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Inverted photocurrent responses from amphibian rod photoreceptors: role of membrane voltage in response recovery.
Jarvinen JL
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Lamb TD
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We recorded photocurrent responses of retinal rods isolated from cane toads Bufo marinus and clawed frogs Xenopus laevis. With the outer segment drawn part way into the suction pipette, presentation of flashes to the base of the outer segment (outside the pipette) elicited a slow inverted response. Stimulation of the same region, with the outer segment drawn fully in, gave a response of conventional polarity. For moderate to bright flashes a fast transient preceded the slow inverted response. Upon bleaching the tip of the outer segment, the slow inverted response was abolished but the fast initial transient remained, and we attribute this fast component to a capacitive current. Experiments employing simultaneous whole-cell patch-clamp and suction pipette recording revealed that both the fast and slow components of the inverted responses were absent in voltage-clamped cells. In current-clamped cells the slow inverted current response was delayed substantially with respect to the voltage response. We present a computational model for the slow component, in which hyperpolarization leads to increased activity of the Na+ -Ca2+, K+ exchanger, hence lowering the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration, activating guanylyl cyclase, raising cyclic GMP concentration, opening cyclic nucleotide-gated channels, and increasing circulating current in the unstimulated region. For the measured voltage response to stimulation of the base, we solve these equations to predict the photocurrent in the tip, and obtain an adequate explanation of the inverted responses. Our work suggests a novel role for membrane voltage in accelerating the inactivation phase of the response to light.
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