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Figure 4


Fig. 4. Functional expression of PpCaVß. (A) Current/voltage relationships of currents gated by CyCaV in the presence (triangles) and absence (squares) of PpCaVß. Values are means ± s.d. of from 13 (triangles) to 16 (squares) trials. (B) Peak amplitude (± s.d.) of currents gated by CyCaV in the presence (black bar; N=13) and absence (white bar; N=16) of PpCaVß. In the presence of PpCaVß, currents are significantly larger (P<2x10-6). (C) Same, for currents gated by CaV2.3 in the presence (dark bar; N=14) and absence (white bar; N=14) of PpCaVß. In the presence of PpCaVß currents are significantly larger (P<0.012). (D) Current/voltage relationship of normalized currents (± s.d.) gated by CyCaV in the presence (triangles; N=13) and absence (squares; N=16) of PpCaVß. Co-expression with PpCaVß results in an obvious negative shift in the I/V relationship. (E) The same, for currents gated by CaV2.3 in the presence (triangles; N=16) and absence (squares; N=14) of PpCaVß. The I/V relationship of CaV2.3 is altered slightly by co-expression with PpCaVß. Data points in D and E are fitted by the Boltzman function Inorn=gnorm(V-Vrev)/(1+exp[-(V-V1/2)]/k, where g=conductance, Vrev=53.44, 63.4, 66.25 and 68.94, V1/2=9.68, -0.5652, -3.067 and -7.281 and k=9.443, 7.152, 7.357, and 6.163 for CyCaV, CyCaV/PpCaVß, CaV2.3 and CaV2.3/PpCaVß. (F) The relationship between time constant of inactivation of currents in the presence (triangles; N=14) and absence (squares; N=9) of PpCaVß. The time constant of inactivation was determined by fits of exponential curves to the decay phase of the current. At +10 mV, the time constant of inactivation of the current is significantly faster (P>0.0015) in the presence of PpCaVß. (G) Same, for currents gated by CaV2.3. There was no significant difference in the rate of inactivation under the two conditions.





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