. NE electrical conductance was unexpectedly large (7.9 +/- 0.34 S/cm(2)). Evaluation of NPC density by atomic force microscopy showed that this conductance corresponded to 3.7 x 10(6) NPCs. In contrast to earlier conclusions drawn from nuclear patch clamp experiments, NPCs were in an electrically "open" state with a mean single NPC electrical conductance of 1.7 +/- 0.07 nS. Enabling or blocking of active NPC transport (accomplished by the addition of cytosolic extracts or gp62-directed antibodies) revealed this large NPC conductance to be independent of the activation state of the transport machinery located in the center of NPCs. We conclude that peripheral channels, which are presumed to reside in the NPC subunits, establish a high ionic permeability that is virtually independent of the active protein transport mechanism.
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